David Warner survives dismissal as bails don’t fall: The Australian opening batsman received a reprieve on Day 2 in Brisbane.
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During the second day of the first Test of the ongoing Pakistan’s tour of Australia in Brisbane, Australia opening batsman David Warner received a significant reprieve after bails didn’t fall despite the ball touched his off-stump towards stumps.
It all happened on the last delivery of the 86th over when Warner left an in-swinging delivery from Pakistan fast bowler Imran Khan. In what looked like a confident leave, it wasn’t the case as the ball clipped the off-stump on its way to Pakistan wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan.
Had it not been for sheer luck, Warner would have had to walk back to the pavilion after scoring his 22nd Test century. It is worth mentioning that Warner had received a similar reprieve during the third T20I of Sri Lanka’s tour of Australia earlier this month.
The 33-year old batsman stitched a 222-run opening partnership with a new opening partner in Joe Burns (97). Eventually retaining unbeaten throughout the day, Warner finished the second day on 151* (265) with the help of 10 fours. In what wasn’t the archetype Warner innings, he appeared to have laid a lot of prominence of running between the wickets.
After the Australian bowlers bundled out the opposition for 240 in 86.2 overs last evening, the visiting bowlers were expected to cause trouble to the hosts’s batsmen but it wasn’t to be as Warner and Burns stood tall on their potential.
David Warner survives dismissal as bails don’t fall
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