AUS vs WI | Twitter stunned after Pat Cummins' two-year-old carbon copy jaffa bamboozles Brathwaite in Adelaide
Weaving magic in sports is not an easy art but when an individual gets to replicate the same artistry again and again, it may sum up as mastery. Such was the case with Australian captain Pat Cummins who rejuvenated a dream delivery from the past to topple Kraigg Brathwaite in the Adelaide Test.
Winning the toss and opting to field first on Adelaide yielded favorable results for captain Pat Cummins as the Windies openers failed to handle the new ball pressure. After losing Tagenarine Chanderpaul for the first wicket, one of the most reliable openers and captain Kraigg Brathwaite followed suit after getting bamboozled by a Pat Cummins seed that reminiscent of the first Test played in the Optus Stadium in 2022.
On the fifth ball of the 14th over, Cummins dished a good length delivery, that nibbled a hint to beat the outside edge of Brathwaite’s bat and kissed the top of the off stump. The West Indies captain played inside the line to defend at it but ended up watching the stumps get shattered. The ball deviated a tad from the projected trajectory and therefore compelled Brathwaite to stick behind the wrong line.
Brathwaite was dismissed in a similar after scoring 64 when the Caribbean side traveled to Australia in the first Test in 2022. Hitting the top of the stumps in a Test match is regarded as one of the dream deliveries for any bowler and Cummins replicating the same act after a couple of years against the same opponent sparked the Twitterverse in a frenzy.
Owned him!
Pat Cummins owns the top of off!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2024
The Aussie captain bowls the Windies captain with a peach! 🍑 #PlayOfTheDay | @nrmainsurance | #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/3GbvbXR3wb
Carbon copy!
Nobody hits the top of off-stump quite like Pat Cummins!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 17, 2024
For the second summer in a row, he knocked back Kraigg Brathwaite's with absolute precision 👌 #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/RVq9Jashg3
Beauty!
Pat Cummins to Kraigg Brathwaite#AUSvsWIpic.twitter.com/rCHI3IP2ya
— Don Cricket 🏏 (@doncricket_) January 17, 2024
What a delivery!
Cummins with a 2024 version of the Root dismissal vs Brathwaite
— Prashanth S 🍉 (@ps_it_is) January 17, 2024
2 in a row!
For the second summer in a row, Pat Cummins knocked back Kraigg Brathwaite's with absolute precision 👌 #AUSvWI pic.twitter.com/vFYuSylaz6
— Azam Sajjad (@AzamDON) January 17, 2024
Superb
What a delivery to get Brathwaite! Skipper gets skipper. Pat Cummins continues his best run of form.
— IRANNA MAHOOR (@ImIranna) January 17, 2024
Things not looking good!
And now Cummins bowls Brathwaite and the West Indies are 2/27!! #AUSvWI
— Kate Wall (@TheKateWall) January 17, 2024
Absolute beast!
Kraigg Brathwaite gets an absolute beauty. Pat Cummins pass the outside edge, top of off stump … the skipper has to go. West Indies 27-2.
— Anmar Goodridge-Boyce (@anmargboyce) January 17, 2024
Just too good!
What a delivery to get Brathwaite! Skipper gets skipper. Pat Cummins continues his best run of form. #AUSvsWI
— CHARLIE (@CharlieGulshan) January 17, 2024
Bang bang!
Nobody hits the top of off-stump quite like Pat Cummins!
— Talha Yousaf (@TalhaYousa76574) January 17, 2024
For the second summer in a row, he knocked back Kraigg Brathwaite's with absolute precision 👌 #AUSvWI @patcummins30 pic.twitter.com/IvNTqOZkMl