25/12Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-29 2023
Australia won by 79 runs
Player of the Match
Pat Cummins
Pat CumminsAustralia
25/12Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-29 2023
Australia won by 79 runs
Player of the Match
Pat Cummins
Pat CumminsAustralia

David Warner walks out for one final appearance at the idyllic MCG

12:20pm: Pat Cummins does Pat Cummins things; he picks up a sensational fifer and shows his diverse bag of tricks in no uncertain terms. He is an expert in working batters over and finding ways to outsmart them; produces another fast-bowling masterclass. Especially, that pearler to Babar Azam was the standout delivery for me. Pakistan had a great start to their innings as Shafique and Masood batted briskly and made crucial half-centuries, but then wickets fell in quick succession. Rizwan took control and halted the slide for a few hours. Some decent contributions from the tail got Pakistan to 264, which is 54 runs short of Australia's first innings total

Jesse: "Fair play to Jamal, this has been some knock to keep Pakistan in the test, and something that is so often lacking from their tail enders "

73.5
W
Lyon to Mir Hamza, OUT, Throws the kitchen sink at it and lost his balance, swings for the grandstands but misses it completely, flummoxed by the prodigious turn outside off, his foot wasn't behind the line and Carey did well to whip off the bails quickly and that'll be the end of the innings. Maybe he should have gone with defensive tactics and brought Jamal on strike who was hitting the ball so well

Mir Hamza st †Carey b Lyon 2 (4m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

anees wajid: "The difference are those extras that Pakistan bowled."

73.4
0
Lyon to Mir Hamza, no run, tossed up, outside off, tapped away to cover

Emad: "Very very irresponsible of Mir Hamza, especially when Jamal is hitting it so well and reducing the deficit, just no sense of responsibility or team work from the tailender"

73.3
1
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, 1 run, Once again advances down and clubs it to deep midwicket and it just fell away from him, catchable but swooped like a falling star, giving Head no time to get underneath it
73.2
6
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, SIX, Jamal is not gonna die wondering! Coruscating strokeplay continues! Skips down the track and clobbers it over deep midwicket and cow corner for half-a-dozen runs! What a shot!
73.1
0
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, no run, Slides in on off, lunges forward to defend it towards short leg

END OF OVER:
73 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 257/9

  • Mir Hamza2 (1b)
  • Aamer Jamal26 (77b)
  • Pat Cummins20-1-48-5
  • Nathan Lyon18-2-66-3
72.6
2
Cummins to Mir Hamza, 2 runs, On a length and hovering away in the channel, steered down to third man and opens his account
72.5
W
Cummins to Hasan Ali, OUT, Cummins picks up his 10th five wicket haul in Tests with a beauty! Back of a length ball, jags back insanely off the deck and Hasan is trying to track the late movement but ends up leaving a big gap as the ball sneaks through the gate and rattles the stumps, bails flying everywhere. What an incredible delivery and the last man Mir Hamza will walk out

Hasan Ali b Cummins 2 (16m 11b 0x4 0x6) SR: 18.18

72.4
0
Cummins to Hasan Ali, no run, Nasty! Mean, intimidating, ferocious throat ball on off and he can't get his bonce away in time, hits him on the shoulder and he was in an awkward position to play that, survives somehow
72.3
0
Cummins to Hasan Ali, no run, Beaten again while throwing his hands at it but not going really hard and that might have saved him from nicking it to the keeper. Short of a length, nibbling away outside off
72.2
0
Cummins to Hasan Ali, no run, Haring in and hits a length just outside off, curving away late with some discernible swing, just past the blade to the keeeper

Imran Khan: "Well how difficult it would be asking each batsman to score 40 runs? If Pak had done it, it would be 320/8. Am I asking for too much here?

72.1
0
Cummins to Hasan Ali, no run, Over the wicket, thumped hard into the deck and gets fierce bounce but the line is not quite right, swerving away outside leg stump, Carey does well to gather it

END OF OVER:
72 | 5 Runs | PAK: 255/8

  • Aamer Jamal26 (77b)
  • Hasan Ali2 (6b)
  • Nathan Lyon18-2-66-3
  • Mitchell Starc16-3-69-0
71.6
0
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, no run, Flighted delivery, tad quicker, just outside off, solid defence towards cover. An eventful over comes to an end; Jamal playing some audacious shots and adding useful runs to the board
71.5
0
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, no run, Tossed up, inverses his stance and reverse paddles but finds backward point who makes a tumbling stop, Starc with a terrific stop and one-handed sharp throw to the keeper
71.4
0
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, no run, Looped up just outside off, patted down to cover
71.3
4
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, FOUR, Puts on his dancing shoes and bludgeons it over deep midwicket for a cracking boundary! All the way down to the rope with so much power and fizz!
71.2
0
Lyon to Aamer Jamal, no run, Lobbed up fuller just outside off, plants forward and presses it down to cover-point
71.1
1
Lyon to Hasan Ali, 1 run, Looped up from over the wicket, length on middle, clipped away gently to square leg's left and dashes across to the other end

END OF OVER:
71 | 10 Runs | PAK: 250/8

  • Aamer Jamal22 (72b)
  • Hasan Ali1 (5b)
  • Mitchell Starc16-3-69-0
  • Nathan Lyon17-2-61-3

New ball will be available in nine overs. Right now they are changing it with another used cherry

70.6
4
Starc to Aamer Jamal, FOUR, oh dear me! That has been absolutely leathered past mid-on for a boundary! Smashes it off a full length and that's a very confident looking shot down the ground; great use of the feet to get to the pitch of the ball. #gutsy
70.5
0
Starc to Aamer Jamal, no run, Round the wicket, effort short ball on fifth stump line, gets his bonce away from the line of the ball. Jamal needs to occupy the crease more
70.4
4
Starc to Aamer Jamal, FOUR, Crunched! Oh, streaky but they all count! Useful runs. On a length, outside off, chases it and gets it past backward point for a sizzling boundary; it's a very quick outfield.

Zubair Islam : "New ball is still ten overs away...but Lyon wkt may delay Aussies to take it, if Pak go that far"

70.3
1
Starc to Hasan Ali, 1 run, Short of a length, plenty of width, rasped down to cover and scurries through a run
70.2
1
Starc to Aamer Jamal, 1 run, Rams a yorker dipping in at off stump, toe-ends it to square of midwicket, well-bowled

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Pakistan 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8Imam-ul-HaqAbdullah Shafique
2nd41Shan MasoodImam-ul-Haq
3rd61Shan MasoodBabar Azam
4th36Babar AzamSaud Shakeel
5th16Mohammad RizwanSaud Shakeel
6th57Mohammad RizwanAgha Salman
7th0Agha SalmanAamer Jamal
8th18Agha SalmanShaheen Shah Afridi
9th0Agha SalmanHasan Ali
10th0Mir HamzaHasan Ali