There had been farcical scenes moments earlier than the Australian girls’s cricket workforce’s second T20 International in opposition to Pakistan on Thursday when sprinklers inexplicably turned on.
Just because the gamers had been about to take the sphere at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena, a number of sprinklers positioned on the centre wicket close to the pitch began going off.
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“That there probably isn’t the best of signs at the start of a T20 international,” Mel Jones stated in commentary on Fox Cricket.
“The sprinklers are on. It’s not the warmest of days as well. There will be a mad rush from the ground staff and the powers-that-be at the moment to switch it off.
“A little sprinkling of an artificial shower there, which brings some smiles to the Australians’ faces.”
The weird scenes took viewers unexpectedly and had many questioning why the sprinklers had been turned on.
Many commentators stated it wasn’t a great have a look at all and would by no means have occurred at an expert males’s cricket recreation.
Sports presenter Tom Wildie tweeted: “It’s just not good enough that the sprinklers come on moments before an international cricket match. Or any professional match.”
Anna Lanning, the sister of Australian captain Meg Lanning, stated the stuff-up was “absolutely disgraceful”.
“WOULD NOT happen at a men’s international game,” she wrote.
After the sprinklers got here on momentarily earlier than the beginning of play, Ash Gardner took the primary wicket within the second over of the match as certainly one of a file 9 bowlers utilized by the Australians who restricted Pakistan to simply 7-96 from 20 overs.
Only captain Meg Lanning and keeper Beth Mooney didn’t bowl as leg-spinner Alana King took 2-10.
The run chase was all too simple for the Aussies with Mooney smashing 46 off 29 balls to assist reel within the paltry complete in lower than 14 overs, sealing the collection with one match to go in a present of power earlier than their T20 World Cup defence begins in South Africa in February.
It was Australia’s first T20 win in Hobart in 5 makes an attempt, however their first on the venue since 2014.
Australia additionally took it’s unbeaten file in opposition to Pakistan to 13 in T20 cricket, having by no means misplaced in 15 clashes, two of which had been deserted.
— With NCA NewsWire
Source: www.news.com.au
