Problem with syntax getting array elements

Given

my @x = qw(a b c);
print "$x[2]\n";
($a, $b) = @x[1,2];
print "$a $b\n";

Gives me

c
b c

But

my %h;
$h{a} = [1,2,3];
print $h{a}[2]."\n";
my ($a, $b) = $h{a}[1,2];
print "$a $b\n";

Gives

3
Use of uninitialized value $b in concatenation (.) or string
3

I have tried all sorts of brackets braces etc. in various combinations
but I cannot get the anonymous array contained in the hash to work
like the first example. What silly thing am I missing?

TIA
--
Regards
Dave Saville
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