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318 & 262
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264 & 237
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Overs: 84.1 RR: 3.11 vs spin: 2.67
vs seam: 3.01
Overs: 67.2 RR: 3.52 vs spin: 4.42
vs seam: 3.02
Mon 25/12/23 Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 79 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 318 (96.5; RR: 3.28)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DA Warner c Babar Azam b Salman Ali Agha 38 83 3 0 45.78
UT Khawaja c Salman Ali Agha b Hassan Ali 42 101 5 0 41.58
M Labuschagne c Abdullah Shafique b Aamer Jamal 63 155 5 0 40.65
SPD Smith c Muhammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal 26 75 2 0 34.67
TM Head c Salman Ali Agha b Shaheen Shah Afridi 17 32 3 0 53.13
MR Marsh c Aamer Jamal b Mir Hamza 41 60 6 1 68.33
AT Carey c Muhammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 10 0 0 40.00
MA Starc c Salman Ali Agha b Mir Hamza 9 11 2 0 81.82
PJ Cummins c Mir Hamza b Aamer Jamal 13 30 1 0 43.33
NM Lyon c Mir Hamza b Hassan Ali 8 19 1 0 42.11
JR Hazlewood not out 5 7 1 0 71.43
Extras (20b, 15lb, 15w, 2nb) 52  
TOTAL 318 all out (96.5 overs; RR: 3.28)

Fall of wickets

90-1 (DA Warner 27.1 ov), 108-2 (UT Khawaja 33.1 ov), 154-3 (SPD Smith 57.5 ov), 204-4 (TM Head 70.2 ov), 250-5 (M Labuschagne 79.5 ov), 260-6 (AT Carey 82.2 ov), 275-7 (MA Starc 85.5 ov), 286-8 (MR Marsh 89.1 ov), 308-9 (PJ Cummins 95.1 ov), 318-10 (NM Lyon 96.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Shaheen Shah Afridi 27.0 5 85 2 3.15 1 1
Mir Hamza 22.0 5 51 2 2.32 1 0
Hassan Ali 23.5 7 61 2 2.65 0 1
Aamer Jamal 19.0 1 64 3 3.37 5 0
Salman Ali Agha 5.0 0 22 1 4.40 0 0

Pakistan - 1st Inns 264 (73.5; RR: 3.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Abdullah Shafique c & b Cummins 62 109 5 0 56.88
Imam-ul-Haq c Labuschagne b Lyon 10 44 1 0 22.73
Shan Masood c Marsh b Lyon 54 76 3 1 71.05
Babar Azam b Cummins 1 7 0 0 14.29
Saud Shakeel b Hazlewood 9 29 0 0 31.03
Muhammad Rizwan c Warner b Cummins 42 51 1 1 82.35
Salman Ali Agha c Carey b Cummins 5 8 1 0 62.50
Aamer Jamal not out 33 80 4 1 41.25
Shaheen Shah Afridi lbw b Lyon 21 28 4 0 75.00
Hassan Ali b Cummins 2 11 0 0 18.18
Mir Hamza st Carey b Lyon 2 3 0 0 66.67
Extras (8b, 7lb, 5w, 3nb) 23  
TOTAL 264 all out (73.5 overs; RR: 3.58)

Fall of wickets

34-1 (Imam-ul-Haq 15.4 ov), 124-2 (Abdullah Shafique 34.6 ov), 131-3 (Babar Azam 36.3 ov), 147-4 (Shan Masood 41.5 ov), 151-5 (Saud Shakeel 44.4 ov), 170-6 (Salman Ali Agha 47.6 ov), 215-7 (Muhammad Rizwan 62.1 ov), 240-8 (Shaheen Shah Afridi 69.2 ov), 255-9 (Hassan Ali 72.5 ov), 264-10 (Mir Hamza 73.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Starc 16.0 3 69 0 4.31 1 1
JR Hazlewood 16.0 5 43 1 2.69 0 1
PJ Cummins 20.0 1 48 5 2.40 0 0
NM Lyon 18.5 2 73 4 4.06 0 0
MR Marsh 3.0 0 16 0 5.33 0 1

Australia - 2nd Inns 262 (84.1; RR: 3.11)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
UT Khawaja c Muhammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0 2 0 0 0.00
DA Warner b Mir Hamza 6 16 1 0 37.50
M Labuschagne c Muhammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 8 1 0 50.00
SPD Smith c Salman Ali Agha b Shaheen Shah Afridi 50 176 3 0 28.41
TM Head b Mir Hamza 0 1 0 0 0.00
MR Marsh c Salman Ali Agha b Mir Hamza 96 130 13 0 73.85
AT Carey lbw b Mir Hamza 53 99 8 0 53.54
MA Starc c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi 9 21 1 0 42.86
PJ Cummins c Muhammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal 16 30 0 0 53.33
NM Lyon b Aamer Jamal 11 13 2 0 84.62
JR Hazlewood not out 1 7 0 0 14.29
Extras (1b, 10lb, 5w, 0nb) 16  
TOTAL 262 all out (84.1 overs; RR: 3.11)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (UT Khawaja 0.2 ov), 6-2 (M Labuschagne 2.6 ov), 16-3 (DA Warner 5.1 ov), 16-4 (TM Head 5.2 ov), 169-5 (MR Marsh 49.5 ov), 187-6 (SPD Smith 62.3 ov), 209-7 (MA Starc 68.5 ov), 237-8 (PJ Cummins 76.3 ov), 249-9 (NM Lyon 78.6 ov), 262-10 (AT Carey 84.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
Shaheen Shah Afridi 27.0 4 76 4 2.81 0 0
Mir Hamza 18.1 6 32 4 1.78 0 0
Hassan Ali 17.0 2 53 0 3.12 1 0
Aamer Jamal 16.0 2 74 2 4.63 0 0
Salman Ali Agha 6.0 1 16 0 2.67 0 0

Pakistan - 2nd Inns 237 (67.2; RR: 3.52)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
Abdullah Shafique c Khawaja b Starc 4 13 0 0 30.77
Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Cummins 12 38 0 0 31.58
Shan Masood c Smith b Cummins 60 71 7 0 84.51
Babar Azam b Hazlewood 41 79 4 0 51.90
Saud Shakeel c Carey b Starc 24 55 1 0 43.64
Muhammad Rizwan c Carey b Cummins 35 62 3 1 56.45
Salman Ali Agha c Marsh b Starc 50 70 6 0 71.43
Aamer Jamal c & b Cummins 0 8 0 0 0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi c Labuschagne b Cummins 0 6 0 0 0.00
Hassan Ali not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Mir Hamza c Smith b Starc 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (1b, 6lb, 3w, 1nb) 11  
TOTAL 237 all out (67.2 overs; RR: 3.52)

Fall of wickets

8-1 (Abdullah Shafique 4.1 ov), 49-2 (Imam-ul-Haq 14.3 ov), 110-3 (Shan Masood 26.3 ov), 146-4 (Babar Azam 40.1 ov), 162-5 (Saud Shakeel 45.6 ov), 219-6 (Muhammad Rizwan 60.4 ov), 219-7 (Aamer Jamal 62.6 ov), 237-8 (Shaheen Shah Afridi 66.4 ov), 237-9 (Salman Ali Agha 67.1 ov), 237-10 (Mir Hamza 67.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Starc 13.2 1 55 4 4.23 0 0
JR Hazlewood 15.0 7 34 1 2.27 1 0
NM Lyon 19.0 1 84 0 4.42 0 0
PJ Cummins 18.0 2 49 5 2.72 0 0
MR Marsh 2.0 0 8 0 4.00 0 1

Match Info

Match

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 2nd Test

Date

Monday December 25, 2023

Toss

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

Time

11:30pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

JS Wilson, MA Gough

Australia Team

Playing XI

UT Khawaja, DA Warner, M Labuschagne, SPD Smith, TM Head, MR Marsh, AT Carey, MA Starc, PJ Cummins, NM Lyon, JR Hazlewood

Pakistan Team

Playing XI

Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Hassan Ali, Aamer Jamal, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mir Hamza