Pat Cummins with spouse Becky; (proper) Shaheen Afridi celebrates.© Instagram/AFP
Pakistan sprang a serious shock within the ODI collection towards Australia because the Mohammad Rizwan-led facet gained the competition. Pakistan haven’t been in nice from of late however towards Australia, they stepped up. The Australian staff not solely surrendered an ODI collection to Pakistan at dwelling for the primary time in 22 years after an eight-wicket loss to the Asian facet in third ODI at Perth, but in addition registered an unlucky document of not registering any half-century by a batter all through a bilateral collection for the primary time ever.
Many high gamers of Australia weren’t a part of the collection as they got a break forward of the Border Gavaskar Trophy beginning on November 22. Whereas Australia had been getting hammered in Perth, Australia’s common captain Pat Cummins, who was not picked for the Pakistan ODI collection was attending a Coldplay live performance in Sydney.
Pat Cummins’ spouse Becky shared the duo photograph on her Instagram story with the caption: “Pleasure ranges are excessive!”
Australia media was not too sort. Sydney Morning Herald wrote a chunk titled “Why Cummins was at Coldplay whereas Australia had been smashed” whereas The Australian‘s opinion piece on the incident was titled: “Cummins’ live performance jaunt a chilly begin to summer time.”
Australia’s former captain Michael Clarke expressed robust issues over the choice by staff administration to relaxation key gamers within the third and closing ODI towards Pakistan, a transfer that contributed to Pakistan’s historic ODI collection win over Australia on their dwelling soil for the primary time in 22 years.
Clarke voiced his frustrations on Massive Sports activities Breakfast, questioning why the staff prioritised relaxation for star gamers over an opportunity to safe the collection win.
“I am only a bit confused. With 11 days between now and the primary Check, why cannot the Aussie boys who’re a part of this Check collection play within the one-dayer?” Clarke stated, addressing the selection to maintain main gamers like Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood off the sphere.
With IANS and ANI inputs
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