Pakistan And Australia The first to be played in Perth between Test match During the , the Pakistani team once again stumbled in Australia’s target of 450 runs and faced a defeat by 360 runs.
Pakistan scored 271 runs in response to Australia’s 487 in the first innings, after which Australia declared the innings by scoring 233 runs for the loss of five wickets instead of giving Pakistan a follow-on.
When Pakistan started chasing Australia’s target of 450 runs on the fourth day of the match, none of the batsmen could settle down and wickets fell one after the other and the entire Pakistani team returned to the pavilion with a score of just 89.
Opener Abdullah Shafiq two, Imamul Haq 10, captain Shan Masood two, Babar Azam 14 and Sarfaraz Ahmed returned to the pavilion after scoring only four runs.
Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood took three wickets each for Australia.
Sniper Nathan Line has dismissed two players. He has completed his 500 wickets in Test cricket.
In Australia’s second innings, Usman Khawaja scored 90 runs while Steve Smith scored 45 runs. Apart from them, Mitchell Marsh continued his brilliant performance and played an innings of 63 runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Khurram Shahzad also dismissed three Australian players in the second innings, while Amir Jamal and Shaheen Afridi took one wicket each.
Earlier, the Australian team scored 487 runs while batting against Pakistan.
From Australia, David Warner was the top scorer with 164 runs and Mitchell Marsh scored 90 runs while Travis Head scored 40 runs, Usman Khawaja scored 41 runs and Alex Carey scored 34 runs.
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Pakistan’s Test debutant Aamir Jamal took six wickets for 111 runs.
At the end of the match Pakistan captain Shan Masood said that ‘We have missed some chances on some good balls in this match. We could have played a bit faster and we scored 60 to 70 runs less. But in response to Australia’s 110 overs, we have played 100 overs. That’s a good thing for this unit.’
Australian captain Pat Cummins said, ‘By winning this match, we have started this season well. We will continue our performance.’
“It was my first match in Perth in six years,” said Mitchell Marsh, who was named the man of the match. When we got a big lead, the pressure eased off us, but this wicket was somewhat difficult.’
He further said that ‘Taking Babar Azam’s wicket was a good thing because he is a big player.’
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2024-09-04 21:02:13
