Player of the Match
Player of the Match

10.17pm Pakistan completely outplayed Australia today, absolutely no doubt about that. It began by tying down Australia with spin. Changes in pace, cutters, pace off, change-ups. Australia could only manage 220. Pakistan knew what they were doing all along in that chase. Took their time and put the odd ball away. That's all they needed. A clinical bowling performance followed with a clean, efficient chase. The series is well positioned now, 1-1 after two games, effectively a three-match series now.

Time for the presentation

Steven Smith: "Went a little bit too hard with the bat. Ordinary with the bat in this first two games, aside from Wade's hundred. Need to build partnerships, haven't done that in the past two games. We've been 3 or 4 down when the spinners came on, we haven't been able to play naturally against them. Was always going to be tough, tried as hard as we can. 40 runs short, was a 260 wicket. Outplayed by Pakistan. Chris Lynn's quite sore, someone may come into the squad for him."

Mohammad Hafeez is the Man of the Match: "The boys did a great job, our bowlers did a great job, they got wickets at the right times. We love them, and they love us a lot (the crowd). This is the way to move forward, we have everything to win the series. Missed an opportunity in the last game.

47.5
1w
Head to Umar Akmal, 1 wide, the game finishes with a wide. Head fires this down leg and Pakistan complete a sensational win by six wickets at the MCG

A huge win this for Pakistan

47.4
4
Head to Umar Akmal, FOUR, Akmal comes down and hammers a drive past his partner. Whistles past mid-off for four. Scores are level
47.3
0
Head to Umar Akmal, no run, blocked from the crease
47.2
4
Head to Umar Akmal, FOUR, gets down to the pitch and lofts over cover for four. Nice use of the feet to get close to the pitch. Good execution
47.1
0
Head to Umar Akmal, no run, flat on middle, pushed back to the bowler

END OF OVER:
47 | 1 Run | PAK: 212/4 (9 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.51, RRR: 3.00)

  • Shoaib Malik42 (52b)
  • Umar Akmal10 (16b)
  • James Faulkner9-0-35-2
  • Travis Head2-0-14-0
46.6
0
Faulkner to Shoaib Malik, no run, defended from the crease, tidy over from Faulkner
46.5
0
Faulkner to Shoaib Malik, no run, comes down but the length is good and Malik has to improvise a block
46.4
0
Faulkner to Shoaib Malik, no run, hit on the body. 127 kph, length delivery on middle. Malik hit on the back thigh
46.3
1
Faulkner to Umar Akmal, 1 run, a wild swing. Full on off, Akmal looks to smash this over midwicket, a thick inside edge towards leg gully
46.2
0
Faulkner to Umar Akmal, no run, good length outside off, pushed to cover

Faulkner hurries back to his bowling mark

46.1
0
Faulkner to Umar Akmal, no run, good length outside off, Akmal misses a cut, beaten for bounce

END OF OVER:
46 | 3 Runs | PAK: 211/4 (10 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.58, RRR: 2.50)

  • Shoaib Malik42 (49b)
  • Umar Akmal9 (13b)
  • Travis Head2-0-14-0
  • James Faulkner8-0-34-2
45.6
2
Head to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, shortish on middle, Malik was sitting back in the crease, knowing there was no flight. Pulled past midwicket for some runs. Warner dives to his left but can't cut the ball back in

Michael : "As to the slow over rate, there should be a free hit for the first ball of every over behind the rate, until it is caught up."

45.5
1
Head to Umar Akmal, 1 run, flat on the pads, worked to deep midwicket
45.4
0
Head to Umar Akmal, no run, short on off, worked to midwicket
45.3
0
Head to Umar Akmal, no run, tries to shimmy down but the length is shorter, Akmal pushes back, Head dives to his right
45.2
0
Head to Umar Akmal, no run, 91 kph, driven towards cover
45.1
0
Head to Umar Akmal, no run, slow on off, Akmal gets forward to defend

Head.

END OF OVER:
45 | 5 Runs | PAK: 208/4 (13 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.62, RRR: 2.60)

  • Shoaib Malik40 (48b)
  • Umar Akmal8 (8b)
  • James Faulkner8-0-34-2
  • Mitchell Marsh6-0-32-0
44.6
0
Faulkner to Shoaib Malik, no run, defended into the off side, another over ticks by

PAK tour of AUS 2016-17 News

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st68Mohammad HafeezSharjeel Khan
2nd72Mohammad HafeezBabar Azam
3rd2Mohammad HafeezAsad Shafiq
4th53Shoaib MalikAsad Shafiq
5th26Shoaib MalikUmar Akmal