Pakistani batsmen impress on day one of two-day Test macth against Victoria XI

• Pakistan played a practice match against Victoria XI.
• Pakistan scored 323-8 on the first day.
• Salman Ali Agha and Muhammad Rizwan scored fifties.

At the Junction Oval in Melbourne, on the first day of the practice match versus Victoria XI, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, and Muhammad Rizwan scored fifty runs each.

Shakeel scored the most, with 70 runs, as Pakistan ended their first inning with 323-8.

In response, Victoria XI was 47-1 in 11 overs at stumps on the opening day. Shaheen Afridi, the pacer, gave the visitors figures of 1–16.

Brief score

Two-day practice match – Pakistan vs Victoria XI

Stumps (day 1) at Junction Oval, Melbourne

Pakistan: 323-8 dec in 78.4 overs (Saud Shakeel 70 retired, Salman Ali Agha 51, Mohammad Rizwan 50 retired, Imam-ul-Haq 37, Sarfaraz Ahmed 35, Saim Ayub 30, Abdullah Shafique 26; DCN Warren 3-69, MF Fotia 2-44)

Victoria XI: 47-1 in 11 overs (BR Thomson 25 not out, MS Harris 18 not out; Shaheen Shah Afridi 1-16)

Junction Oval 🏟️

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Australia defeated Pakistan handily in the opening match of the three-Test series. Pakistan lost the match by 360 runs after being assigned a target of 450 in the fourth inning, folding for a pitiful 89 in 30.2 overs.

In their first inning, the visitors were bowled for 271 in response to Australia’s 487.

Melbourne Cricket Ground will host the series’ second Test from December 26 to 30.

Australia squad for the second Test:

Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Steve Smith, Mitch Starc, David Warner

Pakistan’s squad:

Shan Masood (captain), Sarfaraz Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Aamir Jamal, Sajid Khan, Abrar Ahmed.

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