Australia Tour of Pakistan: Apprentice Haris Rauf ready to trouble Aussies Haris Rauf has become a force to reckon with in the Pakistan team. He learned the craft of reverse-swing bowling not in Pakistan but in Australia under the likes of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc & Josh Hazlewood. Now, he is ready to dominate the Aussies after learning the craft from the opponents years ago. Follow PAK vs AUS live updates on InsideSport.IN
Australia Tour of Pakistan: Apprentice Haris Rauf ready to trouble Aussies after training with Cummins, Starc & Hazlewood
“When I played in Australia, I trained once in the nets alongside Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc and, I watched them closely and tried to learn from them and the skills they had, such as reverse-swinging the ball, were simply amazing” Haris Rauf said who worked as a net bowler in Ashes 2019.
“When I played in Australia, I trained once in the nets alongside Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc and, I watched them closely and tried to learn from them and the skills they had, such as reverse-swinging the ball, were simply amazing” : Haris Rauf #Ashes2019 pic.twitter.com/NGNaCWvtWa
— PakPassion.net (@PakPassion) September 11, 2019
- He was at the New South Wales training session at the start of the 2017-18 season.
- Later, Melbourne Stars plucked him as a stand-in for boom recruit for his role model & gun pacer from SA Dale Steyn.
“We were in desperate need of a fast bowler,” Stars coach David Hussey told cricket.com.au. “The first time I actually laid eyes on him was when he came to the MCG nets.
- Rauf’s quickly became a success with 20 wickets in 10 games which also featured a hat-trick against the Sydney Thunder. It promoted him into Pakistan’s limited-overs teams.
- However, it remains to be seen whether Rauf can translate his white-ball heroics in Test cricket.
- Seam-friendly Rawalpindi surface could see Rauf handed his maiden cap at hometown.
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Wasim, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Zahid Mahmood. Reserves: Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Haris
Australia Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner. On standby: Sean Abbott, Brendan Doggett, Nic Maddinson, Matthew Renshaw
- March 4-8: First Test, Rawalpindi
- March 12-16: Second Test, Karachi
- March 21-25: Third Test, Lahore
- March 29: First ODI, Rawalpindi
- March 31: Second ODI, Rawalpindi
- April 2: Third ODI, Rawalpindi
- April 5: Only T20I, Rawalpindi
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