PAK vs AUS LIVE – Australia 271/2 at STUMPS Day 3: As expected Australia has replied strongly to Pakistan’s total of 476/4. Australia finished the Day 3 at 271/2. Usman Khawaja fell agonisingly short of a century as he was dismissed for 97. Openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja gave a terrific start to Australia as they shared a 100-run opening stand. Follow InsideSport.In for more updates.
Pakistan dismissed both the openers but not before they had scored their half centuries. At STUMPS, Marnus Labuschagne was batting at 69 & Steve Smith at 24 Not OUT.
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AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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| Usman Khawaja | c Imam-ul-Haq b Nauman Ali | 97 | 159 | 222 | 15 | 0 | 61.00 | ||
| David Warner | b Sajid Khan | 68 | 114 | 166 | 12 | 0 | 59.64 | ||
| Marnus Labuschagne | not out | 69 | 117 | – | 9 | 0 | 58.97 | ||
| Steven Smith | not out | 24 | 55 | – | 3 | 0 | 43.63 | ||
| Extras | (lb 6, nb 7) | 13 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (73 Ov, RR: 3.71) | 271/2 | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-156 (David Warner, 40.4 ov), 2-203 (Usman Khawaja, 53.3 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sajid Khan | 27 | 4 | 94 | 1 | 3.48 | 0 | 0 |
| Naseem Shah | 13 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 4.15 | 0 | 3 |
| Shaheen Shah Afridi | 15 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 3.20 | 0 | 3 |
| Nauman Ali | 15 | 4 | 49 | 1 | 3.26 | 0 | 1 |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | 0 | 0 |
PAKISTAN FIRST INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdullah Shafique | c Cummins b Lyon | 44 | 105 | 145 | 3 | 1 | 41.90 | ||
| Imam-ul-Haq | lbw b Cummins | 157 | 358 | 529 | 16 | 2 | 43.85 | ||
| Azhar Ali | c Green b Labuschagne | 185 | 361 | 535 | 15 | 3 | 51.24 | ||
| Babar Azam (c) | run out (Labuschagne) | 36 | 82 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 43.90 | ||
| Mohammad Rizwan † | not out | 29 | 46 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 63.04 | ||
| Iftikhar Ahmed | not out | 13 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 61.90 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, nb 1) | 12 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (162 Ov, RR: 2.93) | 476/4d | |||||||
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Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Abdullah Shafique, 33.6 ov), 2-313 (Imam-ul-Haq, 120.5 ov), 3-414 (Babar Azam, 147.1 ov), 4-442 (Azhar Ali, 155.4 ov)
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
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| Mitchell Starc | 24 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 2.95 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hazlewood | 26 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 2.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Lyon | 52 | 5 | 161 | 1 | 3.09 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Cummins | 28 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Head | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 15 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 3.13 | 0 | 1 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 12 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 4.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Smith | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
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In the first innings, the pitch didn’t had much to offer as it was entirely a flat deck on which the Pakistan batsmen racked up runs. Resuming the day at 245/1 Imam-ul-Haq and Azhar Ali continued from where they left off. The duo shared 200-run partnership as Imam-ul-Haq converted his maiden century into 150 with a brilliant flick down the leg side. The pair went into lunch with the score at 302/1.
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Immediately after the break, Australian captain Pat Cummins finally got the breakthrough as he dismissed Imam-ul-Haq for 157 by trapping him LBW. Azhar Ali however continued his brilliant batting by scoring his 19th Test ton. Babar Azam joined Azhar at the middle and Babar was keen to improve the run rate and started playing his beautiful drives. Azhar too soon joined the skipper as he started hitting a flurry of boundaries and reached 150. The duo went into Tea with the score at 394/2.
In the third session, Australia finally managed to break the partnership, that was starting to build, with a moment of brilliance from Marnus Labuschagne at the field. He dismissed Babar Azam run out with a direct throw. Azhar Ali was then dismissed for 181 by Labuschagne when he induced a reverse sweep from the batsmen. Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan took Pakistan to 476/4 before Babar Azam declared the innings.
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