TestNo. 2519Men

Australia v Pakistan

Australia won by 79 runs

Pakistan tour of Australia, Match 226 December 2023 to 29 December 2023Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Australiabatted first

318 & 26284.1 ov

Pakistan

264 & 23767.2 ov

Pakistan won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match PJ Cummins

Australia innings

31896.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Warner	c Babar Azam b Agha Salman	38	83	3	0	45.8
UT Khawaja	c Agha Salman b Hasan Ali	42	101	5	0	41.6
M Labuschagne	c Abdullah Shafique b Aamer Jamal	63	155	5	0	40.6
SPD Smith	c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	26	75	2	0	34.7
TM Head	c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	17	32	3	0	53.1
MR Marsh	c Aamer Jamal b Mir Hamza	41	60	6	1	68.3
AT Carey	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	10	0	0	40.0
MA Starc	c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	9	11	2	0	81.8
PJ Cummins	c Mir Hamza b Aamer Jamal	13	30	1	0	43.3
NM Lyon	c Mir Hamza b Hasan Ali	8	19	1	0	42.1
JR Hazlewood	not out	5*	7	1	0	71.4
Extras	b 20, lb 15, w 15, nb 2	52
Total	all out, 96.5 overs, run rate 3.28	318

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-90 DA Warner2-108 UT Khawaja3-154 SPD Smith4-204 TM Head5-250 M Labuschagne6-260 AT Carey7-275 MA Starc8-286 MR Marsh9-308 PJ Cummins10-318 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27	5	85	2	3.15	120	10	0	1	1
Mir Hamza	22	5	51	2	2.32	104	4	0	1	0
Hasan Ali	23.5	7	61	2	2.56	113	8	0	0	1
Aamer Jamal	19	1	64	3	3.37	81	6	0	5	0
Agha Salman	5	0	22	1	4.40	18	1	1	0	0

Pakistan innings

26473.5 ov

Pakistan batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c & b PJ Cummins	62	109	5	0	56.9
Imam-ul-Haq	c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon	10	44	1	0	22.7
Shan Masood	c MR Marsh b NM Lyon	54	76	3	1	71.1
Babar Azam	b PJ Cummins	1	7	0	0	14.3
Saud Shakeel	b JR Hazlewood	9	29	0	0	31.0
Mohammad Rizwan	c DA Warner b PJ Cummins	42	51	1	1	82.4
Agha Salman	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	5	8	1	0	62.5
Aamer Jamal	not out	33*	80	4	1	41.3
Shaheen Shah Afridi	lbw b NM Lyon	21	28	4	0	75.0
Hasan Ali	b PJ Cummins	2	11	0	0	18.2
Mir Hamza	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	2	3	0	0	66.7
Extras	b 8, lb 7, w 5, nb 3	23
Total	all out, 73.5 overs, run rate 3.58	264

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-34 Imam-ul-Haq2-124 Abdullah Shafique3-131 Babar Azam4-147 Shan Masood5-151 Saud Shakeel6-170 Agha Salman7-215 Mohammad Rizwan8-240 Shaheen Shah Afridi9-255 Hasan Ali10-264 Mir Hamza

Bowling to Pakistan
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	16	3	69	0	4.31	64	7	0	1	1
JR Hazlewood	16	5	43	1	2.69	70	3	0	0	1
PJ Cummins	20	1	48	5	2.40	90	2	1	0	0
NM Lyon	18.5	2	73	4	3.88	76	5	2	0	0
MR Marsh	3	0	16	0	5.33	11	2	0	0	1

Australia innings

26284.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	2	0	0	0.0
DA Warner	b Mir Hamza	6	16	1	0	37.5
M Labuschagne	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	8	1	0	50.0
SPD Smith	c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	50	176	3	0	28.4
TM Head	b Mir Hamza	0	1	0	0	0.0
MR Marsh	c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	96	130	13	0	73.8
AT Carey	lbw b Mir Hamza	53	101	8	0	52.5
MA Starc	c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi	9	21	1	0	42.9
PJ Cummins	c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	16	30	0	0	53.3
NM Lyon	b Aamer Jamal	11	13	2	0	84.6
JR Hazlewood	not out	1*	7	0	0	14.3
Extras	b 1, lb 10, w 5	16
Total	all out, 84.1 overs, run rate 3.11	262

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-0 UT Khawaja2-6 M Labuschagne3-16 DA Warner4-16 TM Head5-169 MR Marsh6-187 SPD Smith7-209 MA Starc8-237 PJ Cummins9-249 NM Lyon10-262 AT Carey

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27	4	76	4	2.81	120	11	0
Mir Hamza	18.1	6	32	4	1.76	89	2	0
Hasan Ali	17	2	53	0	3.12	77	5	1
Aamer Jamal	16	2	74	2	4.63	66	9	0
Agha Salman	6	1	16	0	2.67	27	2	0

Pakistan innings

23767.2 ov

Pakistan batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	4	13	0	0	30.8
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b PJ Cummins	12	38	0	0	31.6
Shan Masood	c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins	60	71	7	0	84.5
Babar Azam	b JR Hazlewood	41	79	4	0	51.9
Saud Shakeel	c AT Carey b MA Starc	24	55	1	0	43.6
Mohammad Rizwan	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	35	62	3	1	56.5
Agha Salman	c MR Marsh b MA Starc	50	70	6	0	71.4
Aamer Jamal	c & b PJ Cummins	0	8	0	0	0.0
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	0	6	0	0	0.0
Hasan Ali	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Mir Hamza	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 1	11
Total	all out, 67.2 overs, run rate 3.52	237

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-8 Abdullah Shafique2-49 Imam-ul-Haq3-110 Shan Masood4-146 Babar Azam5-162 Saud Shakeel6-219 Mohammad Rizwan7-219 Aamer Jamal8-237 Shaheen Shah Afridi9-237 Agha Salman10-237 Mir Hamza

Bowling to Pakistan
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	13.2	1	55	4	4.13	55	6	0	0	0
JR Hazlewood	15	7	34	1	2.27	76	3	0	1	0
NM Lyon	19	1	84	0	4.42	69	7	1	0	0
PJ Cummins	18	2	49	5	2.72	79	5	0	0	0
MR Marsh	2	0	8	0	4.00	7	0	0	0	1

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Player of the match

PJ CumminsAustralia

5-48in 20 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2519
Competition: Pakistan tour of Australia
Toss: Pakistan, chose to field
Umpires: JS Wilson and MA Gough
TV umpire: RK Illingworth
Match referee: J Srinath
Season: 2023/24

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 17°C, 15.5 mm rain
Day 2: 22 / 17°C, 2.6 mm rain
Day 3: 21 / 14°C, 0.9 mm rain
Day 4: 20 / 13°C, 0.2 mm rain

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