00:03And he's gone, so the first good bouncer works for Pakistan, the Australian captain Michael Clark bounced out, and they're
00:11three rickets down.
00:13Well, terrific, isn't it, from Misbah Al-Hack, gets his quickest man on, gets a man in that short leg
00:20position that we identified, but just a little bit deeper, and that's good on the front line.
00:25So a plan that has come together for Pakistan against Australia's captain, pinpoint accuracy with the short ball, and Clark
00:35can only spoon it up in the air, so big wicket for Pakistan. Clark gone for eight, 59 for three.
00:44Oh, that's a beauty, right on the money, what about that follow-through?
00:50This is great to see, we'll have Reyes, and I'll tell you what, Shane Watson will not back down, this
00:56is great, this is fantastic stuff to see, 149 Ks on the button.
01:04Yeah, and just cast your mind back a couple of hours to when Mitchell Stark was bowling at Wahab Reyes,
01:09there was plenty going on, and Wahab just giving a bit back.
01:13That's he backing up with good length delivery, so well played from Watson, excellent over.
01:21A wicket three off, it's 59 for three.
01:26That's what they need, Pakistan, they need someone to fire up here.
01:30Good ball, and well played by Watson.
01:33Look at this, look at the eyes.
01:35Come on boys.
01:39Fitting around.
01:41Oh, it's another excellent bouncer.
01:44A perfume ball, have a sniffer that one, Watto.
01:49Yeah, he loves it.
01:51Reyes is fired up here.
01:54And Watson's going to try and find a way to firstly, get away, as you've seen, just close his eyes
02:01and the ball whistles past.
02:02And then all the fielders closed in on Shane Watson, not just Wahab Reyes.
02:10Not quite as good.
02:12Not called a wide either.
02:13Get away with that.
02:17I'll be clapping the umpire.
02:20But certainly they should be fired up too, they're playing for their country.
02:22They're playing for a World Cup semi-final berth.
02:26And there he is, third on the list, 16 poles he's got.
02:30All the issues, all his experience.
02:32Just to ride the momentum you're talking about, Adlers.
02:35Just to start to get it back Australia's way.
02:38One of the great things about Watson.
02:40So we saw a bit of, well a bit more evening up of the ball verse back.
02:45And it's been some quality cricket.
02:49Oh, it's a great short of delivery to finish up.
02:53Excellent over.
02:54Pakistan on fire here after 13.67 for three.
02:58Just show of 145 Ks.
03:01Right on the money.
03:02And Watson's just got his grill out of the way.
03:06What do you call it a perfume ball, Damien Fleming?
03:09He had an instinct here, didn't he?
03:10He's not looking at the ball, but he's got an instinct that that ball is closing in
03:15on the visor of the helmet.
03:18And that's how well he's balled to Shane Watson.
03:23Very animated.
03:25He's into the battle.
03:26This was the last over to Watson.
03:28He's clapping his team, clapping himself.
03:31He's right in the moment.
03:33And he had Watson jumping around.
03:34There were a couple of deliveries that nearly struck him.
03:38That one in particular.
03:39That fizzed past his ears and his face.
03:43There's another short one and gets him.
03:45Hits the handle or the glove.
03:47Not secure from Watson.
03:49So Pakistan sensed they can get the fourth wicket.
03:53And this is where the pressure can be played on.
03:55Pakistan have got themselves into a position where it's all about the knockout.
03:59Australia know they have to win.
04:00Otherwise, they're out of the World Cup.
04:03It didn't.
04:05Again, that one short to the man on the onside.
04:08That's where Michael Clarke was caught.
04:12He's only bowled four overs.
04:14Feels like he's bowled eight.
04:15There's a fair bit happening.
04:16He's got a great short delivery.
04:18So he's backed it up with some good length bowling.
04:21He's causing all sorts of strife, this fella.
04:24He's got to get the pull shot out.
04:26Shane Watson, that's his strength.
04:27He's a good puller of the cricket ball.
04:31Another one edge.
04:32It'll fall in between the slips and third man.
04:35It's another win to the bowler.
04:38But Watson survives.
04:40Three for 74.
04:42He's still out there.
04:43The challenge continues.
04:45That's a top edge.
04:47Down the throw to fine leg.
04:48Oh, he's dropped it.
04:50Can you believe it?
04:51That built that wicket up for the last couple of overs.
04:55And he clangs it.
04:57That is a huge error.
05:00From Pakistan.
05:01Brilliant bowling from Wahab again.
05:03He's built to that.
05:05Nice as Michael Slater said.
05:07And the catch goes down.
05:09An absolute dolly in the outfield.
05:11Down she goes.
05:16What effect will that have?
05:18He went for the hook this time.
05:20He was fending in the previous overs.
05:23Well, well, well.
05:27He will have no answer to the question.
05:30Look at Wahab Riaz.
05:31He's given everything.
05:35What a spell he's bold.
05:39Solid.
05:40Different pitch as he said.
05:42And the throw back to the batsman frustrations and Wahab Riaz.
05:47For Pakistan.
05:50Well, it comes down to those sort of things, doesn't it?
05:52At the end of the day, you might look back at that drop and think,
05:54well, that was a moment.
05:55A big moment.
05:58And he'd already taken the catch of Dave Warner early in the piece.
06:03Leg.
06:08Just a wide, just a wide, big in Scotland.
06:12And five here, as that one gets bunted just in front of bat pad.
06:17Took his eyes off it again.
06:19It's good bowling, but poor batting as well.
06:22At this level, every delivery, you can't be taking your eyes off.
06:26If you have to speak to yourself, that I'll face it.
06:30I'll have to do something different.
06:32That's what this level demands.
06:35And it's been the last three or four overs, it's been the similar technique.
06:39He played the hook shot, dropped an easy catch.
06:41Wahab Riaz saying, hook me.
06:47And quite a short, so played nicely.
06:50And comes back for two.
06:54That's a good short ball.
06:56And it's that different angle, and it really makes Watson uncomfortable.
07:00I think the fact that it's just on the money every time at good pace.
07:06He could just about put another man in behind square as well,
07:09because Shane Watson's really struggling with that line.
07:14Because generally, as Sura says, he is a good hooker and puller of the ball,
07:18generally speaking.
07:19But just the angle and the pace that Riaz is generating,
07:22it's just he's very uncomfortable.
07:24Look at this field.
07:25That one just a little bit high.
07:27Not far from the money.
07:28Steepling.
07:28It's been called a while.
07:30It's the World Cup.
07:32It means so much to both teams.
07:39To the man it...
07:43A good change up.
07:44There's the full one.
07:46He's trying to catch Watson on the crease.
07:50That was good thinking.
07:52Clever thinking from Wahab Riaz.
07:55Cross seam.
07:56Watson must have been waiting for the short ball,
07:58but he watched it at the end.
07:59It's hit the bat.
08:07No one there now.
08:08And they'll come back for two.
08:09Yeah, good running.
08:15That's good to watch.
08:20Dot ball to finish the over.
08:22Probably will be a break there for Riaz.
08:24It's 98 for three.
08:39Here's Wahab Riaz.
08:43Detained tonight.
08:45Pulled into the deep end.
08:46And over square length to six.
08:49Right out of the middle of the bat for Shane Watson.
08:52And hasn't come easy against Riaz.
08:58Well, it's a cruel game for bowlers at times.
09:01Wahab has had Watson's number earlier in the piece,
09:04but now as Australia close in on victory,
09:07he tries the same ball that Watson top-edged earlier in the day,
09:11and this one has come straight out of the screws,
09:14flown into the crowd.
09:17Batsman's revenge.
09:21What do you think other teams will have taken?
09:24Cracking game, that one.
09:26And that's fine.
09:27That'll race away for a boundary.
09:32And it is off the bat.
09:34Well, it might have been off the tie pair, but...
09:43It is a nasty one.
09:47We fire through, and the outpires convene.
09:50It's a smile on Shane Watson's face,
09:52and it is the end of the over.
09:542-0-3 for four.
09:57The winner's smile.
10:00It's been a terrific contest between Wahab,
10:04and Shane Watson in particular, but others as well.
10:07He's pulled some fantastic bouncers right on the button.
10:11He's followed it up with a little bit as well,
10:13but I think Watson is winning this battle now.
10:17He loves it.
10:17He wants to win this battle now.
10:19I a good bet.
10:20Of course.
10:20I should say the fragen stuff.
10:21What if it's got on the floor?
10:21He's done it to you.
10:21Oh man.
10:22I should be aware of this battle.
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