WATCH: David Warner’s outrageous shot against Shaheen Shah Afridi on day 1 of Perth Test
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David Warner began his final test series in fine style against Pakistan in Perth on Thursday. The 37-year-old had already announced his decision to quit the longest format of the game after the SCG test.
Pat Cummins decided to bat first after winning the toss. Nathan Lyon is back in the team after getting injured in the Lord’s test against England. The veteran spinner is 4-wickets away from the magical 500-wicket mark.
Shan Masood is captaining his national side for the first time in test cricket. The 34-year-old was elevated to captaincy after Babar Azam had decided to resign from captaincy across all formats.
David Warner’s outrageous six against Shaheen Afridi –
Australian openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja took the attack to the Pakistani bowlers right from the word go. The highlight of the first session came when Shaheen Afridi was bowling to David Warner in the 22nd over.
On the 2nd ball of the over the veteran Australian opener attempted to play the paddle scoop against Shaheen Shah Afridi. David Warner despite falling managed to time the ball over the fine leg region for a huge six.
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There was no surprise as the bowler wasn’t happy with the shot as Afridi followed it up with a short ball and exchanged a few words. The Australian batter though was all smiles as he patted the bowler on his way back to the mark.
Khurram Shahzad and Aamir Jamal made their test debut for Pakistan. Sarfaraz Ahmed was back in the team replacing Mohammed Rizwan for the first game. The Australian did not give a debut to fast bowler Lance Morris despite the Perth surface wearing a green look.
None of the Pakistani bowlers could make much impact despite the pitch being bowler-friendly. Shaheen Shah Afridi finally got the breakthrough for his side when he got the wicket of Usman Khawaja.
Sarfaraz Ahmed took a neat catch to break the 126-run opening wicket stand with Khawaja falling for 41. Meanwhile, at the other end, David Warner was his usual busy self as he brought up yet another half-century. Australian fans and experts will hope David Warner goes on to make a big one to end his test cricket career on a high.
