{"id":355603,"date":"2023-12-25T23:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T00:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355603"},"modified":"2023-12-26T02:01:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T02:01:55","slug":"can-you-believe-it-pakistan-ripped-by-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=355603","title":{"rendered":"'Can you believe it?': Pakistan ripped by legends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan<\/a> blew the "perfect start" to the MCG<\/a> Test and gifted David Warner<\/a> a life with a disastrous dropped catch.<\/p>\n

\ufeffIt was in the third over when the Australian opener edged a Shaheen Afridi delivery and looked to be on his way back to the pavilion for 2.<\/p>\n

But \ufeffAbdullah Shafiqu made a mess of it at first slip, somehow missing the ball with his hands and grassing the opportunity.<\/p>\n

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"\ufeffCan you believe it?" Adam Gilchrist proclaimed on Fox Cricket.<\/p>\n

\"Shaheen<\/p>\n

"A big life for Warner. That is the worst possible start for Pakistan, you can't be giving these sort of chances to this batting line-up.<\/p>\n

"That's as simple as it gets."\ufeff<\/p>\n

Pakistan skipper Shan Masood won the toss and made the bold decision to bowl first, which would have looked genius if Warner was out for 2.\ufeff<\/p>\n

New Zealand great Ian Smith was in disbelief.<\/p>\n

"I wonder how closely he watched it, because it hit him above his hand area," Smith said.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffI think he lost track of looking at the ball. You've just got to catch the ball, it's a regulation outside edge.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffIt looked like a guy who is fielding in the slips for the first time.<\/p>\n

"(Pakistan) won the toss and bowled early for that very reason, they wanted to create early opportunities.\ufeff That would have been a perfect start."<\/p>\n

\"Tubby<\/p>\n

Shafiqu also dropped Warner in the first Test in Perth, although had to run backwards to attempt that one.<\/p>\n

Mark Waugh – known as one of the best slips fielders of all time – said \ufeffShafiqu shouldn't be grassing those chances at Test level.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffThat's as easy a slips catch as you will get at this level," Waugh said.<\/p>\n

"That hasn't gone quickly.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

Only a couple of deliveries later \ufeffWarner creamed a driver to the boundary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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