Watch: Roving ‘Buggy cam’ breaks Steve Smith’s steely concentration on Day 1 of Lahore Test
When Steve Smith is in his zone no bowler can dract him, but on the opening day of the third and final Test against Pakan, the Australian batter’s steely concentration was broken the ‘buggy cam.’
The buggy sends its apologies @stevesmith49 🙏🏼 #BoysReadyHain l #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/CdfAsnY8aQ
— Pakan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 21, 2022
The incident took place in the 11th over when Steve Smith expressed displeasure at the roving ‘buggy cam.’ At that moment, Australia were reeling at 34 for 2 with Smith and Usman Khawaja were trying to negotiate the opening burst from the Pakan pacers.
Smith and Khawaja have come to the rescue to dig Australia out of trouble following a chaotic start to the third Test against Pakan in Lahore.
Australia slumped to 2-8 in the third over when David Warner (7) and Marnus Labuschagne (0) fell within the space of three balls to left-arm paceman Shaheen Afridi.
An unbeaten 62-run stand between Khawaja (31 not out) and Smith (28 not out) guided Australia to 70 for 2 at lunch on day one, but the pair were lucky to survive until the break.
Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to bat on Monday in the third and final Test against Pakan, with the batting-dominated series locked at 0-0.
Pakan made one change after an epic draw at Karachi last week, when Babar Azam’s marathon knock of 196 in more than 10 hours led the hosts to 443-7, falling short 63 runs.
Fast bowler Naseem Shah replaced all-rounder Faheem Ashraf as Pakan went with three pacemen and retained the two spinners — Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan.
Australia kept the same XI which toiled for nearly 172 overs on the last two days, but couldn’t force a win at Karachi.
