00:00The first touch match between Pakistan and Australia was played in Karachi from September
00:0622 to 27, 1982.
00:09During this match, fans witnessed a great moment, a thrilling contest between Pakistan's
00:14fastballer, Imran Khan, and Australian wicketkeeper bestman Rodney Marsh.
00:19Imran Khan was in top form, he kept balling out swingers, deliveries that moved away
00:24from the bestman again and again.
00:27Rodney Marsh was trying hard to defend, but Imran's wings and accuracy kept troubling
00:32him.
00:33Then came the perfect delivery.
00:35After many outswingers, Imran Khan suddenly bowled a fast-swinging Yorker.
00:40The ball came in sharply and hit Rodney Marsh on the toes.
00:43He had no chance to play it.
00:45The umpire gave him LBW and the crowd cheered loudly.
00:49It was a beautiful moment of skills and planning.
00:52Imran Khan set him smartly and finished the job in style.
00:55Watching the old video clips still gives cricket lovers a lot of joy.
01:00This was a classic cricket battle between the two greats of the game.
01:04Let's remember and enjoy these golden moments from the history of the game.
01:08Because these two batsmen are very determined, Marsh are very experienced.
01:12But as far as the uncertainty of cricket is concerned, Marsh and Bright could make Pakistan
01:23fight all the way and make them fight very, very hard.
01:26Marsh is there on 26th now to trace the bowling of Imran.
01:31Good morning, Makar.
01:33Any comments?
01:34Well, the most important thing from Pakistan's point of view would be that this vital partnership,
01:42which has yielded 51 run so far, must be broken.
01:45And I'm sure Imran must be doing his level best to break this partnership.
01:52Both Rodney Marsh and Ray Bright have done a good job by producing a 51 run partnership and a lot depend on this partnership.
02:04It's going to be Marsh to face Imran.
02:08He's going to go from the pavilion end.
02:10And the players there a little early and you saw the umpire signal to Imran there's still one minute left before play can start.
02:22The clock showing 4.59 ahead of us.
02:25So if you want to know the reason of the delay of the umpire looking at the clock, still not 10 o'clock.
02:33And there it is, play about to start, the players on the field a little early.
02:45Imran to start the proceedings.
02:54And that one swung away from the batsman and it's through to the keeper.
03:02Sensational Australian collapse yesterday.
03:15And some very fine bowling by Kadir.
03:19Imran started the problems for Australia by getting Laird.
03:25Six hours, four maidens, one for six.
03:31And that's the first round of the morning.
03:35Out to mid-off.
03:37It's going to be bright now to face Imran.
03:40It's going to be Imran from the pavilion end.
03:44The batsman's going to be Rodney Marsh.
03:48It's going to be 40 minutes, so I'm going to be having a high-pitched on a bus bus.
03:54This is a car.
03:58This is so fast, so I can get a lot of good news now.
04:02If you don't, don't know where I am.
04:03I'll just go ahead and be serious.
04:05This is going to be a little bit.
04:07I'll just be able to do a little bus.
04:09I'm just going to do some of the babies.
04:10Zaheer at mid-off, the way these two have been batting since yesterday, it's going to
04:28be hard work for Pakistan, if they continue in this manner, playing down the line, waiting
04:35for the bad ball to hit, Zaheer at mid-off, again,
04:57and then, we'll see if there was a new one at the end, here at the end, and we'll see
05:04it again, in this moment, we'll see if there's a little bit of a new one, I can't see it,
05:12and I'll see if there's a new one, just a little bit, I can't see it, but I can't see it,
05:19Tipped a little low that one as it went past the off stump, but marsh must be lifted well
05:49Good innings from him, 32, plays for Western Australia, one of the senior most members of the Australian side
05:59And one of the best-footed keeper batsmen, the game is seen
06:19And he's out, yes, he had to go, that ball, a full toss on to marsh's pads and let's watch the replay
06:31That's the in-lipper from Imran, watch it, it goes right up to marsh and the ball coming back at marsh now
06:41And struck on the leg which he removed after that, so the ball certainly appeared to be hitting the stumps
06:54Hitting the stumps, let's have another look at this replay
07:01Yes, that ball would have hit the middle and leg
07:11So the breakthrough has come, marsh out, LBW
07:18And Australia now are 137 to 8
07:24Vakar, perhaps you'd like to comment on that
07:26Yes, from this replay one could see that marsh foot was...
07:31Cross the foot, then it hits it, there, then he withdraws the foot
07:34Yes, let's watch it again
07:44Now watch the point of impact of the ball
07:47It's after the ball had hit the foot that it was withdrawn
07:50And that ball would have appeared to have taken middle leg
07:55Good ball from Imran and Pakistan is...
07:59Imran Khan was one of the greatest fastballers the game has ever seen
08:03What made him truly special was his ability to ball fast and swing the ball
08:08Even on slow and dry pitches like those in subcontinent
08:11Where fastballers usually don't get much help
08:14One of Imran Khan's biggest strength was his skills with the old ball
08:18Most ballers struggle with the ball gets old because it does not swing much in the air
08:23But Imran Khan learned the art of reverse swing, a rare deadly skill at that time
08:28The reverse swing happens when the ball moves in the opposite direction of what the bestman expects
08:35Imran Khan would make the old ball swing in sharply towards the bestman even at high speeds
08:41This was specially dangerous because it's very hard to spot
08:45Bestman could not read it in time and often got pulled or trapped LBW
08:50Subcontinent pitches are usually flat meaning they don't have much bounce or seam movement
08:55Imran Khan still found a way to trouble the best bestman
08:58He used his wrist position and strong action to generate swing
09:02He maintained good pace which made the ball move late just before reaching the bestman
09:07He planned his spell smartly, often balling out swingers for a while and then suddenly delivering a sharp swinging
09:14Imran Khan was not just a great baller himself
09:17He also helped other Pakistani ballers like Vaseem Akram and Vakar Yunus to learn the art of reverse swing
09:25Together they became one of the most feared pace attacks in the world cricket during the late 1990s and early 2000s
09:33Imran Khan's swing balling especially with the old ball on subcontinent pitches was a game changer
09:39He made the ball talk even when the pitch did not help
09:42His clever use of swing, pace and planning made him a nightmare for Bestman
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