13/12Result
1st Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Perth, Dec 14-17 2023
Australia won by 360 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell MarshAustralia
13/12Result
1st Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Perth, Dec 14-17 2023
Australia won by 360 runs
Player of the Match
Mitchell Marsh
Mitchell MarshAustralia

Australia heading back into the middle. Let's get ready to rumble

1.35pm Pakistan's top order was stubborn in the first innings. You feel they'll be even more challenged in this innings. Pitch certainly isn't unplayable, though. Will be interesting to watch Mitchell Starc after his first-innings problems.

1.30pm Selfless batting at the end there from Khawaja, a terrific stand with Marsh which has built a huge lead of 449. So now it's over to the Australia bowlers. The quicks first, then Nathan Lyon who is on 499 wickets. They have the best part of five sessions to take 10 wickets on a surface offering plenty of help.

Nathan: "I would have done it too...."

orkydd: "Khawaja taking one for humanity to prevent horror and shock in Nathan's street"

63.2
W
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Khawaja, OUT, width outside off, sliced down to deep third who settles under it...and Cummins calls them in. Relief for Nathan (and maybe his neighbours, too)

UT Khawaja c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi 90 (308m 190b 9x4 0x6) SR: 47.36

63.1
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Khawaja, FOUR, moves across outside off, hooks a short delivery down to fine leg

Pressure on Nathan in this over

END OF OVER:
63 | 8 Runs | AUS: 229/4

  • Usman Khawaja86 (188b)
  • Mitchell Marsh63 (68b)
  • Khurram Shahzad16-4-45-3
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi18-4-72-0

Nathan: "If there isn't either a 6 or a wicket in the next over (64th), I will do a streak around the block." That seems a touch excessive, and alarming.

62.6
1
Khurram Shahzad to Khawaja, 1 run, full at off stump, driven to mid-off who is quite deep
62.5
0
Khurram Shahzad to Khawaja, no run, full innovation now...moves across outside off and attempts to scoop this
62.4
2
Khurram Shahzad to Khawaja, 2 runs, moves outside leg and drives a full delivery along the ground through the covers. The one-day switch has been flicked
62.3
0
Khurram Shahzad to Khawaja, no run, wow, how did that not bowl him?! Round the wicket, nips back past the inside edge. Significant movement
62.2
1
Khurram Shahzad to Marsh, 1 run, and again! Short of a length, doesn't find the gap this time, pulled deep into the leg side
62.1
4
Khurram Shahzad to Marsh, FOUR, he's on the charge now! Short of a length, launched through midwicket

END OF OVER:
62 | 13 Runs | AUS: 221/4

  • Usman Khawaja83 (184b)
  • Mitchell Marsh58 (66b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi18-4-72-0
  • Khurram Shahzad15-4-37-3
61.6
0
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Khawaja, no run, sets away outside leg and attempts to upper cut this short delivery, doesn't make contact
61.5
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Khawaja, FOUR, takes on the short ball, goes for the pull and the top edge flies down to fine leg. Clear gear change from Khawaja
61.4
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Khawaja, FOUR, oh, that's so good. Back of a length outside off, just opens the face and steers it between slip and gully. So deft
61.3
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Marsh, 1 run, even shorter this time, not in control of this one, takes the top edge but doesn't reach deep square
61.2
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Marsh, FOUR, crunched! This rockets off the bat as Marsh latches onto a short ball and pulls it through midwicket

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Pakistan 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2Imam-ul-HaqAbdullah Shafique
2nd15Shan MasoodImam-ul-Haq
3rd2Babar AzamImam-ul-Haq
4th29Babar AzamSaud Shakeel
5th8Sarfaraz AhmedSaud Shakeel
6th7Agha SalmanSaud Shakeel
7th16Saud ShakeelFaheem Ashraf
8th4Saud ShakeelAamer Jamal
9th6Saud ShakeelShaheen Shah Afridi
10th0Shaheen Shah AfridiKhurram Shahzad