Australia VS Pakistan, 2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia, 2023 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia, 2023

AUSTRALIA BEAT PAKISTAN BY 79 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

Australia
318/10 (96.5) & 262/10 (84.1)

VS

Pakistan
264/10 (73.5) & 237/10 (67.2)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	Pakistan elected to field
Match Status	Australia beat Pakistan by 79 runs Match Ended
Umpires	Joel Wilson (WI), Michael Gough (ENG) and Richard Illingworth (ENG)
Man of the Match	Pat Cummins

Australia (318/10 in 96.5 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner c Babar Azam b Agha Salman	38	83	3	0	46
Usman Khawaja c Agha Salman b Hasan Ali	42	101	5	0	42
Marnus Labuschagne c Abdullah Shafique b Aamer Jamal	63	155	5	0	41
Steven Smith c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	26	75	2	0	35
Travis Head c Agha Salman b Shaheen Afridi	17	32	3	0	53
Mitchell Marsh c Aamer Jamal b Mir Hamza	41	60	6	1	68
Alex Carey c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi	4	10	0	0	40
Mitchell Starc c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	9	11	2	0	82
Pat Cummins c Mir Hamza b Aamer Jamal	13	30	1	0	43
Nathan Lyon c Mir Hamza b Hasan Ali	8	19	1	0	42
Josh Hazlewood not out	5	7	1	0	71

Extras	(b 20, lb 15, w 15, nb 2)				52
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 96.5)				318
(3.28 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Afridi	27	5	85	2	3.14
Mir Hamza	22	5	51	2	2.31
Hasan Ali	23.5	7	61	2	2.55
Aamer Jamal	19	1	64	3	3.36
Agha Salman	5	0	22	1	4.40

Pakistan (264/10 in 73.5 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique c & b Pat Cummins	62	109	5	0	57
Imam-ul-Haq c Marnus Labuschagne b Nathan Lyon	10	44	1	0	23
Shan Masood c Mitchell Marsh b Nathan Lyon	54	76	3	1	71
Babar Azam b Pat Cummins	1	7	0	0	14
Saud Shakeel b Josh Hazlewood	9	29	0	0	31
Mohammad Rizwan c David Warner b Pat Cummins	42	51	1	1	82
Agha Salman c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	5	8	1	0	63
Aamer Jamal not out	33	80	4	1	41
Shaheen Afridi lbw b Nathan Lyon	21	28	4	0	75
Hasan Ali b Pat Cummins	2	11	0	0	18
Mir Hamza st Alex Carey b Nathan Lyon	2	3	0	0	67

Extras	(b 8, lb 7, w 5, nb 3)				23
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 73.5)				264
(3.58 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	16	3	69	0	4.31
Josh Hazlewood	16	5	43	1	2.68
Pat Cummins	20	1	48	5	2.40
Nathan Lyon	18.5	2	73	4	3.87
Mitchell Marsh	3	0	16	0	5.33

Australia (262/10 in 84.1 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Usman Khawaja c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi	0	2	0	0	0
David Warner b Mir Hamza	6	16	1	0	38
Marnus Labuschagne c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Afridi	4	8	1	0	50
Steven Smith c Agha Salman b Shaheen Afridi	50	176	3	0	28
Travis Head b Mir Hamza	0	1	0	0	0
Mitchell Marsh c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	96	130	13	0	74
Alex Carey lbw b Mir Hamza	53	101	8	0	52
Mitchell Starc c Babar Azam b Shaheen Afridi	9	21	1	0	43
Pat Cummins c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	16	30	0	0	53
Nathan Lyon b Aamer Jamal	11	13	2	0	85
Josh Hazlewood not out	1	7	0	0	14

Extras	(b 1, lb 10, w 5, nb 0)				16
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 84.1)				262
(3.11 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Afridi	27	4	76	4	2.81
Mir Hamza	18.1	6	32	4	1.76
Hasan Ali	17	2	53	0	3.11
Aamer Jamal	16	2	74	2	4.62
Agha Salman	6	1	16	0	2.66

Pakistan (237/10 in 67.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique c Usman Khawaja b Mitchell Starc	4	13	0	0	31
Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Pat Cummins	12	38	0	0	32
Shan Masood c Steven Smith b Pat Cummins	60	71	7	0	85
Babar Azam b Josh Hazlewood	41	79	4	0	52
Saud Shakeel c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	24	55	1	0	44
Mohammad Rizwan c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	35	62	3	1	56
Agha Salman c Mitchell Marsh b Mitchell Starc	50	70	6	0	71
Aamer Jamal c & b Pat Cummins	0	8	0	0	0
Shaheen Afridi c Marnus Labuschagne b Pat Cummins	0	6	0	0	0
Hasan Ali not out	0	2	0	0	0
Mir Hamza c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	0	1	0	0	0

Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 1)				11
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 67.2)				237
(3.52 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	13.2	1	55	4	4.12
Josh Hazlewood	15	7	34	1	2.26
Nathan Lyon	19	1	84	0	4.42
Pat Cummins	18	2	49	5	2.72
Mitchell Marsh	2	0	8	0	4.00

Team Sqaud

Australia

David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan

Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (w), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Mir Hamza

This result was expected. So what they gonna do with Imamulhaq now. Are they going to give him rest on the next test and bring the other opener, no no he is not Sarfraz Ahmed. They going to keep him, he have to perform in only one test and he is good for one year.

Syed Hussain, North York
29 December, 2023

What a captain knock by pat Cummins

Ahmed Faraz, Doha
29 December, 2023

Akhtar Zahid, Karachi's
27 December, 2023

Shuj, Karachi
25 December, 2023