Player of the Match
Player of the Match
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    17.6 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! 82/1
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    43.36
    130.2 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. 360/6
    20.6 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. 91/2
    88.5 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. 250/3
    105.2 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! 304/4
    120.2 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. 347/5
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    145.3 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. 405/7
    177.6 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! 503/8
    180.2 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 505/9
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    57.69
    Extras
    29 (b 10, lb 7, nb 7, w 5)
    TOTAL
    556/9d (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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi3289512.9604
    Hasan Ali2577112.8402
    Faheem Ashraf2145522.6100
    Sajid Khan571016722.9230
    Noman Ali48613412.7920
    Babar Azam40711.7500
    Azhar Ali201005.0001
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    13.2 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. 26/1
    19.6 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 45/2
    25.4 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. 60/3
    46.1 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. 118/9
    25.5 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 60/4
    31.1 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. 76/5
    32.3 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. 81/6
    37.2 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. 97/7
    41.4 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 102/8
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    52.6 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. 148/10
    Extras
    11 (b 6, lb 2, nb 3)
    TOTAL
    148 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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MA Starc1352932.2302
    PJ Cummins1323913.0000
    NM Lyon951311.4400
    MJ Swepson913223.5500
    C Green812312.8701
    M Labuschagne10404.0000
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    108.6 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. 249/3
    5.5 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. 2/1
    22.2 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! 21/2
    159.4 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. 392/5
    118.3 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. 277/4
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    159.5 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. 392/6
    163.6 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. 414/7
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    Extras
    22 (b 8, lb 2, nb 5, w 7)
    TOTAL
    443/7 (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)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    MA Starc2165802.7611
    PJ Cummins2667522.8801
    MJ Swepson53.4815602.9040
    NM Lyon552011242.0300
    C Green1543212.1323
    M Labuschagne11000.0000

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 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2Imam-ul-HaqAbdullah Shafique
2nd19Azhar AliAbdullah Shafique
3rd228Babar AzamAbdullah Shafique
4th28Fawad AlamBabar Azam
5th115Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
6th0Mohammad RizwanFaheem Ashraf
7th22Mohammad RizwanSajid Khan
8th29Nauman AliMohammad Rizwan