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Haris Rauf strolls in without pads.
Haris Rauf, pacer for the Melbourne Stars and Pakistan cricket group, got in the crease unprotected on Saturday, December 23, in the Big Bash League (BBL) 2023 match versus Sydney Thunder at the Lavington Sports Oval in Albury. The event occurred following the Melbourne Stars’ ninth wicket to fall on the last ball of the very first innings. Melbourne was lowered to 172/9 when Mark Steketee was abandoned the 5th ball of the 20th over.
Fans on social networks were taken a part after the Pakistan cricketer strolled in without defense. While lots of fans believed it was since of laziness, others suggested that it was because of the ‘time-out’ termination scare that Rauf hurried down to the cricket field. (IPL 2024: Memes Pour In After Reports Of Hardik Pandya Missing IPL 2024 Due To Injury Go Viral)
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Haris went to pad after the fall of 8th wicket and 9th dropped too while he was pading then his colleagues stated come quickly … so he went to the crease without pads and gloves in hands … Coz Time out is genuine brother #BigBash #HarisRauf pic.twitter.com/U4ONCoclne Au Rangzab Younis (@SardarAurangzab) December 23, 2023
Pertaining to Pakistan cricket, Former Pakistan rate terrific Waqar Younis revealed his issue over the decreasing rate of Pakistan quick bowlers throughout the very first Test versus Australia at Perth. (WATCH: Suryakumar Yadav Walks With Supporter Due To Ankle Injury Ahead Of T20 World Cup 2024)
Pakistan lost the very first Test by 360 runs and is preparing to eliminate back into the series in the 2nd Test, a Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from Tuesday onwards. In the Perth Test, the Pakistan speed attack including Shaheen Shah Afridi, Khurram Shehzad, Aamer Jamal and Faheem Ashraf had some remarkable minutes in which they made Australia batters anxious with their bowling, made them work hard for runs. Regardless of that, none of these bowlers regularly touched the speeds of 140 kmph or above, a trademark of Pakistan speed bowling and infact, all of modern-day authentic quick bowling.
This absence of speed has actually gotten the attention of the Pakistani excellent and dissatisfied him to a level that he described the bowling in the very first Test as “medium rate”.
“Another thing that I am concerned about is that constantly when we concern Australia, something that thrills is the quick bowling and this time around I am not seeing that,” he stated on ESPN’s Around The Wicket program.
“I am seeing medium-pacers or slow-medium-pacers, allrounders, there is no genuine rate. Individuals utilized to come and view Pakistan speed bowlers truly running in tough and bowling 150 clicks [kph]which is what I am not seeing there.”
“That is my concern and problem since I have actually not seen it at the domestic level. There are a couple of hurt, I can comprehend, however in the past, you would constantly see a battery of quick bowlers that they might constantly induce, however regrettably, that is not there and I am truly stressed over that,” concluded Waqar.
Speedster Naseem Shah, who lost out on the recently-concluded ICC Cricket World Cup in India is a substantial loss for the group and they have actually suffered without his existence. Haris Rauf, a pillar of Pakistan white-ball rate bowling, decided to represent Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League (BBL) rather of playing in whites due to work concerns. In this scenario, a great deal of duty rests on the shoulders of Shaheen if they wish to challenge Aussies in their home area.
Waqar revealed issues over Shaheen’s loss of speed and stated that if he is dealing with some problems, he requires to spend some time off and repair them rather of decreasing to a medium pacer.
“I am not truly sure what is incorrect with him,” he stated. “If he is not fit, if he has actually got some concerns, he requires to go away from the video game and repair that since if you are going to continue like that you are going to end up being a medium-pacer. He utilized to bowl 145-150kph and utilized to swing that ball. What I am seeing now, yes there’s a bit of swing however his rate is method down … which is not going to get him wickets.”
“Watching the very first Test match hurt. We had minutes, we had chances where we might have pulled the video game back a bit however we did not seize the day. When Pakistan concern Australia they need to ensure their fielding is clean … since Australia batsmen, if you provide chances, they will take it with both hands and succeed which’s what we saw in Perth,” concluded Waqar. (With ANI inputs)