The bumps and bruises faded after the gap between the first and second Tests as the battle between Mathew Wade and Neil Wagner continued on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Thursday.
In the first Test at Perth, Wade indulged in a contest with Kiwi pacer Wagner. The New Zealander kept on bowling the short balls targeting the shoulder of Wade. However, the left-handed batsman didn’t bow down to the challenge and took some mighty blows on hi🐻s body.
"Keep coming, big boy."
Not often you see th✨e batsman sledging tꦗhe bowler!
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Again, in the second Test, the exciting combat between Wagner and Wade started🐎 right after the dismissal of Marnus Labuschagne. 🎃The left-arm pacer greeted the Aussie player with standard short pitch deliveries.
During the 61st over of Australia’s innings, Wagner bowl🀅ed a short ball towards Wade. The Aussie batt👍er, instead of playing the ball, decided to duck, but it hit his helmet.
Wagner’s delivery struck on the back of Wade’s helmet,🐻 and after the deflection, the ball went straight into the fine leg region for fo💜ur.
The Wade v Wagner battle continues! |
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The b⛦attle between the two continued until Col🌄in de Grandhomme, who sent Labuschagne back to the pavilion, took the wicket of Wade.
De Grandhomme bowled a juicy length ball outside off, and Wade reached out to guidꦗe the delivery towards cover, but it ricocheted a thick outside edge tꩲo wicketkeeper BJ Watling who completed the catch.
After generating a lot of plays and misses and close calls, Colin de Grandhomme finally gets Matthew Wade's wicket to celebrate! |
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