PAK vs AUS Highlights Day 2 – Pakistan Batsman Shine: Azhar Ali scored a brilliant 185 and Imam-ul-Haq smashed his maiden Test century scoring 157 as Pakistan posted 476 on the board and declared their innings in first Test against Australia at Rawalpindi on Saturday. Australia played only one over as bad light ended Day 2 action. Follow Insidesport.in for all Pakistan vs Australia LIVE updates.
Australia 5 for 0 trail Pakistan 476 for 4 dec (Azhar 185, Imam 157) by 471 runs
On a pitch that offered nothing for the bowlers, Azhar Ali and Imam played terrific knocks. The duo shared a 208-run stand for the second wicket to lay the foundation for a big first innings total. After lunch, Imam-ul-Haq was dismissed for 157. Azhar however continued his innings and scored a magnificent 185 before playing a reverse-sweep off Marnus Labuschagne that brought his downfall.
PAK vs AUS Highlights: Azhar Ali, Imam-Ul-Haq RECORD HUNDREDS take Pakistan to 476/4, Australia up for huge challenge on Day3: Follow LIVE Updates
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AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usman Khawaja | not out | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125.00 | |||
| David Warner | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTAL | (1 Ov, RR: 5.00) | 5 | |||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sajid Khan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
Day 2 Stumps
Bad Light stops Play
Sajid Khans opens the bowling.
As daylight is dimming, umpires give green signal for only the spinners to bowl.
David Warner and Usman Khawaja walk out to bat.
PAKISTAN 1ST 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 | – | 15 | 3 | 51.24 | ||
| Babar Azam (c) | run out (Labuschagne) | 36 | 82 | – | 3 | 0 | 43.90 | ||
| Mohammad Rizwan † | not out | 29 | 46 | – | 3 | 0 | 63.04 | ||
| Iftikhar Ahmed | not out | 13 | 21 | – | 1 | 0 | 61.90 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 7, nb 1) | 12 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (161.6 Ov, RR: 2.93) | 476/4 | |||||||
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 11.6 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 4.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Smith | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan declare the innings with 476 on the board
FOUR! Labuschagne bowls a juicy full-toss that was thwarted towards the deep-midwicket fence by Ifthikhar.
FOUR! Rizwan gets a top edge that flies over the keeper for another boundary.
FOUR! Mohammad Rizwan plays late and places perfectly wide of third man for a boundary.
FOUR! Rizwan plays a perfect pull towards square leg.
WICKET! Azhar Ali departs for 185 after playing a reverse sweep that flew straight to Pat Cameron Green at short third man who takes a comfortable catch.
SIX! Azhar Ali hits hard and hits long over Deep-midwicket for a six off Lyon.
WICKET! Babar Azam tucks one to mid-wicket and looks to take a quick single, but Labuschagne with a direct hit catches him short of the crease.
FOUR! Third boundary of the over. Plays it late yet again and hits the boundary
FOUR! Back to back boundaries for Azhar. Plays it late past the slip.
FOUR! Azhar Ali sweeps Labuschagne and finds a boundary at deep-midwicket
Day 2 Session 3
Pakistan go into Tea having scored 394/2
150! Azhar Ali gets a single to bring up his 150
FOUR! Azhar Ali pulls a short delivery towards fine-leg rope.
FOUR! Babar Azam times his sweep to perfection as he finds the boundary behind square.
FOUR! Azhar Ali times the shot perfectly with a cover drive.
SIX! Azhar Ali comes down the track and hits a maximum over deep-midwicket
FOUR! Azhar Ali times a good-length delvery to perfection that rushes to the deep-midwicket boundary.
FOUR! Babar Azam times a full length delivery to perfection with a glorious straight drive down the ground.
FOUR! Azhar Ali unleashes his cover drive to bring up a boundary.
WICKET! Pat Cummins finally breaks the partnership as Imam misses a delvery that hits his pad and umpire gives it out. Review shows the ball would have crashed middle stump.
CENTURY! Azhar Ali goes down the track and hits one over the leg side to bring up his century.
Day 2 Session 2
Pakistan go into lunch having scored 302/1
300 comes up for Pakistan
FOUR! Imam-Ul-Haq looks to flick a ball that goes down the leg side, it hits the pads and rushes to deep fine-leg boundary past a diving Alex Carey.
FOUR! 150 for Imam-ul-Haq Imam flicks off the backfoot through mid-wicket for a boundary. Brings up his maiden 150.
Australia miss an opportunity! Imam gets a faint edge to the keeper and the Australian team goes up in appeal. Umpire gives it not out. Pat Cummins opts to not review it. UltraEdge shows a slight spike as the ball passes the bat.
FOUR! Azhar Ali brings out the reverse sweep to move into the 90s.
FOUR! Azhar Ali scores the first boundary of the day. Gudes a short-pitched delivery over slips.
150 Run Partnership! Imam-Ul-Haq and Azhar Ali bring up their 150-run partnership.
Imam-Ul-Haq and Azhar Ali walk out to bat
@10:30 Players from both the teams pay tribute to Shane Warne by observing a minute of silence.
DAY 2 Session 1
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One-minute silence observed in Pindi Stadium for Peshawar victims and Shane Warne. #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/5vIspAVmyr
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 5, 2022
Having won the toss and elected to bat first, Pakistan batters made full use of the flat batting paradise on offer in Rawalpindi. The famed Australian pace trio Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood couldn’t generate much movement off the surface as the openers navigated through the opening exchange without much trouble.
The openers almost went unscathed into the first session before a rush-of-blood moment from Shafique brought his downfall. With an over left for lunch, the right-arm batter was one big hit away from a half-century and decided to take Nathan Lyon on for a maximum. However, he didn’t make the desired connection and Pat Cummins covered good ground to take a tumbling catch charging to his right from mid-off. Australia claimed the solitary scalp while also keeping Pakistan’s run-rate below three per over.
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The wicket broke the 105-run opening stand as Pakistan went into the break at 105/1. With no success in the middle session for visitors, Pakistan went 171/1 for tea. With only eight runs away from his maiden test century, Imam started steadily after the break. He eventually got to his maiden Test ton with a check drive off Starc in the 66th over. With exhausted pacers, Lyon assisted the visitors to complete the day’s quota as Imam (132*) and Azhar (64*) went through to stumps at 245/1.
Resuming the action on Day 2, Imam and Azhar continued from where they left-off, making life difficult for Pakistan bowlers. Imam-Ul-Haq brought up his 150 with a beautiful flick.
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