Published: June 29, 2019
• Australia 243-9; New Zealand 157. Australia win by 86 runs
• Trent Boult’s hat-trick in vain as Starc takes 5-26
It’s unusual for people to hope that their own team loses a wicket, but it does happen. When a player is thrashing around as the overs dwindle, or plying a forward defence for hours when you’re not batting for a draw. Plenty of Indian batsmen have heard excessive good cheer from their own fans if their dismissal heralds the arrival of Sachin Tendulkar or Virat Kohli.
Usman Khawaja wouldn’t have hoped for it, but when a wicket went down within five overs of Australia’s innings against New Zealand, the misfortune also did him a huge favour.
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