wtc144 f61931 t2519	Australia v Pakistan
	ICC World Test Championship 2023 to 2025 Pakistan in Australia 2023/24 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 2023 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Pakistan won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 79 runs
Points	Australia 12; Pakistan 0
Umpires	MA Gough, JS Wilson
TV umpire	RK Illingworth
Referee	J Srinath
Scorers	KV O'Neill, MK Walsh
Reserve Umpire	PJ Gillespie
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 187/3 (Labuschagne 44*, Head 9*; 66 overs)
Close of play day 2	Pakistan (1) 194/6 (Mohammad Rizwan 29*, Aamer Jamal 2*; 55 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 187/6 (Carey 16*; 62.3 overs)
Player of the Match	PJ Cummins

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
DA Warner	c Babar Azam b Agha Salman	38	83	118	3	-	62
Usman Khawaja	c Agha Salman b Hasan Ali	42	101	145	5	-	82
M Labuschagne	c Abdullah Shafiq b Aamer Jamal	63	155	244	5	-	120
SPD Smith	c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	26	75	109	2	-	61
TM Head	c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	17	32	53	3	-	24
MR Marsh	c Aamer Jamal b Mir Hamza	41	60	96	6	1	42
+AT Carey	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	10	13	-	-	8
MA Starc	c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	9	11	15	2	-	8
*PJ Cummins	c Mir Hamza b Aamer Jamal	13	30	46	1	-	24
NM Lyon	c Mir Hamza b Hasan Ali	8	19	37	1	-	14
JR Hazlewood	not out	5	7	9	1	-	5
Extras	(20 b, 15 lb, 2 nb, 15 w)	52
Total	(all out, 467 minutes, 96.5 overs)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-90 (Warner, 27.1 ov), 2-108 (Usman Khawaja, 33.1 ov), 3-154 (Smith, 57.5 ov), 4-204 (Head, 70.2 ov), 5-250 (Labuschagne, 79.5 ov), 6-260 (Carey, 82.2 ov), 7-275 (Starc, 85.5 ov), 8-286 (Marsh, 89.1 ov), 9-308 (Cummins, 95.1 ov), 10-318 (Lyon, 96.5 ov)

Pakistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27	5	85	2	1	1	128	10	-
Mir Hamza	22	5	51	2	1	-	105	4	-
Hasan Ali	23.5	7	61	2	-	1	114	8	-
Aamer Jamal	19	1	64	3	5	-	84	6	-
Agha Salman	5	0	22	1	-	-	18	1	1

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Pakistan first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Abdullah Shafiq	c and b Cummins	62	109	159	5	-	78
Imam-ul-Haq	c Labuschagne b Lyon	10	44	69	1	-	40
*Shan Masood	c Marsh b Lyon	54	76	121	3	1	46
Babar Azam	b Cummins	1	7	8	-	-	6
Saud Shakil	b Hazlewood	9	29	33	-	-	24
+Mohammad Rizwan	c Warner b Cummins	42	51	97	1	1	27
Agha Salman	c Carey b Cummins	5	8	14	1	-	6
Aamer Jamal	not out	33	80	124	4	1	65
Shaheen Shah Afridi	lbw b Lyon	21	28	31	4	-	19
Hasan Ali	b Cummins	2	11	16	-	-	9
Mir Hamza	st Carey b Lyon	2	3	5	-	-	2
Extras	(4 b, 11 lb, 3 nb, 5 w)	23
Total	(all out, 358 minutes, 73.5 overs)	264
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Imam-ul-Haq, 15.4 ov), 2-124 (Abdullah Shafiq, 34.6 ov), 3-131 (Babar Azam, 36.3 ov), 4-147 (Shan Masood, 41.5 ov), 5-151 (Saud Shakil, 44.4 ov), 6-170 (Agha Salman, 47.6 ov), 7-215 (Mohammad Rizwan, 62.1 ov), 8-240 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 69.2 ov), 9-255 (Hasan Ali, 72.5 ov), 10-264 (Mir Hamza, 73.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Starc	16	3	69	0	1	1	67	7	-
Hazlewood	16	5	43	1	-	1	72	3	-
Cummins	20	1	48	5	-	-	93	2	1
Lyon	18.5	2	73	4	-	-	77	5	2
Marsh	3	0	16	0	-	1	11	2	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Usman Khawaja	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	2	1	-	-	2
DA Warner	b Mir Hamza	6	16	24	1	-	13
M Labuschagne	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	8	12	1	-	7
SPD Smith	c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	50	176	269	3	-	148
TM Head	b Mir Hamza	0	1	1	-	-	1
MR Marsh	c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	96	130	203	13	-	87
+AT Carey	lbw b Mir Hamza	53	101	147	8	-	75
MA Starc	c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi	9	21	25	1	-	16
*PJ Cummins	c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	16	30	32	-	-	22
NM Lyon	b Aamer Jamal	11	13	9	2	-	9
JR Hazlewood	not out	1	7	23	-	-	6
Extras	(1 b, 10 lb, 5 w)	16
Total	(all out, 394 minutes, 84.1 overs)	262
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Usman Khawaja, 0.2 ov), 2-6 (Labuschagne, 2.6 ov), 3-16 (Warner, 5.1 ov), 4-16 (Head, 5.2 ov), 5-169 (Marsh, 49.5 ov), 6-187 (Smith, 62.3 ov), 7-209 (Starc, 68.5 ov), 8-237 (Cummins, 76.3 ov), 9-249 (Lyon, 78.6 ov), 10-262 (Carey, 84.1 ov)

Pakistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27	4	76	4	-	-	125	11	-
Mir Hamza	18.1	6	32	4	-	-	90	2	-
Hasan Ali	17	2	53	0	1	-	77	5	-
Aamer Jamal	16	2	74	2	-	-	67	9	-
Agha Salman	6	1	16	0	-	-	27	2	-

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Pakistan second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Abdullah Shafiq	c Usman Khawaja b Starc	4	13	18	-	-	11
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b Cummins	12	38	68	-	-	31
*Shan Masood	c Smith b Cummins	60	71	108	7	-	42
Babar Azam	b Hazlewood	41	79	117	4	-	57
Saud Shakil	c Carey b Starc	24	55	87	1	-	41
+Mohammad Rizwan	c Carey b Cummins	35	62	101	3	1	43
Agha Salman	c Marsh b Starc	50	70	105	6	-	49
Aamer Jamal	c and b Cummins	0	8	9	-	-	8
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c Labuschagne b Cummins	0	6	16	-	-	6
Hasan Ali	not out	0	2	5	-	-	2
Mir Hamza	c Smith b Starc	0	1	1	-	-	1
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 333 minutes, 67.2 overs)	237
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Abdullah Shafiq, 4.1 ov), 2-49 (Imam-ul-Haq, 14.3 ov), 3-110 (Shan Masood, 26.3 ov), 4-146 (Babar Azam, 40.1 ov), 5-162 (Saud Shakil, 45.6 ov), 6-219 (Mohammad Rizwan, 60.4 ov), 7-219 (Aamer Jamal, 62.6 ov), 8-237 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 66.4 ov), 9-237 (Agha Salman, 67.1 ov), 10-237 (Mir Hamza, 67.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Starc	13.2	1	55	4	-	-	56	6	-
Hazlewood	15	7	34	1	1	-	77	3	-
Lyon	19	1	84	0	-	-	69	7	1
Cummins	18	2	49	5	-	-	81	5	-
Marsh	2	0	8	0	-	1	7	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 90/1 (Usman Khawaja 36*; 27.1 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 114/2 (Labuschagne 14*, Smith 2*; 42.4 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 318 all out
--> Day 2 Tea: Pakistan (1) 68/1 (Abdullah Shafiq 39*, Shan Masood 15*; 24 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (2) 6/2 (Warner 1*; 3 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 107/4 (Smith 26*, Marsh 57*; 30 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Pakistan (2) 25/1 (Imam-ul-Haq 5*, Shan Masood 12*; 9 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Pakistan (2) 129/3 (Babar Azam 35*, Saud Shakil 10*; 33 overs)
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 16.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 30.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 56.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 67.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 79.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 93.3 overs
--> Pakistan first innings: 50 in 19.1 overs
--> Pakistan first innings: 100 in 28.5 overs
--> Pakistan first innings: 150 in 42.6 overs
--> Pakistan first innings: 200 in 56.2 overs
--> Pakistan first innings: 250 in 70.6 overs
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 15.2 overs
--> Australia second innings: 100 in 28.4 overs
--> Australia second innings: 150 in 44.1 overs
--> Australia second innings: 200 in 65.4 overs
--> Australia second innings: 250 in 79.4 overs
--> Pakistan second innings: 50 in 14.5 overs
--> Pakistan second innings: 100 in 24.5 overs
--> Pakistan second innings: 150 in 41.2 overs
--> Pakistan second innings: 200 in 55.3 overs
--> Imam-ul-Haq made his last appearance in Test matches
--> M Labuschagne (1) 50 in 135 balls with 5 fours
--> M Labuschagne (1) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> MA Starc (1) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 8
--> Abdullah Shafiq (1) 50 in 90 balls with 4 fours
--> Shan Masood (1) 50 in 63 balls with 3 fours and 1 six
--> Aamer Jamal (1) passed his previous highest score of 10 in Test matches
--> Shaheen Shah Afridi (1) passed his previous highest score of 19 in Test matches
--> SPD Smith (2) 50 in 153 balls with 3 fours
--> MR Marsh (2) 50 in 70 balls with 8 fours
--> AT Carey (2) 50 in 96 balls with 8 fours
--> Shan Masood (2) 50 in 57 balls with 6 fours
--> Mohammad Rizwan (2) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 35
--> Agha Salman (2) 50 in 69 balls with 6 fours
--> Hasan Ali made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> Hasan Ali made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> Mir Hamza made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> Shaheen Shah Afridi reached 150 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed Usman Khawaja, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
--> Mir Hamza achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed MR Marsh in the Australia second innings (previous best was 2-51)
--> PJ Cummins reached 250 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed Mohammad Rizwan, his 3rd wicket in the Pakistan second innings

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Australia 1st innings
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (DA Warner 23, Usman Khawaja 20)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (M Labuschagne 21, TM Head 17)
Over 54.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - SPD Smith (decision overturned)
Over 57.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - SPD Smith (decision overturned)
Over 59.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - M Labuschagne (decision upheld)
Over 73.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - MR Marsh (decision overturned)
Over 73.4: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - MR Marsh (decision overturned)
Pakistan 1st innings
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 74 balls (Abdullah Shafiq 24, Shan Masood 28)
Over 10.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - Imam-ul-Haq (decision upheld)
Over 69.2: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Shaheen Shah Afridi (decision upheld - umpire's call)
Australia 2nd innings
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 87 balls (SPD Smith 16, MR Marsh 29)
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 183 balls (SPD Smith 28, MR Marsh 64)
5th Wicket: 150 runs in 263 balls (SPD Smith 49, MR Marsh 94)
Over 18.2: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - MR Marsh (decision upheld - umpire's call)
Over 39.6: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - MR Marsh (decision upheld)
Over 42.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - SPD Smith (decision upheld - umpire's call)
Over 76.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - PJ Cummins (decision upheld)
Over 84.1: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - AT Carey (decision upheld)
Pakistan 2nd innings
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (Shan Masood 30, Babar Azam 20)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (Mohammad Rizwan 20, Agha Salman 30)
Over 7.5: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - Shan Masood (decision upheld)
Over 14.3: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Imam-ul-Haq (decision upheld - umpire's call)
Over 15.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - JS Wilson, Batter - Babar Azam (decision upheld)
Over 60.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - MA Gough, Batter - Mohammad Rizwan (decision upheld)

 

 

 

 

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