Watch: David Warner and Shaheen Afridi’s hilarious face-off concludes Day 3 of Pak vs Aus Test
3 min readPakistan was 268 all out towards the persistent tempo of Australia captain Pat Cummins and impeccable reverse swing of Mitchell Starc to concede an enormous 123-run lead on Wednesday within the third and ultimate check.
In a sensational collapse after tea on Day 3, Pakistan misplaced seven wickets for 41 runs the final 4 wickets with out including a run as Cummins completed with 5-56 and Starc took 4-36. Australia had stretched its result in 134 runs by reaching 11-0 by stumps with Usman Khawaja not out on 7 and David Warner unbeaten on 4.
What a method to conclude the day 😄 #BoysReadyHain l #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/FafG8lkVTT
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 23, 2022
In-form opening batter Abdullah Shafique (81) and veteran Azhar Ali (78) had carried Pakistan to 170-1 and denied Australia a breakthrough within the first session after resuming on 90-1 earlier than the guests took management of the collection deciding check.
Starc will get one other. Pakistan are all out for 268. #BoysReadyHain l #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/kF9ZNvvA26
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 23, 2022
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Nathan Lyon (1-95), who dried up the runs along with his marathon spell of 30 overs on Day 3, supplied the opening when he discovered the skin fringe of Shafique’s bat after lunch to finish a affected person 150-run stand. Shafique’s prolific run within the collection has seen the opening batter rating his maiden check hundred within the drawn first check in Rawalpindi earlier than his affected person 96 in Karachi led Pakistan to drive a draw.
Shafique defied Australia with yet one more affected person knock off 228 balls which featured 11 fours earlier than Lyon struck within the fifth over after lunch and efficiently overturned umpire Aleem Dar’s not out resolution via a tv referral.
With the second new ball solely seven overs outdated, Cummins took a spectacular return catch to dismiss Azhar in his homecoming check match as Pakistan was restricted at 227-3 at tea. Azhar, enjoying in his 94th check match however for the primary time in his hometown of Lahore, turned the fifth Pakistani batter to finish 7,000 check runs when he reached 74 by sweeping laborious at Lyon to deep sq. leg for a single.
Cummins will get his third wicket of the innings! Really effectively deserved from the Aussie captain #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/sS1EJz3AWw
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) March 23, 2022
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Former check captains Younis Khan (10,099), Javed Miandad (8,832), Inzamam-ul-Haq (8,829) and Mohammad Yousuf (7,530) are the opposite Pakistan batters to attain greater than 7,000 check runs. But Pakistan folded towards Cummins and Starc after tea, shedding the final six wickets off 40 balls.
Starc, who bowled solely two overs with the second new ball, returned within the final session and knocked again the off stumps of Fawad Alam (13) and Mohammad Rizwan (1) with Pakistan batters struggling to deal with the reverse swing. Pakistan’s lengthy tail didn’t final lengthy with captain Babar Azam making a 67 off 131 balls. The residence workforce had dropped all-rounder Faheem Ashraf to go along with an additional quick bowler after drawing the primary two check matches.
Cummins hurried the collapse by claiming the wickets of Sajid Khan, Nauman Ali and Hasan Ali inside two overs to register his first five-wicket haul towards Pakistan in a check match.
Starc wrapped up Pakistan’s innings by trapping Babar leg earlier than wicket off a supply which formed into the skipper after which clear bowled No. 11 batter Naseem Shah off a searing full pitched supply.
