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David Warner and Shaheen Shah Afridi are two entertainers and the fans are sure to have fun when these two are out there on the field. In a grueling ongoing third Test between Pakistan and Australia, Warner and Shaheen engaged in a standoff and everyone saw the funny side to it. The incident happened during the last over of the third day, and even Warner and Shaheen were giggling afterwards.
Mitchell Starc is famous for producing his best deliveries when Australia's backs are against the wall and he replicated the same on Day 3 of the ongoing third Test against Pakistan at the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. The pacer bowled two lethal deliveries to get the better of Fawad Alam and Mohammad Rizwan. The balls were delivered with great pace and the Pakistan duo had no answers to what was thrown at them. After being bowled, Rizwan especially had a shell-shocked expression seeing what transpired on the 22 yards.
The crowd at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore were witness to a spectacular catch from visiting Australian captain Pat Cummins, who grabbed a screamer off his own bowling to see the back of Azhar Ali for 78 runs. On Day 3 of the third Test, the Pakistan batters made the bowlers work hard for their wickets before spinner Nathan Lyon got the first breakthrough of the day, getting rid of Abdullah Shafique for 81 runs. However, Ali continued to impress as he picked up from last night and completed a magnificent half-century.
Veteran Azhar Ali scored his 7,000th Test run on Wednesday during the series-decider against Australia in Lahore, joining an elite list of Pakistan batsmen. The 37-year-old swept spinner Nathan Lyon to reach the landmark before being caught and bowled by Australia captain Pat Cummins for 78. It took Azhar 94 matches to achieve the milestone and he becomes only the fifth Pakistan batsman and 54th in all to cross the 7,000 Test-run mark.
Australia batter Usman Khawaja has been in stunning form ever since making a comeback to the Test team. In his first match back since 2019, he hit twin centuries in the Ashes Test in Sydney earlier this year and has not looked back since. Playing as an opener in Australia's first tour of Pakistan in 24 years, he has racked up runs for fun, scoring one century and registering two scores in the 90s. His only other innings in the tour so far saw him hit an unbeaten 44.
Virat Kohli and Steve Smith are without doubt two of the finest batters of their generation. However, both players have failed to score a big knock in recent times, despite starting off well. While Smith last scored a century in the longest format against India in Sydney last year, Kohli has failed to reach triple figures since the pink-ball Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in 2019. As a result, Smith and Kohli's recent century drought has been the topic of discussion within the cricketing fraternity.
Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 3, Live Score Updates: Pakistan batters Abdullah Shafique and Azhar Ali will aim to continue adding runs for the second wicket partnership after losing opener Imam-ul-Haq for 11 runs on Day 2. Pakistan were placed at 90/1 at Stumps on Day 2. Australian skipper Pat Cummins claimed the only wicket after the visitors were bowled out for 391 in the first innings. Cameron Green (79) and Alex Carey (67) batted superbly as they added crucial runs lower down the order for their team. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah were the pick of the bowlers with four wickets each. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Assessing and bringing out the best version of a player was something that came naturally to "incredible leader" Shane Warne, former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson said on Tuesday while Afghanistan star Rashid Khan revealed that he too dreamt of working under the tutelage of legendary spinner, who died recently. Warne, who played 55 matches for Rajasthan Royals between 2008 and 2011, led the side to its only IPL title in the inaugural edition.