- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR17.6 gem from Faheem! Angled in on fourth stump at 135 kph, Warner is squared up defending as the ball just nips away a fraction and a healthy edge carries behind to Rizwan. The crowd goes bonkers. Something for the bowlers for once in this series! 82/1130.2 bowled him with a peach! What a delivery! Sensational from Sajid! Drifting into off stump on a good length, Khawaja went back to defend and it spins past the edge to clip the top of off! Brilliant bowling. 360/620.6 full on off, punched firmly to mid-off. Direct hit at the non-striker's end by Sajid Khan may have Labuschagne in trouble. Sajid fielded and whipped a side-arm throw very quickly from 18 yards. Labuschagne is toast! He only has himself to blame. He pushed the ball too firmly and set off immediately but there was never ever a run there. 91/288.5 what a one-handed catch to bring some life to the game before the end of play! Faheem Ashraf at second slip! Back of a length on fifth stump, Smith is drawn into poking at this and pushes with hard hands away from his body. Faheem reaches low to his left at slip as the ball has almost passed him but he stabs it before it hits the ground at ankle height. Third umpire is taking an eternity, not sure what for. It was a clear catch live and nothing from the replays to suggest the ball touched the ground. It stays out. 250/3105.2 bullseye! Fullish length on middle at 135 kph, Lyon is late trying to whip this through midwicket, caroms off the pad and into the middle of middle stump. That's a 50-point dart from Faheem and finally the overnight stand is broken! 304/4120.2 given lbw! Head reviews quickly. Tossed up full, drifting into middle, Head stuck his front foot down and played around his front pad but he hit his pad and not the ball. This looks out. No bat involved. Ball tracking says ... umpire's call! Clipping leg. The decision stands. Head is out. 347/5145.3 my goodness! It was all part of the plan! Green lulled to sleep temporarily kicking balls away and then Nauman gets one to turn in sharply from outside leg to bowl him top of off! It pitched on a good length six inches outside leg. Green could have easily kicked it away again, but seemed confused as it was headed toward the stumps and decided to bring his bat down half-heartedly and a bit belatedly too. Comes nowhere close to touching it and Nauman looks like a genius. 405/7177.6 oh my goodness! What has happened? Babar has doubled his career Test wicket tally and denied Carey a maiden century all at once! Flighted full on off, a seemingly innocuous delivery. Carey goes to sweep, a shot that has brought him the bulk of his runs in this knock, but the ball skids a touch low and goes underneath his bat into off stump! 503/8180.2 chipped straight to cover-point! Strange shot first up. A fuller length outside off, he tried to lace a drive on the up and it just held in the surface a touch and he sliced an easy catch straight to cover-point 505/9Extras29 (b 10, lb 7, nb 7, w 5)TOTAL556/9d (189 Overs, RR: 2.94)Fall of wickets: 1-82 (David Warner, 17.6 ov), 2-91 (Marnus Labuschagne, 20.6 ov), 3-250 (Steven Smith, 88.5 ov), 4-304 (Nathan Lyon, 105.2 ov), 5-347 (Travis Head, 120.2 ov), 6-360 (Usman Khawaja, 130.2 ov), 7-405 (Cameron Green, 145.3 ov), 8-503 (Alex Carey, 177.6 ov), 9-505 (Mitchell Starc, 180.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 32 8 95 1 2.96 0 4 Hasan Ali 25 7 71 1 2.84 0 2 Faheem Ashraf 21 4 55 2 2.61 0 0 Sajid Khan 57 10 167 2 2.92 3 0 Noman Ali 48 6 134 1 2.79 2 0 Babar Azam 4 0 7 1 1.75 0 0 Azhar Ali 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.2 Swepson strikes on debut with a runout! Good length ball on middle turns sharply, Imam prods this off a thick edge behind point. Imam had a look up at Shafique who called immediately for a run that was never there in a million years. Swepson swoops in charging 10 yards to his right from backward point, fields and flicks a sidearm throw all in one motion from 15 yards away and nails the striker's stumps with Shafique two yards short. This wasn't remotely close. 26/119.6 holes out to mid on! Horrible shot! Lyon did him in flight. He jumped down almost premeditated trying to launch straight, he just didn't quite get to the pitch as it drifted in and he clothed it off the inside half of the bat and lobbed a head high catch to Cummins at mid on. Imam has thrown his wicket away 45/225.4 brilliant catch at second slip by Green! Thick edge flew low and Green pouched it in his big mitts! 149.5kph, full and wide, enticing the drive, Azhar drives hard and square but it just tailed away late, he sliced a thick edge and it flew to Green who is standing very close at second and he took it with ease. 60/346.1 Babar holes out! Swepson has a wicket on debut! First ball he lands a very nice leg break, Babar charged out and was nowhere near the pitch trying to launch over long on, he sliced it high towards long off, Khawaja runs in and takes a very comfortable catch. 118/925.5 searing yorker given lbw! Fawad Alam reviews but this is huge trouble. Another missile from Starc at 145kph, just short of a yorker, tailing in sharply, Fawad's bat is nowhere near it, it thunders into the front pad. Ball tracking has it crashing into leg! Pakistan lose a review. Starc on a hat-trick 60/431.1 beauty from Cummins! Identical ball to the one that was dropped in his previous over by Smith. Full in the fifth stump channel swinging away a touch at 141 kph, this time Smith is standing much wider at first slip so as not to interfere with a regulation edge carrying through to Carey shuffling to his right and taken comfortably at knee height. 76/532.3 stone dead from Green! Pakistan are turning shades of red and blue! Full and angled into the body at 139 kph from around the wicket, Ashraf looked nervous ever since his arrival and another tentative flick is late. It was really a half-volley but Faheem couldn't get his feet moving and his bat down in time, it pings him on the shin in front of middle and was going to take out leg stump. He walks off despondent without even considering a review. 81/637.2 beauty! Good length ball on fourth stump at 139 kph hits a crack in the pitch and straightens to beat the edge. Ball looks nowhere near the bat. Carey goes wild appealing. Starc is confused and says he didn't think there was anything. Australia decides to go for DRS. Replays make it sound like there was a faint noise possibly. Ultraedge shows a spike! Carey was the only player on the field who felt there was an edge. The slips and Starc were not sold. Carey was adamant and Cummins decision to trust his keeper results in a DRS reversal and wicket. 97/741.4 Labuschagne direct hit again! Horrible running and Hasan is gone by miles! Babar defended to cover, Labuschagne was in a pretty regulation spot, maybe a little deep, Babar ran and Hasan took an age to respond, the ball bounced awkwardly infront of Labuschagne but he gathered it brilliantly and hit with an arrow at the striker's end and Hasan kept running! He wasn't even close 102/852.6 Given lbw! Shaheen reviews. He tried to sweep a very full leg break from off stump. It sneaked under the bat and hit the front ankle. Ultra edge confirmed he missed it. It was spinning back down the line. Ball tracking says ... clipping leg. Umpire's call. That turned more than it looked live. It's out. 148/10Extras11 (b 6, lb 2, nb 3)TOTAL148 all out (53 Overs, RR: 2.79)Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Abdullah Shafique, 13.2 ov), 2-45 (Imam-ul-Haq, 19.6 ov), 3-60 (Azhar Ali, 25.4 ov), 4-60 (Fawad Alam, 25.5 ov), 5-76 (Mohammad Rizwan, 31.1 ov), 6-81 (Faheem Ashraf, 32.3 ov), 7-97 (Sajid Khan, 37.2 ov), 8-102 (Hasan Ali, 41.4 ov), 9-118 (Babar Azam, 46.1 ov), 10-148 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 52.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 13 5 29 3 2.23 0 2 PJ Cummins 13 2 39 1 3.00 0 0 NM Lyon 9 5 13 1 1.44 0 0 MJ Swepson 9 1 32 2 3.55 0 0 C Green 8 1 23 1 2.87 0 1 M Labuschagne 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.2 sliced straight to gully! Fawad Alam snaps it up sharply! Good length ball on sixth stump, Warner tried to carve this in the gap between slips and gully but it went straight to Fawad at thigh height. Hasan Ali celebrates with excessive vigor, a man who does not care one bit that his team is trailing by 428 runs. 20/122.3 chopped on! Stumps everywhere! This stayed low. Shorter length, not super shot, but Labuschagne was looking to pull, it did stay a touch low and he got a thick inside edge onto the stumps 97/2Extras2 (lb 2)TOTAL97/2d (22.3 Overs, RR: 4.31)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (David Warner, 5.2 ov), 2-97 (Marnus Labuschagne, 22.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 6.3 0 21 1 3.23 0 0 Hasan Ali 7 0 23 1 3.28 0 0 Sajid Khan 5 0 31 0 6.20 0 0 Faheem Ashraf 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0 Noman Ali 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR108.6 reverse swing brings the wicket for Cummins and Shafique is denied a century! Smith atones for his drop yesterday at slip on 20! Fullish length on sixth stump, but not really full enough to drive and well outside off. Could've been left alone but Cummins was creating questions throughout the over with movement both ways and sucks Shafique into the shot. It flies off the edge into Smith's breadbasket at waist height. Identical height to the drop on 20 but this time swallows it up in very assured fashion. 249/35.5 Given lbw! Imam reviews after a long chat with Shafique. He played forward to one that slid on off the surface. No turn, it thumped into the pad first. No bat. Ball tracking has it hitting in line and smashing the middle of middle! He played for turn and got his pad infront of bat and with it sliding on it hit flush on the shin. Easy decision. Pakistan lose a wicket and a review. 2/122.2 Ducks into a short ball and given lbw! It shot low! Azhar consulted with Shafique regarding a rview and took too long! He's out! It was a short ball banged in, he ducked early and took his eyes off it and it skidded low and hit him on the body infront of middle and off! 21/2159.4 my goodness! Babar prods a bat pad catch to Labuschagne at forward short leg! You can hear a pin drop momentarily before the crowd's pause ends to stand and applaud a magnificent effort from their captain, the seventh highest fourth innings score in Test history! It was floated up full on fifth stump, Babar tried to stretch forward to smother it but Lyon gets some extra bounce to get the ball to pop up off the glove and then the pad, floats up for Labuschagne to dart across the pitch from forward short leg for a simple catch. 392/5118.3 caught behind! Magnificent from Cummins! Bashing away again at a good length angling into the top of off, it did nothing off the surface but Fawad wasn't far enough forward, he got a thick edge and Carey pouches it low to his left. 277/4159.5 Lyon on a hat-trick! Edge to Smith low at slip! Floated on a fullish length on off, Faheem prods forward and the ball straightens enough to clip the edge and flies low to Smith's left at left shin height. He takes a sharp catch. 392/6163.6 edge to slip! Lyon gives this a lot more air at 85 kph on a good length on fifth stump, Sajid goes on the back foot and plays inside the line expecting turn but it skids straight on and clips the outside edge. It flies quickly to Smith at chest height. He bobbles it initially off his wrists but he's got enough fleshy torso to cushion the ball to take it calmly on the rebound. 414/7Extras22 (b 8, lb 2, nb 5, w 7)TOTAL443/7 (171.4 Overs, RR: 2.58)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Imam-ul-Haq, 5.5 ov), 2-21 (Azhar Ali, 22.2 ov), 3-249 (Abdullah Shafique, 108.6 ov), 4-277 (Fawad Alam, 118.3 ov), 5-392 (Babar Azam, 159.4 ov), 6-392 (Faheem Ashraf, 159.5 ov), 7-414 (Sajid Khan, 163.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 21 6 58 0 2.76 1 1 PJ Cummins 26 6 75 2 2.88 0 1 MJ Swepson 53.4 8 156 0 2.90 4 0 NM Lyon 55 20 112 4 2.03 0 0 C Green 15 4 32 1 2.13 2 3 M Labuschagne 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 0-0
Match number
Season
Match days
12,13,14,15,16 March 2022 (5-day match)
Test debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 4, Australia 4
Close of Play
- Sat, 12 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 251/3 (UT Khawaja 127*, NM Lyon 0*, 90 ov)
- Sun, 13 Mar - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 505/8 (MA Starc 28*, PJ Cummins 0*, 180 ov)
- Mon, 14 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 81/1 (UT Khawaja 35*, M Labuschagne 37*, 17 ov)
- Tue, 15 Mar - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 192/2 (Abdullah Shafique 71*, Babar Azam 102*, 82 ov)
- Wed, 16 Mar - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 443/7 (171.4 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 87.1 overs (526 balls), Extras 13
- 3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 422 balls (Abdullah Shafique 65, Babar Azam 120, Ex 15)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 224/2 in 96.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 81, Babar Azam 121)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 109.1 overs (659 balls), Extras 15
- Lunch: Pakistan - 254/3 in 110.0 overs (Babar Azam 133, Fawad Alam 3)
- Babar Azam: 150 off 311 balls (16 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 285/4 in 122.0 overs (Babar Azam 151, Mohammad Rizwan 7)
- Over 127.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Babar Azam (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Pakistan: 300 runs in 132.1 overs (798 balls), Extras 16
- Over 132.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Mohammad Rizwan (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Tea: Pakistan - 310/4 in 136.0 overs (Babar Azam 168, Mohammad Rizwan 14)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 118 balls (Babar Azam 28, Mohammad Rizwan 24, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 350 runs in 145.1 overs (876 balls), Extras 17
- Mohammad Rizwan: 50 off 106 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 372/4 in 151.0 overs (Babar Azam 189, Mohammad Rizwan 54)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 209 balls (Babar Azam 40, Mohammad Rizwan 58, Ex 2)
- Third new ball taken at 160.1 overs
- Pakistan: 400 runs in 162.2 overs (979 balls), Extras 18
- Over 169.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Nauman Ali (Struck down)
- Mohammad Rizwan: 100 off 173 balls (10 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Innings Break: Australia - 97/2 in 22.3 overs (UT Khawaja 44)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Over 5.5: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Imam-ul-Haq (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 8/1 in 11.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 6, Azhar Ali 1)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 18/1 in 21.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 14, Azhar Ali 3)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 32.1 overs (194 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Pakistan - 62/2 in 34.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 30, Babar Azam 24)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 102 balls (Abdullah Shafique 20, Babar Azam 30, Ex 2)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 45.4 overs (275 balls), Extras 6
- Tea: Pakistan - 104/2 in 48.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 44, Babar Azam 47)
- Babar Azam: 50 off 83 balls (7 x 4)
- Abdullah Shafique: 50 off 153 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 201 balls (Abdullah Shafique 39, Babar Azam 54, Ex 7)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 149/2 in 64.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 61, Babar Azam 74)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 64.3 overs (389 balls), Extras 7
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 312 balls (Abdullah Shafique 50, Babar Azam 89, Ex 11)
- Babar Azam: 100 off 180 balls (12 x 4)
- Second new ball taken at 80.1 overs
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 192/2 in 82.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 71, Babar Azam 102)
- Australia: 550 runs in 188.5 overs (1140 balls), Extras 29
- Innings Break: Australia - 556/9 in 189.0 overs (PJ Cummins 34, MJ Swepson 15)
- 10th Wicket: 50 runs in 52 balls (PJ Cummins 34, MJ Swepson 15, Ex 2)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Lunch: Pakistan - 38/1 in 19.0 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 20, Azhar Ali 4)
- Over 20.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Babar Azam (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 1
- Over 25.5: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Fawad Alam (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 74/4 in 29.0 overs (Babar Azam 16, Mohammad Rizwan 4)
- Over 29.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Mohammad Rizwan (Upheld)
- Over 37.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Sajid Khan (Upheld)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 38.5 overs (236 balls), Extras 9
- Tea: Pakistan - 100/7 in 39.0 overs (Babar Azam 29, Hasan Ali 0)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 148/10 in 53.0 overs (Nauman Ali 20)
- Over 52.6: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Shaheen Shah Afridi (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Australia 2nd innings
- Australia: 50 runs in 11.6 overs (72 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (UT Khawaja 17, M Labuschagne 31, Ex 2)
- End Of Day: Australia - 81/1 in 17.0 overs (UT Khawaja 35, M Labuschagne 37)
- Over 92.1: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - NM Lyon (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Over 98.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
- Australia: 300 runs in 102.2 overs (618 balls), Extras 17
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (UT Khawaja 12, NM Lyon 37, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Australia - 301/3 in 103.0 overs (UT Khawaja 139, NM Lyon 37)
- UT Khawaja: 150 off 322 balls (15 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: Australia - 332/4 in 117.0 overs (UT Khawaja 155, TM Head 14)
- Over 120.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - TM Head (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Australia: 350 runs in 125.1 overs (755 balls), Extras 22
- Drinks: Australia - 360/6 in 130.2 overs (C Green 9)
- Australia: 400 runs in 143.5 overs (867 balls), Extras 22
- Tea: Australia - 407/7 in 146.0 overs (AT Carey 26, MA Starc 1)
- AT Carey: 50 off 104 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Australia - 443/7 in 163.0 overs (AT Carey 52, MA Starc 9)
- Australia: 450 runs in 164.5 overs (995 balls), Extras 26
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 119 balls (AT Carey 35, MA Starc 14, Ex 3)
- Australia: 500 runs in 176.6 overs (1069 balls), Extras 27
- End Of Day: Australia - 505/8 in 180.0 overs (MA Starc 28, PJ Cummins 0)
- Australia 1st innings
- Australia: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (66 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (DA Warner 24, UT Khawaja 26, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Australia - 63/0 in 14.0 overs (DA Warner 28, UT Khawaja 34)
- UT Khawaja: 50 off 69 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia: 100 runs in 26.3 overs (160 balls), Extras 5
- Lunch: Australia - 100/2 in 27.0 overs (UT Khawaja 52, SPD Smith 7)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 103 balls (UT Khawaja 24, SPD Smith 27, Ex 1)
- Australia: 150 runs in 38.6 overs (236 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Australia - 157/2 in 42.0 overs (UT Khawaja 81, SPD Smith 33)
- Tea: Australia - 172/2 in 54.0 overs (UT Khawaja 86, SPD Smith 40)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 231 balls (UT Khawaja 46, SPD Smith 49, Ex 5)
- SPD Smith: 50 off 129 balls (5 x 4)
- UT Khawaja: 100 off 193 balls (12 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Australia: 200 runs in 65.2 overs (394 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: Australia - 208/2 in 71.0 overs (UT Khawaja 104, SPD Smith 54)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Over 80.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 374 balls (UT Khawaja 74, SPD Smith 67, Ex 11)
- Australia: 250 runs in 88.1 overs (532 balls), Extras 16
- End Of Day: Australia - 251/3 in 90.0 overs (UT Khawaja 127, NM Lyon 0)
Match Coverage
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Babar's 196 and Rizwan's hundred earn Pakistan epic draw
Against all the odds, the hosts batted through 171.4 overs, finishing 63 short of the target
Babar Azam's record knock, Pakistan's marathon effort, and more
Hosts batted 171.4 overs, as Australia debutant Mitchell Swepson finished with 0 for 156, third-worst for a bowler on debut
'If we took a couple of catches it might be a different scenario' - Pat Cummins rues missed chances
Captain hails Swepson despite the debutant legspinner going wicketless and conceding 156 in the fourth innings
Babar Azam: 'This innings holds a lot of meaning for me'
Pakistan's captain was thrilled by the crowd that showed up at the National Stadium to watch the final day unfold