Mohammad Amir Registers Career-Best Figures Against Australia in CWC 2019 Match; David Warner Praises the Bowler
Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir had an amazing day at the office during the match against Australia in the 17th CWC 2019 tie as he not only got his first five-wicket haul at Taunton.
Pakistani pacer Mohammad Amir had an amazing day at the office during the match against Australia in the 17th CWC 2019 tie as he not only got his first five-wicket haul at Taunton. Initially, the decision backfired as David Warner and Aaron Finch were blazing guns but Amir came into play during the latter part of the match as he got the wickets of Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Usman Khawaja, Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc. David Warner also praised the bowler for his amazing spells. Australia vs Pakistan Live Cricket Score 17th ODI Match.
He went on to give away 30 runs from 10 overs snapping five wickets. This happens to be his best ODI numbers. With this, he became the seventh batsmen to have claimed five wickets in the World Cup. He has joined the likes of Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq and Abdul Qadir. It was on a couple of occasions, that Shahid Afridi had taken five-wicket hauls. With this five-wicket haul, Australia came under massive pressure and they got bundled out on 307 runs. Sarfaraz Ahmed Mourns the Death of Test Umpire Riazuddin; Team To Wear Black Bands for the CWC 2019 PAK vs AUS.
David Warner said, “I think I left a few out there, to be honest, and getting out with 70 balls to go was disappointing for me. 140-0 was good as an opening partnership, but Amir bowled really well, especially coming here and bowling a Test line and length was very brave and he got his rewards for it. There was a leak here about a week ago, but that's out of our control.”
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