If you have passion then it's like this! Even injury could not break the batsman's courage, he batted with only one hand

By Sandy Verma On Nov 18, 2024

Ashton Agar: Australia's star cricketer Ashton Agar did something on Monday which everyone is praising. He batted with one hand in Western Australia's second innings despite suffering a shoulder injury against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield here. In this way he has presented a unique example of his bravery. Agar was in a lot of pain even while batting, but he ignored it and added 15 runs with Joel Curtis for the last wicket.

Curtis remained unbeaten on 119 runs off 239 balls, where his innings included 16 fours and a six. Agar's innings was finished by Sam Elliott, who took four wickets in the match. Western Australia's innings ended at 325 runs on the strength of the innings of Agar and Curtis. Of course, Agar could not score even a single run in this match, but by staying on the wicket he showed his courage to the whole world.

Brave stuff by Ashton Agar who batted one-handed due to a shoulder injury to add 15 runs for the 10th wicket 💪 #SheffieldShield pic.twitter.com/WZQ3pqw9qZ
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 18, 2024

Agar did not get a chance in the national team

Apart from Elliott, for Victoria, fast bowler Fergus O'Neill took 4 wickets for 56 runs, while spinners Todd Murphy and Xavier Crone got one wicket each. In this match, Victoria easily achieved the target given by Western Australia by losing eight wickets on the basis of fifties of Marcus Harris and Peter Handscomb. However, Agar did not take the field due to injury. He has not been selected for the Border-Gavaskar series which is going to start in the next few days.

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Nathan Lyon gets a chance

The team has expressed confidence in the experienced Nathan Lyon as a specialist spinner here. Agar recently played a key role in Western Australia's victory over Tasmania and scored a fifty. He did wonders not only with the bat but also with the ball, taking four wickets. He last played for the national team in the T20 World Cup 2024 against Afghanistan, when he replaced Mitchell Starc.

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