Wahab Riaz's fiery spell against Shane Watson | CWC 2015

Shane Watson 🆚 Wahab Riaz at CWC 2015.

Throwback to one of the most iconic battles in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup history 😍

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[Rafay]

one of the most famous and dangerous spells in world cup history.

[leonflorence]

From NZ but I still remember watching this live. I remember literally falling to my knees when that catch got dropped too. The energy was gone after that

[TsS.]

What a spell. Legendary Pak bowling & legendary Pak fielding!!

[atiyasamreen]

Back story, they sledged Wahab Riaz heavily specially Watson during Pakistan's innings. Wahan even complained to Michael Clark about it. Later when Watson came to bat, Wahab said to his captain that he would bowl bouncers to Watson no matter what. He gave it back to them. Every batter besides Smith had trouble playing Wahab. There is an interview of Watso saying how he was an idiot for not knowing how fast Wahab could bowl. Entertaining stuff!

[huss_bbx]

Those were absolute rockets looked amazing from this perspective imagine how hard it would have looked at the pitch facing the fiery Wahab.

[roykim]

That was legit one of the best spells in the world cup history. The great Brian lara said he would pay his match fine. They could've won the match if not for their fielding. Later they dropped the catch of Maxwell and then those two players finished the match. M.Irfan, Pakistan's main bowler, was also not playing the match due to injury. I remember being furious at our fielding but that's normal for a Pakistan fan😂

[shaibal]

In other end, Smith was batting on a different pitch. What a player. That 63 was one of the most underrated KO knocks in WC history. Australia were under pressure in that game, Smith rescued them brilliantly.

[emmeff]

Now Wahab is the Chief Selector of PCB and Watson will be Upcoming head Coach 😮

[criminalman]

It's been 9 years and it feels like it happened yesterday.❤

[ImranMalik-icpk]

Wahab sledding is another level 😮😮we are waiting for pak team like this Against Aussie speel in upcoming T20 world Cup 2024
Love 💕 from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[dywvexy]

One of the best spells have ever seen.. love from 🇮🇳

[asharahmed]

I remember watching it live. It is the most dangerous spell I have seen. Watson was both skillful and lucky to survive (catch drop).

[arginaakter]

If that catch was taken, this would have been one of the best spell in cricket history.

[MrBondshiv]

Dropping that catch of Watson is almost like an insult to his efforts 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[zining_]

I remember watching this live and being on the edge of my seat throughout his spell. For a moment it looked like the Aussies were on their way out. Thank you, Wahab.

[bishalroy]

Pakistan and Dropping catches never ending love story😂😂

[mohammedraza]

Wahab is an absolute legend, he did this in thier home country.🔥

[buntysonawane]

The legendary fielder not only dropped an absolute sitter but also buried the whole excitement.

[shirishgupta]

Ganguly sir advising on how to play the short ball is quite ironical

[abhayrajsingh]

Had Rahat Ali grabbed the catch of Watson, Aus would have been 4 down in 220 run chase. 70-4, still 150 runs needed,
Pak beated SA in a similar match in the group stages but in that match they had not dropped any catch. That was a massive massive moment for the WC itself.
Aus would have been knocked out of the world cup and Ind vs Pak semi final again.
But if you give a little chance to Aussies, they would crush you very badly same like 1999 world cup South Africa.