Pat Cummins bowls a blinder to dismiss Azhar Ali on Day 3 of the Pakistan vs Australia 3rd Test.
The crowd at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium witnessed a spectacular catch by visiting Australian captain Pat Cummins. Who grabbed a screamer off his own bowling to dismiss Azhar Ali for 78 runs. On Day 3 of the third Test, Pakistan batters made the bowlers work hard for their wickets before spinner Nathan Lyon got the day’s first breakthrough, dismissing Abdullah Shafique for 81 runs. However, Ali continued to impress, building on his half-century from the previous night.
Azhar, who was comfortably place at 214/2 in 86.3 overs, attempt to play a handsome straight drive on a not-so-overmatched delivery.
The batter hit the ball beautifully, but to everyone’s surprise, Cummins latched on to it at a low height, demonstrating his incredible athletic reflexes.
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The catch was so good that it is acknowledge by the official Pakistan Cricket Twitter account, which wrote:
“What a catch by the captain. @AzharAli_ has to go.”
Pakistan’s bowlers continued to frustrate Australia’s bowlers after taking off from 90/1 on Day 2 at Stumps.
On Day 3, they reached 227/3 at Tea, with captain Babar Azam batting on 42 and Fawad Alam on 5.
The hosts will be aiming to surpass Australia’s first innings total of 391 runs and add some crucial runs to put the visitors under pressure with a large lead.
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