Published 19:05 IST, December 28th 2019

Seen this? Neil Wagner shows what happens when the ball hits the back of the bat

Neil Wagner's unconventional textbook shot had left everyone spellbound on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test match at the MCG. He went on to score an unbeaten 18

Reported by: Karthik Nair
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Neil Wagner had entertained one an all with his unconventional textbook shot on Day 3 of Boxing Day Test match at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. interesting thing about this shot was that it was hit off  back of bat. 

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Neil Wagner's unconventional textbook shot

This had happened when James Pattinson had bowled a short ball away from body and Wagner attempted to pull it over wicket-keeper's head. Even commentators were stunned after left-hander had pulled off something special and y just could t help mselves from praising him.

''Oh! It's hit back of bat. It's gone over everyone. An extraordinary boundary from Wagner. We need to see that on hotspot. Well, that was going a long way down leg side from Pattinson. He caught it up with bat and hit back of bat and it's gone over slip .You cant' set a field for that. That's unreal isn't it?'', said commentators on air.

After taking a good look at hotspot, commentators could just t believe what y had just witnessed and admired Neil Wagner once again.''Absolutely middled it off back of bat as Kiwi player was seen taking a good look at back of his bat after giving a smile. video was posted by Cricket Australia on ir official Twitter handle. Watch it here.

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Australia in driver's seat

New Zealand were bowled out for a paltry score of 148 in ir first innings in reply to hosts' first innings score of 467. Only opening batsman Tom Latham could man to show some resistance as he was lone half-centurion in Kiwi innings. He scored a 144-ball 50. Even though Aussies have lost ir top-order in second innings, y have already taken a mammoth lead of 456 runs at end of play on Day 3. 

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19:05 IST, December 28th 2019