Advertisement

Australia trounced Pakistan by 48 runs

  • Web Desk
  • Share

Australia trounced Pakistan by 48 runs
Advertisement

Australia on Monday trounced Pakistan to secure a victory of an innings and 48 runs as spin king Nathan Lyon snared five wickets.

At the dinner break in Adelaide, Pakistan were 229 for eight — still needing to score another 58 to make the hosts bat again.

Pakistan resumed day four on a precarious 39 for three with Masood not out 14 and Shafiq on eight after being bowled out for 302 in their first innings and forced to follow on.

It followed Australia’s mammoth 589 for three declared, built around David Warner’s exceptional 335 not out — the 10th highest Test score of all time.

Needing 248 to make Australia bat again and avoid a second successive innings defeat, they made a decent effort to reach the milestone.

Advertisement

Mohammad Rizwan, in only his third Test, was not out 40. Masood made 68 and Shafiq 57.

While Lyon extracted some life out of the pitch, it offered little for Australia’s fast bowlers who were made to toil.

They will be able to take the new pink ball shortly and with the lights coming on, it should offer them more conducive conditions to finish the job.

Masood, who models himself on England’s Alastair Cook, played some glorious strokes, including a six off Lyon, as he assumed a leadership role after Babar Azam and captain Azhar Ali fell cheaply on Sunday evening.

His sixth Test 50, in his 17th Test, arrived with a boundary off Lyon, his sixth four, before he chipped the spinner to mid-off where Mitchell Starc collected an easy catch.

Shafiq, who has 12 Test hundreds to his name, proved to be Masood’s equal and brought up his 25th half-century with a single off Josh Hazlewood.

Advertisement

But Lyon struck again, with Shafiq getting a thin edge to a flighted ball that carried to Warner at slip, before he then removed Iftikhar Ahmed, caught at short leg by Marnus Labuschagne for a battling 27.

Advertisement
Read More News On

Catch all the Business News, Breaking News Event and Latest News Updates on The BOL News


Download The BOL News App to get the Daily News Update & Live News.


Advertisement
End of Story
BOL Stories of the day
Amir credits PCB, Shaheen for his international comeback
Arslan Ash, Pakistan’s Tekken prodigy, triumphs in Frag Fest Spring 2024
PAK vs NZ: Likely lineups for second T20
PAK vs NZ: Imad Wasim's ansence from plaing XI questioned by ex-cricketers
PAK vs NZ: Kiwis' practice session cancelled due to rain in Rawalpindi
MI vs PBKS: Preity Zinta experiences whirlwind of emotions emotions during thrilling match
Next Article
Exit mobile version