My favorite Incidents in cricket ***Vol. 9 ****

This is the 9th Episode of the series of my favorite incidents of Cricket. It was a cricket match played between very two greats of cricket, Australia and Pakistan, This match is played on 13th Jan, 2017 at The Gabba, Brisbane, Australia. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Steve smith is the captain and Mathew wade is the Wicket keeper, the Australian 11 looks like this Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Steven Smith (c), Mitchell Marsh,  Usman Khawaja, Josh Hazlewood,  Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Chris Lynn, James Faulkner, Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Adam Zampa, Billy Stanlake.

And Pakistan 11 looks like Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali (c), Junaid Khan, Rahat Ali, Babar Azam,Mohammad Nawaz, , Mohammad Rizwan (wk),  Sharjeel Khan, Imad Wasim,Hasan Ali.

To everyone’s surprise Pakistan bowled well and also the unsung hero of Australia Mathew wade batted well and he made 100 runs in 100 basls with 7 fours and 2 sixes and Glen Maxwell made 60 of 56 balls with 7 fours and Australia gave target of 269 to Pakistan. But in the reply Pakistan was off to a very bad start and they keep losing wickets with only Babar Azam making the highest score of 33 runs in 46 balls with 3 balls and second best was Imad wasim who made only 29 of 36 balls, and in that way Pakistan lost the match by 92 runs and Australia takes the 1-0 lead with 4 more games to play. Aussie Wicket keeper Mathew wade was the man of the match for his fine knock of 100 runs in 100 balls. Pakistan though showed that they can win the game with the superb bowling but they could not repeat the performance with bat and ended up on losing side but still some positives for Pakistan their bowling and batting of Imad wasim, he can go a long way in becoming a bowling All rounder for Pakistan.