GABBA: On the third day of the 1st Test Pakistan were 64-3 at stumps here today, still needing 276 runs to equal the mammoth score of Kangaroos.
First three wickets of Green Shirts fell within seven overs in the second innings manifesting the form of Australian fast bowlers. Left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc sent two (captain Azhar Ali who scored five runs and Haris Sohail whose bat yielded only eight runs) back to pavilion.
Asad Shafiq didn’t get off the mark before getting a thick edge off Pat Cummins to Steve Smith at second slip and it was 25-3. Shan Masood (27) and Babar Azam (20) survived until stumps.
A relevant piece published earlier:
Cricket 1st Test: Green Shirts dismissed by Aussies for 240
GABBA (BRISBANE): Australia bowled Pakistan out for 240 on the opening day of the first Test.
Pakistan earlier won the toss and chose to bat on a hot and humid morning here. They made 33 at the first drinks break and took almost two hours to reach 50. Green Shirts reached 57 for no wicket at lunch but after the break Kangaroos took five wickets yielding only 19 runs. Asad Shafiq scored scoring 76 saving Pakistan from a complete disaster.
Haris Sohail and Babar Azam scored one run each. This debacle was followed by partnerships of 49 between Shafiq and Mohammed Rizwan, who made 37, and then 84 with Yasir Shah (26) a reasonable score was made. Commenting on the Australian performance Hazlewood said fast bowlers used the extra bounce at the Gabba.
Cricket 3rd T20I: Australia beats Pakistan to win the series
PERTH: Australian Cricket team has crushed Pakistan by ten wickets here today to win the Twenty20I series 2-0.
Chasing a pathetic target of 107 runs set by Pakistan, Australian batsmen Finch (52) and Warner (48) raced to the finish sans any loss of wicket with the help of five sixes and eight fours.
Pakistani Cricket Team, that had to win the 3rd T20I against Australia in order to draw the series, did not fare well and barely managed to muster 106 runs up for 8 wickets.
Iftikhar Ahmed with 45-runs off 37 balls was the top scorer for Pakistan. Imam-ul-Haque (14 off 15 balls) was the second batsman who managed to reach double figure. Captain Babar Azam scored six runs. Next to head towards pavilion was Mohammad Rizwan who was bowled out for a duck. Haris Sohail left the crease at eight, Khushdil Shah made eight runs, Imad Wasim scored six while Shadab Khan scored a single as Green Shirts finished with 106-8.
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