'It was silence': Crowd 'stunned' as David Warner caught for 34 in final Test match
David Warner has only one potential innings left in his illustrious Test career, after falling for 34 on the second morning in Sydney.
Warner copped a beauty from Pakistan spinner Salman Ali Agha that turned and bounced and took the shoulder of his bat. He was caught at first slip.
The SCG crowd was stunned into silence, before rising to give a standing ovation as he walked off the ground, given it could have been the final time he bats.
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David Warner acknowledges the crowd after he was dismissed on the second morning. Getty
"The crowd could not believe it, it was silence," Adam Gilchrist said in commentary for Fox Sports.
"It was a stunned Sydney Cricket Ground there for a moment, no one could really believe what happened."
Warner was lucky to have made it to 34, having had several lives in his 68-ball innings.
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In the one over the Aussies batted at the end of day one, Warner was lucky to not be bowled – the ball bouncing only millimetres over his stumps after a forward defence went awry.
Prior to the commencement of play on the second morning, a match official was seen measuring the height of the stumps.
Then once play began, he was dropped at first slip – the third time he'd been dropped in that position this series alone.
A match official measures the stumps after David Warner survived a scare. Fox Cricket
On 20, Aamir Jamal had Warner nicking, but was dropped by Saim Ayub, whose debut Test only got worse after making a second-ball duck on day one.
"My goodness me, can not believe it … perfect height, that should be taken nine times out of 10," Mike Hussey said of the drop.
"Pakistan just have to take their chances today. That's such a let off for David Warner.
"Quite possibly the worst feeling you can have as a fielder."
Saim wasn't even supposed to be fielding at first slip, which is regarded as a specialist position. He was filling in for Agha, who was off the field briefly.
But instead of sliding across into first slip, the experienced Babar Azam remained at second slip and allowed Saim to take first.
Warner also had several edges fly through the region between slip and gully for four.
He will be hoping he gets to bat a second innings in Sydney to have one last crack at going out on a high.
