In just 19 balls, Fraser-McGurk heaps more pressure on Australian selectors

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By Glenn Moore

May 8, 2024 — 9.24am

Jake Fraser-McGurk has said he’s “fine” with his omission from Australia’s T20 World Cup squad. Time is connected his broadside and helium “wasn’t adjacent successful the representation a month-and-a-half ago.”

Nevertheless, the young weapon bat volition person been beauteous pleased astatine his effect to the snub – blasting a 19-ball half-century successful his archetypal lucifer aft the enactment was revealed.

Fraser-McGurk got to the landmark smashing 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6 successful 1 implicit from Avesh Khan. He was retired adjacent ball, clouting a afloat flip from Ravichandran Ashwin (3-24) to mid-wicket, but helium had made his point.

The 22-year-old ’s 4th half-century successful 7 Indian Premier League innings acceptable McGurk’s Delhi Capitals, coached by Ricky Ponting, connected the mode to a 20-run triumph against Rajasthan Royals.

With chap opener Abishek Porel making 65 disconnected 36 balls, the Capitals made 8-221 from their 20 overs.

That looked arsenic if it would beryllium comfortably capable erstwhile Royals openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler were retired successful the powerfulness play, but visiting skipper Sanju Sansom had different ideas.

Shai Hope claims a drawback for Delhi Capitals successful the IPL crippled against Rajasthan Royals.

He had raced to 86 disconnected 44 balls, keeping the Royals precise overmuch successful contention, erstwhile helium was brilliantly – and controversially – caught by Shai Hope connected the boundary.

The West Indian showed nimble footwork arsenic helium skirted the bound cushion, though not nimble capable successful Sansom’s view.

The 3rd umpire disagreed, and aft Sansom left, the Royals gradually faded away, closing connected 8-201.

Fraser-McGurk’s freewheeling innings defied the achy stroke helium took to the container from the bowling of Kiwi speedster Trent Boult.

“He’s hardly enactment a ft incorrect since he’s been here. He hasn’t amazed maine with what he’s done,” Ponting said station match.

“I had a bully look astatine him successful the BBL and knew what helium was susceptible of.”

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