Aus vs Pak: Amir fit for Boxing Day Test despite bruise
Pakistan fast bowling ace Mohammad Amir is ready to feature in the the Boxing Day Test against Australia despite stiffness and a bruised thigh, team officials revealed on Thursday.
The left-arm paceman, who completed a five-year ban for spot-fixing last year, walked off the field during the first Brisbane Test on a motorised stretcher after falling on the Gabba turf.
He appeared in sheer pain but returned a little while later and continued to bowl. Amir was also hit on the thigh by a Mitchell Starc full toss.
Pakistan’s batting coach and former Zimbabwe captain Grant Flower said that Amir should be ready to go in the 2nd game.
“There’s quite a bit of bruising on his thigh. He’s feeling a bit stiff but he’s all right.”
Flower added that he expected the team to field the same bowling attack in Melbourne that narrowly lost the gripping first Test by just 39 runs.
Source: crictale“I think the guys are fit enough to go through. I think our attack would probably be the same. It’s just one of those things that we’ve had for a while, we don’t have that all-rounder batsman, batsman-bowler. But it’s one of those things so the guys will just have to get through it.”
