Watch: Australia Test captain Tim Paine scores perfect three-pointer; amazes the Basketball crowd

Gurpreet Singh | 27/05/2019
Watch: Australia Test captain Tim Paine scores perfect three-pointer; amazes the Basketball crowd

Watch: Australia Test captain Tim Paine scores a perfect three-pointer from half-pitch; amazes the Basketball crowd in Tasmania

While the Australian men’s Cricket team is busy with their preparations for the imminent ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in England, their Test team captain- Tim Paine, has shown some sparks of brilliance back home. Not in the game of Cricket, but Basketball!

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The ‘accidental’ captain of the Australian Test side, Paine was handed over his side’s captaincy post the ball-tampering saga, which handed the then captain, Steve Smith a 1-year ban from International Cricket. Smith was recently booed by the English fans during Australia’s first Warm-up game against England on Saturday.

The 34-year-old is enjoying a vacation break before the arduous Ashes journey beckoning him ahead, where he will be expected to lead his side in the month of August.

Paine nails the three-pointer

An ardent fan of the New Zealand National Basketball League, Paine Tim Paine was seen supporting  the Southern Huskies in the same. He is also the number one ticket holder of the Southern Huskies.

After the end of the first-half, the wicket-keeper-batsman from Tasmania geared himself up with the aim to score a three-pointer from half-field. To the cheering crowd’s amazement, the Tasmanian nailed the three-pointer shot with consummate perfection, that too from the half-court. The reaction from the crowd, asserted that they were certainly not expecting Tim Paine- the cricketer to shoot the basket.

But this was not it. Paine after scoring the three-pointer, also attempted a one-handed three-quarter court shot amidst continuous cheers from the stands. But unfortunately for him, he missed his second by just a fraction.

 

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Australian cricket team Tim Paine

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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