‘Wet Pitch’ Stops Play, Batter Taken Aback. Internet Calls It ‘Flash Flood’. Video Viral | Cricket News

A video of a batter’s apply goes viral on social media. In the clip, the right-handed batter could possibly be seen enjoying within the nets. The bowler bowls a fuller supply down the leg stump and the batter performs a flick shot on it in the direction of the superb leg area the place a water tank was positioned. The ball hit the underside a part of the plastic tank so arduous that it bursted and the pitch was submerged inside seconds. The batter was additionally greatly surprised with the results of the shot.

Watch it right here:

Play stopped on account of moist pitch, extraordinarily moist pitch. pic.twitter.com/gQoimLEKP9

— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) January 6, 2024

“Flash flooding of the pitch,” wrote a consumer. “Need of hair dryers,” wrote one other consumer.

Talking about worldwide cricket, David Warner went out the best way he started with a rumbustious innings to information Australia to an eight-wicket victory and 3-0 Test sequence sweep over Pakistan in Sydney on Saturday.

Playing in his 112th and ultimate Test, Warner was dismissed for 57 — simply 11 runs from ending off the job — and left the Sydney Cricket Ground enviornment earlier than an adoring residence crowd.

Marnus Labuschagne along with his nineteenth Test half-century on 62 and Steve Smith on 4 have been there on the finish because the Australians eased to the 130-run goal for the lack of simply two wickets.

It was one thing of an anti-climax when Warner, often known as “The Bull”, was out — dropping a evaluate for lbw to spinner Sajid Khan.

Warner was congratulated by the Pakistan gamers, who had given him a guard of honour as he got here out for his ultimate innings, earlier than he waved his bat acknowledging the cheering crowd as he left the SCG for the final time.

It was a sometimes aggressive innings from Warner coming off 75 balls with seven fours, replete with crashing drives and audacious reverse sweeps.

Warner scored 8,786 Test runs at a mean of 44.59, with 26 centuries.

(With AFP Inputs)