14/12Result
1st Test (D/N), Pakistan tour of Australia at Brisbane, Dec 15-19 2016
Australia won by 39 runs
Player of the Match
Asad Shafiq
Asad ShafiqPakistan
14/12Result
1st Test (D/N), Pakistan tour of Australia at Brisbane, Dec 15-19 2016
Australia won by 39 runs
Player of the Match
Asad Shafiq
Asad ShafiqPakistan

END OF OVER:
39 | 3 Runs | AUS: 202/5

  • Matthew Wade1 (4b)
  • Peter Handscomb35 (26b)
  • Rahat Ali10-1-40-2
  • Wahab Riaz7-1-47-1

Australia have declared. Pakistan will need 490 to win from 217 overs, or thereabouts.

5.23pm Australia did what they needed to do in that session. They scored at a quick rate, and have extended their lead to 489. Batting in the last session under lights with a new ball is not going to be easy. There are still 37 overs left in the day. We'll be back in a bit to find out more.

38.6
0
Rahat Ali to Wade, no run, 134 kph, full on off, driven to cover and that will be dinner
38.5
1
Rahat Ali to Handscomb, 1 run, slapped on the bounce to deep cover
38.4
0
Rahat Ali to Handscomb, no run, good bouncer, sees Handscomb coming and digs it in. Over the bat of Handscomb, good bowling by Rahat
38.3
1
Rahat Ali to Wade, 1 run, slower ball down leg, helped to fine leg
38.2
0
Rahat Ali to Wade, no run, full and wide outside off, 130 kph. Goes past Wade's cut

James in Melbou: "David, do you seriously think Nic Maddinson was picked to bat at No. 6 for Australia specifically to take advantage of 500-run leads? Let me tell you, he's not going to find that situation too often. I want our No. 6 to be able to handle 4-40 at Trent Bridge or Cape Town. But that's just me."

38.1
1
Rahat Ali to Handscomb, 1 run, Handscomb runs down and hammers his checked drive through to deep cover

This will be the last over of the session. Is it the last of the innings? Do Australia want a lead of 500?

END OF OVER:
38 | 11 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 199/5

  • Matthew Wade0 (1b)
  • Peter Handscomb33 (23b)
  • Wahab Riaz7-1-47-1
  • Rahat Ali9-1-37-2
37.6
0
Wahab Riaz to Wade, no run, low full toss at 145 kph, worked to midwicket
37.5
W
Wahab Riaz to Maddinson, OUT, taken. Maddinson falls for another single-digit score. They're checking for a no-ball, but Wahab is juuuust fine. A well-directed bouncer on off and middle, Maddinson goes after his pull. He's hustled for pace, but doesn't improvise his shot. Gets a leading edge which flies down to Azhar at fine leg. A horror start to his Test career

NJ Maddinson c Babar Azam b Wahab Riaz 4 (6m 3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

David: "I disagree. I think Maddinson has nothing to lose and everything to gain. This is precisely the situation he has been picked to take advantage of. If he just pokes around for a couple of overs and nicks off, then it's all over. So he might as well blaze away."

37.4
4
Wahab Riaz to Maddinson, FOUR, hammered for four, his first Test match boundary. Back of a length outside off, Maddinson shows his nerveless persona with a cross-batted swat over mid-on
37.3
1
Wahab Riaz to Handscomb, 1 run, gets right across yet again, works an off-side delivery to square leg

Salman Hameed Q: "Just declare already. They can't chase it anyway. "

PAK tour of AUS 2016-17 News

Too close, yet far

1

No. of smaller margin of defeat for a team scoring 400+ while chasing, than Pakistan's loss by 39 runs. NZ had lost by 38 runs after making 440 in Nottingham in 1973.

PAK's strong comeback

277

Previous highest difference between PAK's 1st inns & 2nd inns (2nd minus 1st) totals v AUS before this. They had made 260 & 537 after following-on in Rawalpindi.

Shafiq's record

9

No. of centuries for Asad Shafiq at No. 6 position in Tests - the most by any player. He went past Garry Sobers who had hit eight 100s at the position.

Best at Gabba

370

Previous highest 4th inns total at Gabba, by Eng in Ashes 2006-07. Pak have gone past that score. Highest anywhere in Aus is 445 by Ind at Adelaide in 1977-78.

Younis while chasing

55.04

Younis Khan's ave in 4th inns, before this - the third-best among 27 batsmen with 1000+ runs.

Big task

0

No. of instances of teams batting more than 150 overs in the fourth innings of a Test at Gabba. There are more than 200 overs left in this Test.

Dominating Smith

7

No. of times Smith has scored a century and a fifty in the same Test, including this. Only Kallis (11), Ponting (10), Border (9) & Sangakkara (9) have done it more times.

Some respite

75

Runs added by Pakistan's last 2 wickets - 54 for 9th wkt and 21 for then 10th. They raised from 67/8 to 142. This is the 2nd-most Pak's last 2 wkts have added in Aus.

Collapsed

24

Runs added by Pakistan's 3rd to 8th wkts in this inns - the lowest for them. The previous lowest was 25 runs at WACA in 1981-82.

Younis' lean patch

16

Runs scored by Younis in his last six Test innings, including a duck in this. His scores - 0, 2, 1, 2, 11, 0.

Double attack

2

No. of times 2 visiting bowlers have taken 4+ wkts in an inns vs Aus since 2010, both this year - Abbott & Rabada in Hobart and Amir & Wahab in this Test.

Best since return

0

No. of times Amir took more than 3 wkts since his return, in 16 inns before this. He took three 3-wkt hauls.