Australia vs Pakistan: 2nd Test, Day 4 as it happened - Tourists' tail skittled after controversial wicket as hosts claim win

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Second Innings: Pakistan

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Pakistan

237 all out

Australia win by 79 runs

4/55 (13.2)	*Starc	O: 67.2
5/49 (18.0)	Cummins	RR:3.03	Ali	0 (2)

c. Smith b. Starc	67.2 10/237	Hamza 0(1)
c. Marsh b. Starc	67.1 9/237	Agha 50(70)
c. Labuschagne b. Cummins	66.4 8/237	Afridi 0(6)
c+b. Cummins	62.6 7/219	Jamal 0(8)
c. Carey b. Cummins	60.4 6/219	Rizwan 35(62)
c. Carey b. Starc	45.6 5/162	Shakeel 24(55)
b. Hazlewood	40.1 4/146	Azam 41(79)
c. Smith b. Cummins	26.3 3/110	Khan 60(71)
lbw. Cummins	14.3 2/49	ul-Haq 12(38)
c. Khawaja b. Starc	4.1 1/8	Shafique 4(13)

Second Innings: Australia	262 all out	RR: 2.67	O: 84.1
First Innings: Pakistan	264 all out	RR: 3.10	O: 73.5
First Innings: Australia	318 all out	RR: 2.84	O: 96.5

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First Innings: Australia	318 all out	RR: 2.84	O: 96.5

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D.A. Warner c. Azam b. Agha	38	83	3	0	45.78
U.T. Khawaja c. Agha b. Ali	42	101	5	0	41.58
M. Labuschagne c. Shafique b. Jamal	63	155	5	0	40.65
S.P.D. Smith c. Rizwan b. Jamal	26	75	2	0	34.67
T.M. Head c. Agha b. Afridi	17	32	3	0	53.12
M.R. Marsh c. Jamal b. Hamza	41	60	6	1	68.33
A.T. Carey+ c. Rizwan b. Afridi	4	10	0	0	40.00
M.A. Starc c. Agha b. Hamza	9	11	2	0	81.82
P.J. Cummins* c. Hamza b. Jamal	13	30	1	0	43.33
N.M. Lyon c. Hamza b. Ali	8	19	1	0	42.11
J.R. Hazlewood not out	5	7	1	0	71.43
Extras (b 20, lb 15, w 15, nb 2)	52
Total	318

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
S.S. Afridi	27.0	5	85	2	3.15
M. Hamza	22.0	5	51	2	2.32
H. Ali	23.5	7	61	2	2.56
A. Jamal	19.0	1	64	3	3.37
S.A. Agha	5.0	0	22	1	4.40

First Innings: Pakistan	264 all out	RR: 3.10	O: 73.5

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
A. Shafique c+b. Cummins	62	109	5	0	56.88
I. ul-Haq c. Labuschagne b. Lyon	10	44	1	0	22.73
S.M. Khan* c. Marsh b. Lyon	54	76	3	1	71.05
M.B. Azam b. Cummins	1	7	0	0	14.29
S. Shakeel b. Hazlewood	9	29	0	0	31.03
M. Rizwan+ c. Warner b. Cummins	42	51	1	1	82.35
S.A. Agha c. Carey b. Cummins	5	8	1	0	62.50
A. Jamal not out	33	80	4	1	41.25
S.S. Afridi lbw. Lyon	21	28	4	0	75.00
H. Ali b. Cummins	2	11	0	0	18.18
M. Hamza st. Carey b. Lyon	2	3	0	0	66.67
Extras (b 4, lb 11, w 5, nb 3)	23
Total	264

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
M.A. Starc	16.0	3	69	0	4.31
J.R. Hazlewood	16.0	5	43	1	2.69
P.J. Cummins	20.0	1	48	5	2.40
N.M. Lyon	18.5	2	73	4	3.88
M.R. Marsh	3.0	0	16	0	5.33

Second Innings: Australia	262 all out	RR: 2.67	O: 84.1

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
U.T. Khawaja c. Rizwan b. Afridi	0	2	0	0	0.00
D.A. Warner b. Hamza	6	16	1	0	37.50
M. Labuschagne c. Rizwan b. Afridi	4	8	1	0	50.00
S.P.D. Smith c. Agha b. Afridi	50	176	3	0	28.41
T.M. Head b. Hamza	0	1	0	0	0.00
M.R. Marsh c. Agha b. Hamza	96	130	13	0	73.85
A.T. Carey+ lbw. Hamza	53	101	8	0	52.48
M.A. Starc c. Azam b. Afridi	9	21	1	0	42.86
P.J. Cummins* c. Rizwan b. Jamal	16	30	0	0	53.33
N.M. Lyon b. Jamal	11	13	2	0	84.62
J.R. Hazlewood not out	1	7	0	0	14.29
Extras (b 1, lb 10, w 5, nb 0)	16
Total	262

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
S.S. Afridi	27.0	4	76	4	2.81
M. Hamza	18.1	6	32	4	1.76
H. Ali	17.0	2	53	0	3.12
A. Jamal	16.0	2	74	2	4.62
S.A. Agha	6.0	1	16	0	2.67

Second Innings: Pakistan	237 all out	RR: 3.03	O: 67.2

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
A. Shafique c. Khawaja b. Starc	4	13	0	0	30.77
I. ul-Haq lbw. Cummins	12	38	0	0	31.58
S.M. Khan* c. Smith b. Cummins	60	71	7	0	84.51
M.B. Azam b. Hazlewood	41	79	4	0	51.90
S. Shakeel c. Carey b. Starc	24	55	1	0	43.64
M. Rizwan+ c. Carey b. Cummins	35	62	3	1	56.45
S.A. Agha c. Marsh b. Starc	50	70	6	0	71.43
A. Jamal c+b. Cummins	0	8	0	0	0.00
S.S. Afridi c. Labuschagne b. Cummins	0	6	0	0	0.00
H. Ali not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
M. Hamza c. Smith b. Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 1)	11
Total	237

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
M.A. Starc	13.2	1	55	4	4.12
J.R. Hazlewood	15.0	7	34	1	2.27
N.M. Lyon	19.0	1	84	0	4.42
P.J. Cummins	18.0	2	49	5	2.72
M.R. Marsh	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

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The second Test continues today with Australia taking on Pakistan for Day 4 at the MCG. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 10am (AEDT).

After two of the more evenly contested Test days in recent Australian summers, this match remains on a knife’s edge as we move into Day 4.

Australia took regular wickets on the third morning and closed the Pakistan innings, but not until their first-innings lead was reduced to 54.

What then followed was a wonderful period of seam and swing bowling from Pakistan, leaving Australia in disarray at 4/16. Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith started to grind away; however, Marsh should have been taken when the Australian total was 46 after presenting a simple catch to Abdullah Shafique at slip.

The regulation catch was dropped, and Marsh made Pakistan pay. His 96 changed the momentum of the game and swung it back in Australia’s favour.

When Smith was out on the last ball of the day for 50, Australia’s lead had grown to 241 runs with four wickets still remaining, but they still won’t feel totally comfortable with this lead, and will be looking for Alex Carey and the bowlers to increase it to around 300.

Pakistan’s bowlers were impressive all day and further good bowling today could yield early wickets. If they can, this Test could go down to the wire.

Game information

Venue: MCG
First ball: 10am (AEDT)
TV: Channel 7, Fox Cricket
Streaming: Kayo Sports
Betting: Australia $1.25, draw $34, Pakistan $4.40 – odds via PlayUp

Teams

Australia

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

Pakistan

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

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