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Warner Lauds Amir’s ‘Amazing’ Spell Against Australia

LONDON: Australian opener David Warner hailed “world class” Amir, who picked up career-best figures of 5-30 as Australia scored 307 after being asked to bat first by Pakistan in the 17th match of ICC World Cup 2019.

Warner hit a match-winning 107 to help Australia win by 41 runs in the crucial match against Pakistan.

“He bowled fantastic. He got a nice response off the wicket,” said Warner who agreed that other Pakistani pacers lost the plot.

“They were a tad too short or a tad too full. And it allowed us to sort of free our arms a little bit,” he added.

Asked for more comments on Amir’s spell, Warner said: “Look, he’s a world-class bowler. When he’s swinging it, it’s very difficult to try to get on top of him. Then when it’s seaming and swinging, it’s even harder.”

Warner spoke about his fears of never scoring an international hundred again.

“Yes, definitely, there was always that going through my mind,” replied Warner when asked about the possibility that his ton in the Boxing Day Test against England in December 2017 might have been his last in international cricket.

“That’s what drove me to keep being as fit as I can, to keep scoring as many runs as I can in the Twenty 20 tournaments I played in, and really enjoy playing in grade cricket.”