{"id":302500,"date":"2023-12-15T21:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=302500"},"modified":"2023-12-15T21:43:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T21:43:02","slug":"first-test-day-two-live-australia-eye-big-first-innings-total-in-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/first-test-day-two-live-australia-eye-big-first-innings-total-in-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"First Test day two LIVE: Australia eye big first-innings total in the west"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<h3>Key posts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><time class=\"_2_zR-\" data-testid=\"datetime\" dateTime=\"2023-12-15T12:30:39+11:00\">12.30pm<\/time><\/span>Welcome to day two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Welcome to day two<\/h2>\n<p>Afternoon Richie, afternoon all,<\/p>\n<p>Day two of the Perth Test coming at you with local favourite Mitch Marsh at the crease, joined by Alex Carey and Pakistan doing very Pakistan things on day one before rallying late.<\/p>\n<p>Australia hold a commanding position at 5-346 and can smell a 500-plus total already. Early wickets in the first hour are the order of the day for the visitors, if they can keep the hosts to something sub-475 Pakistan can claim a bit of momentum going into their first innings. It\u2019s a big if though.<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Conn and Dan Brettig are on the ground in the west, I\u2019m in the chair until stumps and play begins at 1.20pm AEDT. Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n<h2>Shoosh: Warner\u2019s pointed celebration aimed at critics<\/h2>\n<p>David Warner\u2019s century celebration was even more extravagant than usual as he raised his gloved finger \u201cfor a nice little quiet shoosh\u201d to the Perth Stadium media centre while dominating for Australia on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>He was eventually out caught at deep square leg for 164 attempting another outrageous flick over fine leg. Warner faced 211 balls, hitting 16 fours and four sixes, with Australia going to stumps a short time later at 5-346.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who wants to write stories about me and get headlines, that stuff doesn\u2019t bother me. It\u2019s just the fact that I have to go out there, do what I have to do. And I\u2019m allowed to celebrate how I want,\u201d Warner said after play.<\/p>\n<p>His first century since Boxing Day last year came less than a fortnight after a savage newspaper column by former teammate Mitchell Johnson accused Warner of \u201carrogance and disrespect\u201d towards Australian cricket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitch is entitled to his opinion. He\u2019s a former player,\u201d Warner said.<\/p>\n<p>Commentating for Triple M, Johnson said \u201cno mate\u201d when asked by this masthead if he had any response to Warner\u2019s century celebrations. Later on radio he said: \u201cI have given my opinion. I have said what I have said, and we move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t feel any extra pressure,\u201d Warner said. \u201cI don\u2019t feel any other points I have to prove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Poll: How many will Australia score today?<\/h2>\n<h2>Analysis: Warner\u2019s millionaire play straight out of IPL<\/h2>\n<p>David Warner\u2019s extraordinary scoop to Pakistan\u2019s pace ace Shaheen Afridi was the shot of an IPL millionaire to a dime-a-dozen Test delivery.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time when a fast bowler could be confident that a delivery aimed at the top of off would command the respect of a dead bat or thunder into the gloves of the keeper. In 2023, its final resting place could be in the stands.<\/p>\n<p>Even in this turbocharged era, the gasps that echoed around the quarter-full Optus Stadium told of the crowd\u2019s astonishment that Warner, despite a man placed in the fine leg region, had attempted such an audacious shot \u2013 and hit it flush despite misreading the length.<\/p>\n<p>The pyrotechnic world of Twenty20, or the frenetic final overs of a one-day international, is the natural habitat of the ramp shot \u2013 not the first morning of a Test match.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.467%2C$multiply_0.5855%2C$ratio_1.776846%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/e569b61d70eb7c51152b32982469889c8bd3e1d9\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\"><\/p>\n<p><span>David Warner was left flat on his back playing a ramp shot for six.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Getty<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>Brad Haddin, who retired only eight years ago, said he had never thought of playing such a shot during his career. And he was not stodgy at all. In Australia\u2019s infamous capitulation for 47 at Cape Town in 2011, the wicketkeeper\/batter got out backing away to play an inside-out cover drive. The score was 5-18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thought process about the modern player to score and bring 360 [degrees] into the equation is phenomenal,\u201d Haddin said on Triple M. \u201cThat ball was top of off, going away, well bowled, to think of dropping your leg, ramp over fine leg \u2013 [it\u2019s] extraordinary skill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story here.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Welcome to day two<\/h2>\n<p>Afternoon Richie, afternoon all,<\/p>\n<p>Day two of the Perth Test coming at you with local favourite Mitch Marsh at the crease, joined by Alex Carey and Pakistan doing very Pakistan things on day one before rallying late.<\/p>\n<p>Australia hold a commanding position at 5-346 and can smell a 500-plus total already. Early wickets in the first hour are the order of the day for the visitors, if they can keep the hosts to something sub-475 Pakistan can claim a bit of momentum going into their first innings. It\u2019s a big if though.<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Conn and Dan Brettig are on the ground in the west, I\u2019m in the chair until stumps and play begins at 1.20pm AEDT. Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span>1<\/span> of <span>1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Most Viewed in Sport<\/h2>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/first-test-day-two-live-australia-eye-big-first-innings-total-in-the-west-20231214-p5eroe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 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