I was an Uber driver in Australia…now I’m tearing through their batting line up playing cricket for another country
AAMIR JAMAL has gone from driving Australians around in an Uber to ripping through their Test team as Pakistan’s star bowler.
Pakistan have already lost the three-match series Down Under after being beaten in both of the opening two Tests.
But despite his team’s defeats, Jamal, 27, has starred for his side with the ball.
In the opening match in Perth – his debut in international Test cricket – Jamal took seven wickets, including six in the first innings.
He then took another five at the MCG in the Second Test – which included picking off Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in Australia‘s first innings.
He has maintained that form in the Third Test in Sydney, taking another six wickets in the Aussies’ first innings to give Pakistan hope of a victory.
And Jamal’s superb performances make for an even more incredible story when you learn he was an Uber drive in Australia just SIX years ago.
Speaking to the Pakistan Cricket Board last year about his old job, he said: “I used to get online for my first shift from five until ten-thirty in the morning.
“This struggle instilled punctuality in me and I started to value things. When you are forced to work hard and earn things, you value them.”
Yet despite Jamal’s six wickets in the Third Test, Pakistan still look set to come up short.
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After they were bowled out for 313 in their first innings, Jamal’s inspired bowling helped them reduce Australia to 299.
But Pakistan then collapsed on day three as they were reduced to 68/7.
They lead by just 82 runs with three wickets in hand ahead of the penultimate day’s action.