Player of the Match
Player of the Match

2.15 pm Shaheen and Naseem share the spoils with four wickets apiece but Naseem was hands down the standout bowler for Pakistan in this innings, not just by the stats but by the eye test too. Constantly testing Australia's order from start to finish. Tea has been taken with the innings ending within a half hour of the originally scheduled interval. That's a 10-8 round to Pakistan for sure, ending play early with a knockdown taking five wickets in very quick time. The Pakistan reply starts in 20 minutes when Andrew McGlashan will be back in the central commentary position. Stay with us!

Izaz: "Fellow pacer outshining Shaheen is surely a rare sight. Haven't seen many achieve this in a year or two."

133.3
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Swepson, OUT, 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.

MJ Swepson b Shaheen Shah Afridi 9 (14m 7b 2x4 0x6) SR: 128.57

Shaheen comes around the wicket now.

Max Power: "@Kew, it's actually the cream, the bone, the off-white, the white, the ivory or the beige." Do we need to find Wendy to settle this? Wendy? Wendyyyyyyyyy????

133.2
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Swepson, FOUR, short on fifth stump at 138 kph, leans back to guide a late cut past gully to the third man rope.
133.1
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Swepson, FOUR, good length ball tailing away on middle at 135 kph, Swepson goes back to defend awkwardly and it clips the outside edge going straight to ground between slip and gully to the rope.

END OF OVER:
133 | 1 Run | AUS: 383/9

  • Pat Cummins11 (25b)
  • Mitchell Swepson1 (4b)
  • Naseem Shah31-13-58-4
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi24-3-71-3
132.6
0
Naseem Shah to Cummins, no run, full tailing into middle, defended.
132.5
0
Naseem Shah to Cummins, no run, back of a length on middle at 137 kph, defended.

Kew: "@Jared please don't butcher Billy's great work. It's either the cream, the white, the off-white, the ivory or the beige." Meanwhile, I have a very important article to read when my next commentary stint is done.

132.4
1
Naseem Shah to Swepson, 1 run, back of a length on fifth stump at 140 kph, prodded tentatively into the covers for a dicey single.
132.3
0
Naseem Shah to Swepson, no run, full and reversing in to middle and leg at 139 kph, defended to the leg side.
132.2
0
Naseem Shah to Swepson, no run, full and tailing in at 140 kph toward off stump, defended to the off side.
132.1
0
Naseem Shah to Swepson, no run, back of a length on fifth stump tailing in, goes to slap this and miscues it.

Swepson finally on strike for his first ball.

Pakistan 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st77Imam-ul-HaqAbdullah Shafique
2nd28Azhar AliImam-ul-Haq
3rd37Babar AzamImam-ul-Haq
4th23Fawad AlamBabar Azam
5th2Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
6th46Babar AzamSajid Khan
7th0Nauman AliSajid Khan
8th13Nauman AliHasan Ali
9th6Nauman AliShaheen Shah Afridi
10th3Nauman AliNaseem Shah