Australia
opener David Warner and Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi gave cricket fans
something to laugh about on the third day of the third Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. The incident happened in the penultimate delivery of the day
after Warner had hit Afridi for a boundary off the previous ball.

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Warner
dispatched Afridi through square leg off the fifth ball of the second over of
the Australian second innings. Afridi then followed that up with a bouncer that
reared up to Warner’s neck. Warner defended it down and screamed no run at
Usman Khawaja at the other end while staring at Afridi.

Afridi
walked up towards Warner and stared back at the Australian but the incident
appeared to be a comic scene as both cricketers went back to their places
laughing.

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Warner
later posted a photo with Afridi in his Instagram story.

In
the third Test, Pakistan looked set to take a lead for much of their innings
after Australia scored 391. However, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc ran through
the hosts’batting order in the third session of Day 3 and they were all out for
268 runs, thus handing Australia a lead of 123 runs.

Cummins
and Starc triggered a spectacular collapse in which Pakistan went from 214/2 to
being all out for 268 runs. Abdullah Shafique and Azhar Ali earlier struck
resolute half-centuries on Wednesday as Pakistan delivered a strong response to
Australia’s first-innings total of 391. Pakistan captain Babar Azam then scored
67 off 131 balls before the collapse began.

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The
first two Tests of the series ended in draws which drew criticism. The Test
series will be followed by a three-match ODI series and a T20I.

This
is Australia’s first tour of Pakistan since 1998 when they toured Pakistan
under the captaincy of Mark Taylor. In the last 24 years, Australia has citied
fear of terrorism for not touring Pakistan.