15/12Result
1st Test (D/N), Pakistan tour of Australia at Brisbane, Dec 15-19 2016
Australia won by 39 runs
Player of the Match
Asad Shafiq
Asad ShafiqPakistan
15/12Result
1st Test (D/N), Pakistan tour of Australia at Brisbane, Dec 15-19 2016
Australia won by 39 runs
Player of the Match
Asad Shafiq
Asad ShafiqPakistan

Best performances - Batsmen

Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
137(207) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 30 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
25 19 15 21 21 6 14 16
SPD Smith
SPD Smith
130(222) 19x4 - 0x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 33 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
22 5 13 2 34 20 14 20

Best performances - Bowlers

Wahab Riaz
Wahab Riaz
O26
M4
R89
W4
Eco3.42
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Amir
O31
M7
R97
W4
Eco3.12
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W1W
1W
1W

Partnerships

  • AUS - 1st
  • PAK - 1st
  • AUS - 2nd
  • PAK - 2nd

Australia - 1st - Innings

70
DA Warner32 (70)
MT Renshaw35 (71)
5
UT Khawaja4 (7)
MT Renshaw1 (2)
76
SPD Smith40 (60)
MT Renshaw35 (52)
172
SPD Smith90 (162)
PSP Handscomb77 (178)
11
NJ Maddinson1 (8)
PSP Handscomb8 (16)
8
MS Wade7 (21)
PSP Handscomb1 (16)
12
MA Starc10 (7)
PSP Handscomb2 (6)
26
JR Hazlewood8 (21)
PSP Handscomb17 (23)
0
NM Lyon0 (0)
PSP Handscomb0 (1)
49
JM Bird19 (43)
NM Lyon29 (24)

Pakistan - 1st - Innings

6
Azhar Ali5 (10)
Sami Aslam0 (15)
37
Babar Azam19 (41)
Sami Aslam16 (52)
0
Younis Khan0 (1)
Sami Aslam0 (0)
5
Misbah-ul-Haq4 (20)
Sami Aslam1 (22)
6
Asad Shafiq2 (4)
Sami Aslam4 (6)
2
Sarfaraz Ahmed1 (2)
Sami Aslam1 (5)
10
Wahab Riaz1 (14)
Sarfaraz Ahmed9 (11)
1
Yasir Shah1 (2)
Sarfaraz Ahmed0 (0)
54
Sarfaraz Ahmed32 (30)
Mohammad Amir21 (69)
21
Sarfaraz Ahmed17 (21)
Rahat Ali4 (5)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

12
DA Warner12 (8)
MT Renshaw0 (6)
12
UT Khawaja6 (11)
MT Renshaw6 (9)
111
UT Khawaja42 (75)
SPD Smith63 (70)
53
UT Khawaja26 (23)
PSP Handscomb26 (20)
11
NJ Maddinson4 (3)
PSP Handscomb7 (3)
3*
MS Wade1 (4)
PSP Handscomb2 (3)

Pakistan - 2nd - Innings

31
Azhar Ali16 (30)
Sami Aslam15 (39)
23
Azhar Ali9 (53)
Babar Azam14 (36)
91
Younis Khan43 (106)
Azhar Ali46 (96)
20
Younis Khan14 (25)
Misbah-ul-Haq5 (34)
8
Younis Khan8 (16)
Asad Shafiq0 (12)
47
Sarfaraz Ahmed24 (41)
Asad Shafiq23 (37)
92
Mohammad Amir48 (63)
Asad Shafiq43 (52)
66
Wahab Riaz30 (56)
Asad Shafiq34 (39)
71
Yasir Shah33 (64)
Asad Shafiq37 (67)
1
Yasir Shah0 (2)
Rahat Ali1 (2)

Match Coverage

All Match News

Too close, yet far

1

No. of smaller margin of defeat for a team scoring 400+ while chasing, than Pakistan's loss by 39 runs. NZ had lost by 38 runs after making 440 in Nottingham in 1973.

PAK's strong comeback

277

Previous highest difference between PAK's 1st inns & 2nd inns (2nd minus 1st) totals v AUS before this. They had made 260 & 537 after following-on in Rawalpindi.

Shafiq's record

9

No. of centuries for Asad Shafiq at No. 6 position in Tests - the most by any player. He went past Garry Sobers who had hit eight 100s at the position.

Best at Gabba

370

Previous highest 4th inns total at Gabba, by Eng in Ashes 2006-07. Pak have gone past that score. Highest anywhere in Aus is 445 by Ind at Adelaide in 1977-78.

Younis while chasing

55.04

Younis Khan's ave in 4th inns, before this - the third-best among 27 batsmen with 1000+ runs.

Big task

0

No. of instances of teams batting more than 150 overs in the fourth innings of a Test at Gabba. There are more than 200 overs left in this Test.

Dominating Smith

7

No. of times Smith has scored a century and a fifty in the same Test, including this. Only Kallis (11), Ponting (10), Border (9) & Sangakkara (9) have done it more times.

Some respite

75

Runs added by Pakistan's last 2 wickets - 54 for 9th wkt and 21 for then 10th. They raised from 67/8 to 142. This is the 2nd-most Pak's last 2 wkts have added in Aus.

Collapsed

24

Runs added by Pakistan's 3rd to 8th wkts in this inns - the lowest for them. The previous lowest was 25 runs at WACA in 1981-82.

Younis' lean patch

16

Runs scored by Younis in his last six Test innings, including a duck in this. His scores - 0, 2, 1, 2, 11, 0.

Double attack

2

No. of times 2 visiting bowlers have taken 4+ wkts in an inns vs Aus since 2010, both this year - Abbott & Rabada in Hobart and Amir & Wahab in this Test.

Best since return

0

No. of times Amir took more than 3 wkts since his return, in 16 inns before this. He took three 3-wkt hauls.