Sports Bulletin Report
LAHORE:-Australian pacers skipper Pat Cummins and Mitchell Strac wobbled the Pakistan batting line-up and host batters could score only 268 runs in their first innings. Visitors were on 11 runs in their second innings at the end of day-3 at Qaddafi Stadium Lahore on Wednesday.
Usman Kawaja 7 and David Warner 4 were at the crease. Earlier, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Strac badly dented the Pakistan batting by sharing 9 wickets. Cummins got 5 while Strac grabbed 4 wickets after conceding 56 and 33 runs respectively. Nathan Lyon chipped in one wicket.
On Wednesday morning, Pakistan took good start and was expected to pass the third day comfortably but no one for top-order could stay with skipper Babar Azam, who scored 67 runs with the help of six four and big six. Fawad and Rizwan even could not take a breath of sigh and lost their wickets in quickly.
Summarized Scorecard:
Australia Batting (First Innings): 391 all out in 133.3 overs
Usman Khawaja 91 runs (219 balls, 4X9, 6X1), Cameron Green 67 runs (163 balls, 4X9), Alex Carey 67 runs (105 balls, 4X7), Steven Smith 59 runs (169 balls, 4X6), Travis Head 26 runs (70balls, 4X4)
Pakistan Bowling (First Innings):
Naseem Shah (4 for 58), Shaheen Shah Afridi (4 for 79), Nauman Ali (1 for 77), Sajid Khan (1 for 97)
Pakistan Batting (First Innings): 268 all out in 116.4 overs
Abdullah Shafiq 81 runs (228 balls, 4X11), Azhar Ali 78 runs (208 balls, 7X1, 6X1), Babar Azam 67 runs (131 balls, 4X6, 6X1), Imam-ul-Haq 11 runs (41 balls, 4X2)
Australia Bowling (First Innings):
Pat Cummins (5 for 56), Mitchell Strac (4 for 33), Nathan Lyon 1 for 95
Australia Batting (Second Innings): 11 for 0 in 3 overs
Usman Kawaja 7 runs not out, David Warner 4 runs not out
Pakistan Bowling (Second Innings):
PAKISTAN (Playing XIs):
Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (c), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (Wicketkeeper), Sajid Khan, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah
AUSTRALIA (Playing XIs):
David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Nathan Lyon.
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Toss: Australia, elected to bat first
Match Officials:
Umpires: Ahsan Raza & Aleem Dar
TV Umpire: Asif Yaqoob
Reserve Umpire: Rashid Riaz
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
