Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk are referred : The three-match one-day international series between Australia and Pakistan began on Monday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with Australians leading 1-0. The Australians triumphed by two wickets when chasing a score of 204. Even though the world champs prevailed, Ian Healy has not been pleased with their performance.
According to the former wicketkeeper-batter, Australia had “a lot” to learn.
Healy was not too impressed by the fact that Australia needed just over 33 overs to win the match. There aren’t many trials left until a team must be chosen because we are preparing for a Champions Trophy. They treat it like a schoolyard, even though we should be playing these activities appropriately. It was insufficient. With 17 overs remaining, we prevailed, but it was a close victory,” he remarked.
In the first game of the series, Healy also complained about Australia’s batting and said he thought the team’s shot selection was “poor.”
“I thought Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk were acting like playground bullies, and our shot selection was subpar. It wasn’t good enough to ignore the conditions. During the innings break, Mitch Starc and the Australian bowlers described the surface as unevenly bounced and two-paced. What then do we do? Healy stated, “We believe we can go out and slog the Pakistani bowlers everywhere.”
Australia legends Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk are referred:
The hitters didn’t respect the opposition enough and didn’t take anything away from what the bowlers had taught them. It was difficult to stop the Pakistani bowlers when they were in form. The egos of the Australian boys could not be contained for even thirty minutes. After Smith and Inglis completed it, Pat Cummins had to finish it,” he continued.
Pakistan battled to 203-all out after batting first.
With 44 off 71, Pakistan captain Muhammad Rizwan became his team’s top scorer of the match. Additionally, Naseem Shah made a significant contribution by scoring 40 runs off 39 balls.
Australia’s best player was Mitchell Starc, who took three wickets while giving up 33 runs in his ten innings. Australia’s run chase was unable to get off to a strong start as they lost both of their opening players, Jake Fraser-McGurk & Matthew Short, in the initial four overs.
Later, the hosts won thanks to strong efforts from Steven Smith and wicketkeeper Josh Inglis. Inglis missed his half-century by just one run, while Smith scored forty-four.
In the end, Australia won with 99 balls remaining. On Friday, Australia and Pakistan will play their second One-Day International.