The pitch of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia forced the visiting players to do some extra work in the last two days of the match. On the fourth and fifth days, the pitch became a bit uneven as the bowlers struggled to find their footing while bowling. During the fourth day’s play, Cummins took matters into his own hands to act as ground staff as he was seen hammering the pitch to fix it for his bowlers. Whereas opener David Warner was seen doing the same on the last day of the match.
The Pakistan Cricket Board, while posting videos of both the incidents, referred to Marvel Comics superhero ‘Thor’. On Warner’s video, PCB wrote, “Thor Hammer made another cameo today.”
Thor is a superhero from the Marvel Comics and Cinematic universe, who carries a hammer named ‘Mjolnir’. Australian actor Chris Hemsworth plays Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The veteran opener’s wife Candice Warner retweeted the video on her Twitter account and wrote, “I wish @davidwarner31 would do it a little more around the house!!”
Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Babar Azam smashed 196 and Mohammad Rizwan an unbeaten 104 to deny Australia victory on Wednesday and force a dramatic draw in the second Test in Karachi.
The Aussies had snuffed out victory on their first tour of the country in nearly a quarter century, but Azam and Rizwan put on record-breaking performances to ensure that the series ended earlier as well after a meaningful third start on Monday. And go to the final test. In the draw last week.
The Pakistan pair looked to safely take the home team to a draw, but spinner Nathan Lyon reversed the match by dismissing Azam and then Faheem Ashraf in successive deliveries.
Setting a challenging target of 506 runs, Pakistan finished at 443-7 after being bundled out for 148 in their first innings. Australia declared 556–9 in their first innings and declared their second at 97–2, after deciding not to implement the follow-on.
(with agency input)
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