Mohammad Amir celebrates jubilantly: Pakistan’s fast bowler put on display an awe-inspiring bowling spell vs Australia.
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During the 17th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between Australia and Pakistan at Taunton, Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir registered his maiden five-wicket haul to restrict Australia to 307 in 49 overs.
Opening the bowling alongside Shaheen Shah Afridi, Amir was exceptional when it came to bowling with the new ball. While Australia opening batsmen in Aaron Finch and David Warner were going after the bowling, Amir made sure that he didn’t leak runs in the first powerplay.
In his first spell of 4-2-11-0, Amir bowling a couple of maiden overs in itself speaks highly of his control first up. Introduced into the attack in the 23rd over, Amir forced Australia captain Finch (82) to play a false shot on the first ball of the over. Thus, breaking a 146-run opening partnership.
In the three overs which he bowled in his second spell, Amir gave away only eight runs in addition to dismissing Finch. It was his spells in the slog overs where Amir dismissed four batsmen. Much like his second spell, Amir took a wicket on the first ball of his third spell as well. Sending back Usman Khawaja (18) in the 43rd over came as a huge blow for Australia.
In his following over, Amir dismissed Shaun Marsh (23) and made sure that the opposition doesn’t hurt them in the slog overs. In the penultimate over of the innings, Amir sent back Alex Carey (20) and Mitchell Starc (3) to achieve his maiden five-fer.
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