Srinagar: Pakistan all-rounder Salman Agha who has emerged as excellent slip fielder has defending Pakistan’s slip area catching issues after Saim Ayub dropped another catch on the Second Day of the Sydney Test vs Australia.
Australia reached 116 for two on the rain-disrupted second day of the third Test on Thursday. David Warner made 34 but he should have departed for 20 when Pakistan debutant Saim Ayub dropped a sitter in the slips, and was fortunate on 27 that his edge went between the slips and gully and ran to the boundary for four.
“Saim has been practicing slip-catching. I think there’s a problem with the first slip position (laughs). When I was briefly off the field, Babar thought he’d move to second slip (with Saim at first). People who follow cricket know that more catches go toward second slip,” Salman said in post-day press conference.
“Dropped catches are a part of the game. Australia also dropped catches, and it happens to anyone. There are no easy catches in the slips because you have very little time to react. We’ve also taken so many catches in the slips but no one talks about them,” Salman added.