Watch: A charged Wahab Riaz make life difficult for the Australian batsmen

Watch: A charged Wahab Riaz make life difficult for the Australian batsmen: The third quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 between Australia and Pakistan was quite comfortably won by the home teams as they outscored the target set to them in 33.5 over’s and with 6 wickets in hand. But this does not tell you the actual story of the match, about the fight back a young, charged up fast bowler Wahab Riaz led to the Aussies. Here are glimpses of his amazing spell, Watch: A charged Wahab Riaz make life difficult for the Australian batsmen.

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Batting first all that the Green team could manage was 213 in 49.5 over’s and were all out. A below par score in the knock out match against a line-up like Australia who is playing in their own back yard and you are asking a bit too much from your bowlers. Though they bowled well and saw off Aaron Finch early, David Warner looked all set for a match winning knock before he was caught in a short ball trap by Wahab, the waiting third man fielder grabbed the chance.

Two wickets down for 49 in 8.3 over’s was still not as much in Pakistan’s favor, but the fast bowler was determined to leave a mark and not let the match slip by without testing the opposition batsmen and making them earn each run. The Australian captain Mitchael Clarke was set up and pocketed beautifully by Wahab as a perfectly directed short ball from Riaz found Clarke in an awkward position, could not keep the ball down and handed Maqsood a simple catch at forward short leg.

It was all up to the man coming in with a purple patch Steve Smith and the almost veteran Aussie all-rounder Shane Watson to take the co-hosts home. What followed was one of the most inspired, among the best spells of genuine fast bowling, we have seen in recent times, it was full of effort, every ball that Wahab Riaz bowled was with his 100%, he tried, troubled and tested Watson who had a tick of luck to save him from falling to it.

You don’t win matches if your fielders don’t support you. While the bowler was bowling his heart out, Shane Watson gave a chance but was dropped and that was where, Pakistan also spilled the match. Even though Pak lost, is knocked out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, this particular spell from Wahab Riaz will be remembered for a long long time as all the opposition batsmen rightly admitted that they were unsure of the outcome while he was steaming in and making them hop and duck.

Here is the video evidence of some of the best deliveries that Wahab Riaz bowled to the Australians yesterday. He returned with figure of 9-0-54-2 but it is not enough to give you a likely idea of how well the pacer bowled. Watch: A charged Wahab Riaz make life difficult for the Australian batsmen: