- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 huge appeal and given lbw! Will Warner review this? No, he doesn't. A good length delivery, shapes back and does Warner for the pace on the crease. That came back quite a lot way off the seam. 8/174.1 edge to slip! Fantastic one-handed catch diving to his right at slip! Flighted full on leg stump, Khawaja was very casual trying to flick this through midwicket. The ball turns sharply to clip the edge and the ball flies low just wide of the body width at shin height to Babar's right. Unlike the missed chance early in the day when he popped up too soon, this time he keeps his center of gravity low to lunge right and take confidently, and also maintains control after his elbows slam into the turf. 187/42.5 edged, caught behind! Boy oh boy, what a start! Full, angled across outside off, lures Labuschagne into a drive and it's a thin edge. Not sure that went into Rizwan's gloves entirely cleanly, but taken safely in the end. Poor stroke so early in the innings 8/256.2 huge appeal and given lbw! Smith is cut short of three figures again (and won't be getting to 8000 runs today). That's superb bowling and he's fully deserved that wicket. A good length ball that shapes back quite sharply. Smith is caught on the crease and doesn't even consider the review as it thumps midway up the pad. Replay shows his bat got caught on the back pad as he tried to bring it across 146/380.6 gem from Naseem! He's bowled beautifully all day and gets this one to shape in on the perfect fourth stump channel on a good length from around the stumps. Head is caught flat-footed prodding at this and a healthy nick carries through to Rizwan at shin height taken with a gentle tumble to his left. 206/5124.5 through him! Wonderful bowling. Outstanding stuff from the 19-year-old Naseem. They'll be no maiden century today. This is a good length ball, shapes in sharply, Green is forward and is pushing away from the pad, the ball shoots through the gap into off stump. Fantastic bowling to end a super innings 353/7119.6 big appeal and given lbw! Carey plays around a straight one and he's gone for the review. There's no edge. This looks very straight. There's a delay in ball tracking...here it comes, smashing middle 341/6129.6 full and reversed in on fourth stump at 142 kph, Starc tries to thump this over mid-off for the second time in the over but the sharp movement in produces a miscued shot. Nauman Ali shuffles forward and lunges to pouch a knee high catch. 369/8130.6 Bullseye! Naseem is a reverse swing demon in this spell! Searing inswinger at 144 kph, breaches a big gap between bat and pad as Lyon is late with a leg side flick. The ball caroms off the pads back halfway up middle and off stump. A 50-pointer in the double center of the dart board. 374/9133.3 timberrrrrrrr!!! Searing yorker on middle at 141 kph! Swepson's awkward stay is ended. Too much heat on this delivery angled in from around the wicket for the tailender to jam the bat down in time trying to keep it out. 391/10Extras25 (b 13, lb 4, nb 8)TOTAL391 all out (133.3 Overs, RR: 2.92)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (David Warner, 2.3 ov), 2-8 (Marnus Labuschagne, 2.5 ov), 3-146 (Steven Smith, 56.2 ov), 4-187 (Usman Khawaja, 74.1 ov), 5-206 (Travis Head, 80.6 ov), 6-341 (Alex Carey, 119.6 ov), 7-353 (Cameron Green, 124.5 ov), 8-369 (Mitchell Starc, 129.6 ov), 9-374 (Nathan Lyon, 130.6 ov), 10-391 (Mitchell Swepson, 133.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 24.3 3 79 4 3.22 0 0 Hasan Ali 20 5 61 0 3.05 0 3 Naseem Shah 31 13 58 4 1.87 0 2 Noman Ali 24 4 77 1 3.20 0 3 Sajid Khan 33 4 97 1 2.93 0 0 Babar Azam 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR71.2 appeal for caught behind...Dar says not out! The full appeal was a bit late, but Cummins has gone for the review. This slid on outside off, Shafique played forward. Has he nicked it? I think he has! There's a spike as it goes past the toe end. This is out. Excellent review and Australia have their breakthrough 170/212.1 huge appeal for lbw and given! Round the wicket, full at the stumps, Imam falling across it. He talks about the review and decides against it. Cummins strikes first ball on return. Well, it's probably hitting but not sure it's dead straight. Well, actually, it's smashing leg stump. 20/186.4 catch of the series from Cummins! Full on fourth stump at 138 kph, Azhar punches this uppishly back down the pitch at knee height and Cummins claws this one-handed with his right paw reaching out to his right while tumbling forward in his follow-through. He flings the ball in the air in delight before his body lands on the turf before letting out a wolf-like howl. The animal is unleashed! 214/3116.1 full and angled into the pads at 138 kph on middle stump from around the wicket, Babar is beaten playing around his pad. Big lbw shout upheld! Babar reviews immediately. Live I felt this was sliding down leg but it was awfully tight. It may have been clipping leg stump. 50/50 call that goes in favor of Australia on-field and stays on-field with the umpire's call as ball-tracking shows it was ever sooooooo slightlyyyyyyyyyyy grazing leg stump. 268/9106.3 through him! Starc gets Fawad again. That was a cracking delivery, good length, brings him forward and it nips back through the gap. Fantastic bowling, actually. Full credit to Starc 248/4110.2 goodness what a gem! Angled in on fourth stump at 138 kph and just straightens a fraction with just enough reverse swing to beat Rizwan defending inside the line on the off stump line. The ball fizzes past the edge and cannons into the top of off stump. 256/5113.4 it was always on the cards! Reversing in sharply at 137 kph with Sajid driving expansively away from his body and an inside edge cannons into the stumps! Sajid could have left this but Cummins' movement was teasing him enough to be reaching consistently a long way away from his body. This was on a sixth stump line but the inside edge playing well away from his pad driving at the ball produces a carom back through the gap onto leg stump and dislodge the bails. 264/6115.1 stone dead! Cummins continues to bring the fire! Fullish length angled in on middle and off at 134 kph, Nauman defends around his pads and is beaten on the back leg on the knee roll. Aleem Dar triggers him immediately. Nauman goes for DRS but this is a hopeless review. Three reds light up, impact in line with off and the ball-tracking going into middle three-quarters of the way up. 268/7115.5 Smith holds onto one at slip! Cummins has five! Full and shaping away from sixth stump at 141 kph, there was no need to play at this but Hasan is sucked in with all those deliveries that were reverse swinging into him leading up to this ball setting him up and now is done in by one shaping away. He doesn't move his feet at all, plays well away from his body and pokes an edge that carries low to Smith at shoe-top height. He reaches forward and snatches it inches from the ground. 268/8116.4 yorker cleans up Naseem! 144 kph ball searing in full on off stump, Naseem's footwork is nowhere to be found. He was looking desperate in his short stay and only manages to last four balls as the ball crashes into off stump. 268/10Extras11 (b 5, nb 6)TOTAL268 all out (116.4 Overs, RR: 2.29)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Imam-ul-Haq, 12.1 ov), 2-170 (Abdullah Shafique, 71.2 ov), 3-214 (Azhar Ali, 86.4 ov), 4-248 (Fawad Alam, 106.3 ov), 5-256 (Mohammad Rizwan, 110.2 ov), 6-264 (Sajid Khan, 113.4 ov), 7-268 (Noman Ali, 115.1 ov), 8-268 (Hasan Ali, 115.5 ov), 9-268 (Babar Azam, 116.1 ov), 10-268 (Naseem Shah, 116.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 20.4 6 33 4 1.59 0 0 PJ Cummins 24 8 56 5 2.33 0 3 C Green 14 4 37 0 2.64 0 2 NM Lyon 40 10 95 1 2.37 0 0 MJ Swepson 18 2 42 0 2.33 0 1
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR28.1 reverse swing gem from Shaheen! Shaping in on a good length at 136 kph, Warner prods forward to defend but he's too far inside the line playing for the sharper reverse from Shaheen's previous over. The result is off stump being knocked back out of the ground. Warner goes up to Shaheen as he walks off and gives him a pat on the shoulder and a handshake for a spectacularly bowled delivery. 96/147.3 Labuschagne is suckered into the outside leg trap after just two balls. Nauman pitches this a foot and a half outside leg, but instead of padding this away again, goes for the slog sweep and picks out Sajid at deep midwicket 15 yards in from the rope. Basic catch at chest height. 161/258.5 edged, caught behind! A deserved wicket for Naseem. But Smith has reviewed. Thought I heard a noise. Was a full delivery outside off that he was just trying to angle away. Big spike. Not entirely sure how he didn't feel that. Anyway 216/3Extras8 (b 5, lb 2, nb 1)TOTAL227/3d (60 Overs, RR: 3.78)Fall of wickets: 1-96 (David Warner, 28.1 ov), 2-161 (Marnus Labuschagne, 47.3 ov), 3-216 (Steven Smith, 58.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 11 2 45 1 4.09 0 0 Naseem Shah 12 3 23 1 1.91 0 1 Hasan Ali 11 3 37 0 3.36 0 0 Sajid Khan 16 1 60 0 3.75 0 0 Noman Ali 10 0 55 1 5.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR30.5 edged, caught behind! Early strike and Green has earned that. In the channel outside off, Shafique pushing away from the body again. He was challenged by Green this morning. Quality bowling 77/161.2 inside edge into the pad, given caught at silly point! Iman has gone for the review. Not sure it was an instant review. Pitches outside leg, he plays forward, appears to be a big nick there! Yep, a spike and you can see the deflection. Australia have another opening. The tactic has worked. Imam kept playing at that line 142/345.2 Azhar goes to sweep a ball on seventh stump, Azhar misses off the pads and the ball pops up to Smith at slip. Massive appeal for a bat pad catch is denied. Australia goes for DRS but this looked clearly straight off the pad with no bat on the live shot. Sure enough there is nothing on Ultraedge and Azhar is a good foot and a half outside off when the ball hits the pad so lbw is out of play. But hang on! The third umpire feels differently than there is a faint spike! Well, this might be a bit controversial! There were a lot of little movements on Ultraedge before the ball got to the bat similar to the little movements as the ball was passing the bat. There didn't look like a genuine difference in the movements on the sound wave between the two sequences and the third umpire didn't call it out as a spike until the sixth or seventh time looking at it. 105/283.3 edged, great catch! Smith has held one. What a moment. You can hear a pin drop. Goes on straight outside off, Babar plays forward and Smith's grabs it low by his left boot. That's a gem of a catch 213/668.4 huge appeal and given this time! Full and straight (again) Fawad misses it...and calls the review. Has he hit this one? This has missed the bat. And it's smashing halfway up middle 165/470.3 searing yorker tails in sharply to fourth stump at 140 kph, nails him on the toe before he can jam the bat down and an lbw appeal is upheld! Rizwan walks off without going for DRS! Looked like contact was outside off stump on the first look live shot, but Rizwan storms straight past Babar. 167/584.1 straight to midwicket! Australia on a roll. Full at the pads, clipped firmly in the air. Simple catch 213/787.6 dragged on! Lyon gets him. Not quite sure how this happened in the end, but he's gone. On goodness, he hits the ball with the back of bat as he swings around. Think it took some helmet as well. That's a complicated way to be bowled! 226/889.3 brilliant catch at deep square-leg! Afridi went for the big slog sweep, the ball skimmed out into the deep and Swepson did superbly. A five-wicket haul for Lyon 232/992.1 and does the job! Cleans him up with a straight delivery. A triumph for Cummins in every way and a fitting way to clinch the series 235/10Extras14 (b 8, lb 4, nb 1, w 1)TOTAL235 all out (92.1 Overs, RR: 2.54)Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Abdullah Shafique, 30.5 ov), 2-105 (Azhar Ali, 45.2 ov), 3-142 (Imam-ul-Haq, 61.2 ov), 4-165 (Fawad Alam, 68.4 ov), 5-167 (Mohammad Rizwan, 70.3 ov), 6-213 (Babar Azam, 83.3 ov), 7-213 (Sajid Khan, 84.1 ov), 8-226 (Hasan Ali, 87.6 ov), 9-232 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 89.3 ov), 10-235 (Naseem Shah, 92.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MA Starc 17 6 53 1 3.11 0 0 PJ Cummins 15.1 6 23 3 1.51 0 0 NM Lyon 37 8 83 5 2.24 0 0 MJ Swepson 10 1 36 0 3.60 0 0 C Green 11 4 18 1 1.63 1 1 M Labuschagne 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Australia won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10:00 start, Lunch 12.30-13.30, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.20
Match days
21,22,23,24,25 March 2022 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 12, Pakistan 0
Close of Play
- Mon, 21 Mar - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 232/5 (C Green 20*, AT Carey 8*, 88 ov)
- Tue, 22 Mar - day 2 - Pakistan 1st innings 90/1 (Abdullah Shafique 45*, Azhar Ali 30*, 39 ov)
- Wed, 23 Mar - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 11/0 (UT Khawaja 7*, DA Warner 4*, 3 ov)
- Thu, 24 Mar - day 4 - Pakistan 2nd innings 73/0 (Abdullah Shafique 27*, Imam-ul-Haq 42*, 27 ov)
- Fri, 25 Mar - day 5 - Pakistan 2nd innings 235 (92.1 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- Imam-ul-Haq: 50 off 122 balls (5 x 4)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 39.5 overs (240 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Pakistan - 103/1 in 43.0 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 54, Azhar Ali 16)
- Over 45.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Azhar Ali (Upheld)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 136/2 in 60.0 overs (Imam-ul-Haq 66, Babar Azam 19)
- Over 61.2: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Imam-ul-Haq (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 63.3 overs (382 balls), Extras 7
- Over 64.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Fawad Alam (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 165/4 in 68.4 overs (Babar Azam 33)
- Over 68.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Fawad Alam (Struck down)
- Tea: Pakistan - 190/5 in 80.0 overs (Babar Azam 46, Sajid Khan 8)
- New ball taken at 80.2 overs
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 80.5 overs (486 balls), Extras 12
- Babar Azam: 50 off 97 balls (5 x 4)
- Over 84.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Hasan Ali (Struck down)
- Australia: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (UT Khawaja 26, DA Warner 25, Ex 0)
- Drinks: Australia - 67/0 in 18.0 overs (UT Khawaja 35, DA Warner 30)
- Over 22.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - UT Khawaja (Struck down)
- DA Warner: 50 off 86 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Lunch: Australia - 97/1 in 30.0 overs (UT Khawaja 44, M Labuschagne 0)
- Australia: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (189 balls), Extras 2
- UT Khawaja: 50 off 94 balls (3 x 4)
- Drinks: Australia - 144/1 in 44.0 overs (UT Khawaja 65, M Labuschagne 25)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (UT Khawaja 24, M Labuschagne 26, Ex 1)
- Australia: 150 runs in 45.5 overs (276 balls), Extras 3
- Australia: 200 runs in 54.6 overs (331 balls), Extras 3
- UT Khawaja: 100 off 169 balls (8 x 4)
- Tea: Australia - 202/2 in 56.0 overs (UT Khawaja 100, SPD Smith 12)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (UT Khawaja 30, SPD Smith 15, Ex 5)
- Over 58.5: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Australia - 227/3 in 60.0 overs (UT Khawaja 104, TM Head 11)
- Pakistan 2nd innings
- Over 7.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Imam-ul-Haq (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 36/0 in 14.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 12, Imam-ul-Haq 21)
- Over 15.3: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Abdullah Shafique (Upheld)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 18.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 109 balls (Abdullah Shafique 20, Imam-ul-Haq 27, Ex 3)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 73/0 in 27.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 27, Imam-ul-Haq 42)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 41.2 overs (251 balls), Extras 4
- Abdullah Shafique: 50 off 137 balls (7 x 4)
- Over 45.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Abdullah Shafique (Struck down)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 219 balls (Abdullah Shafique 49, Azhar Ali 49, Ex 3)
- Azhar Ali: 50 off 103 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 129/1 in 52.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 61, Azhar Ali 52)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 61.2 overs (373 balls), Extras 10
- Lunch: Pakistan - 159/1 in 67.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 75, Azhar Ali 63)
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 351 balls (Abdullah Shafique 74, Azhar Ali 68, Ex 8)
- Over 71.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Abdullah Shafique (Upheld)
- New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Drinks: Pakistan - 192/2 in 81.0 overs (Azhar Ali 74, Babar Azam 16)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 81.4 overs (495 balls), Extras 10
- Over 89.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Fawad Alam (Struck down)
- Tea: Pakistan - 227/3 in 92.0 overs (Babar Azam 42, Fawad Alam 5)
- Babar Azam: 50 off 91 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 108.1 overs (654 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: Pakistan - 255/4 in 110.0 overs (Babar Azam 61, Mohammad Rizwan 1)
- Over 115.1: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Nauman Ali (Struck down)
- Over 116.1: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Babar Azam (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 268/10 in 116.4 overs (Shaheen Shah Afridi 0)
- Australia 2nd innings
- End Of Day: Australia - 11/0 in 3.0 overs (UT Khawaja 7, DA Warner 4)
- Australia: 250 runs in 93.2 overs (568 balls), Extras 21
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (C Green 23, AT Carey 23, Ex 4)
- Over 99.4: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - AT Carey (Upheld)
- Drinks: Australia - 279/5 in 101.0 overs (C Green 45, AT Carey 30)
- Australia: 300 runs in 107.6 overs (656 balls), Extras 21
- AT Carey: 50 off 73 balls (5 x 4)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 177 balls (C Green 43, AT Carey 53, Ex 4)
- C Green: 50 off 117 balls (5 x 4)
- Lunch: Australia - 320/5 in 116.0 overs (C Green 56, AT Carey 60)
- Over 119.6: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - AT Carey (Struck down)
- Australia: 350 runs in 121.5 overs (739 balls), Extras 21
- Drinks: Australia - 361/7 in 128.0 overs (MA Starc 5, PJ Cummins 4)
- Innings Break: Australia - 391/10 in 133.3 overs (PJ Cummins 11)
- Pakistan 1st innings
- Drinks: Pakistan - 20/1 in 12.1 overs (Abdullah Shafique 7)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 23.4 overs (143 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: Pakistan - 64/1 in 27.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 30, Azhar Ali 21)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 100 balls (Abdullah Shafique 27, Azhar Ali 22, Ex 1)
- Over 33.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - Azhar Ali (Struck down)
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 90/1 in 39.0 overs (Abdullah Shafique 45, Azhar Ali 30)
- Tea: Pakistan - 0/0
- Australia 1st innings
- Drinks: Australia - 34/2 in 12.0 overs (UT Khawaja 6, SPD Smith 19)
- Australia: 50 runs in 17.5 overs (110 balls), Extras 3
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 112 balls (UT Khawaja 25, SPD Smith 24, Ex 3)
- Lunch: Australia - 70/2 in 24.0 overs (UT Khawaja 31, SPD Smith 28)
- Australia: 100 runs in 32.1 overs (199 balls), Extras 7
- UT Khawaja: 50 off 105 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 215 balls (UT Khawaja 52, SPD Smith 43, Ex 7)
- Drinks: Australia - 114/2 in 39.0 overs (UT Khawaja 53, SPD Smith 43)
- SPD Smith: 50 off 154 balls (5 x 4)
- Tea: Australia - 145/2 in 54.0 overs (UT Khawaja 69, SPD Smith 58)
- Australia: 150 runs in 58.2 overs (356 balls), Extras 11
- Over 71.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - Aleem Dar, Batter - TM Head (Struck down)
- Drinks: Australia - 185/3 in 72.0 overs (UT Khawaja 89, TM Head 17)
- Australia: 200 runs in 78.5 overs (481 balls), Extras 17
- New ball taken at 83.1 overs
- End Of Day: Australia - 232/5 in 88.0 overs (C Green 20, AT Carey 8)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsCummins has done superbly, but India will be his real test
Australia's captain led them to a landmark win in Pakistan. Their bowling has some question marks over it, though
Spin troubles see Pakistan falter on well laid-out plans
Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan's ineffectiveness on home pitches meant Pakistan were outspinned by Australia in the three Tests
Stats: Usman Khawaja's dream homecoming, and end of Australia's overseas drought
Reverse swing came to the rescue of the pace bowlers in tough bowling conditions, as opening batters made merry
The menace and unfairness of Pat Cummins
The Australian captain's show in the Tests in Pakistan puts him alongside pantheon of greats
Smith ruled of limited-overs matches against Pakistan due to elbow issue
Australia opt to manage Smith's ongoing elbow problem with rest. Meanwhile, legspinner Mitchell Swepson called into the squad to bolster the bowling stocks