Australia reach 116/2 at Stumps on rain-shortened Day 2 of the 3rd Test against Pakistan

[Cricket Warrior]

Australia dominated the morning session, claiming 4 wickets. However, Rizwan and Salman provided a glimmer of hope for Pakistan with an impressive 94-run partnership. Rizwan, unfortunately, fell short of a well-deserved century.

Cummins posed a constant threat, securing another 5-wicket haul. The resilient final-wicket pair revived the contest, with Jamal showcasing a brilliant display of caution and aggression, accumulating 82 runs off 97 balls. Supported by Hamza, they forged an 86-run partnership, taking their team past the 300-run mark.

Warner and Khawaja successfully negotiated an over before the day's end. In his farewell Test, Warner marked the occasion with a boundary off the first ball, earning cheers from the SCG crowd. Warner had a close call, narrowly avoiding chopping one back onto his stumps against Sajid Khan.

The Test is currently finely balanced. Can Warner deliver a special performance in his Farewell Test tomorrow? If he does, it would be a script even the divine couldn't have written better.


When: January 4, 4:30 AM PST

Where: SCG, Sydney



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

Pakistan Playing XI: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Hasan Ali, Sajid Khan, Aamer Jamal, Mir Hamza



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[batandballbattle]

Though I am of the opinion that Afridi needed a rest it will be harder to create pressure without him
Hope Hamza and Jamal can continue their good work, Jamal will need to keep tighter lines and lengths.
Should look at a minimum of 3 scalps in the first session to keep us in the hunt

 

[mon858]

Pitch is good for batting. No Shaheen no abrar. Keep them under 400 max. Then try to get 350 and hope for Aussie collapse in 4th innings conditions which will be worst for betting with more assistance for spin.
Only other hope is some good swing condings with cloud cover before and after rain allowing Hasan and hamza to get some more swing and take 2 wickets a piece.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Pakistan needs to get early wickets today. If somehow Pakistan manages to get them all out under 250 so there would be a good chance for them to break the losing streak here in Sydney

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan needs to get early wickets today. If somehow Pakistan manages to get them all out under 250 so there would be a good chance for them to break the losing streak here in Sydney

For sure.

Pakistan have to bowl out of their skins to restrict this strong Aussie side to 300 or less.

 

[shaaik]

Is it an early start today ?

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Is it an early start today ?

No... it will be a regular start

 

[Suleiman]

Hope Pak seal this. 300+ is never bad even on the flattest of pitches. Ofc this was a 400-500 pitch but it’s enough of a deficit to create panic and bowl the other team out

 

[lahoriyah1234]

hassan ali need to put his hands up and take 2 wickets here. I think this pitch will become harder to bat on the last day.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Pitch is good for batting. No Shaheen no abrar. Keep them under 400 max. Then try to get 350 and hope for Aussie collapse in 4th innings conditions which will be worst for betting with more assistance for spin.
Only other hope is some good swing condings with cloud cover before and after rain allowing Hasan and hamza to get some more swing and take 2 wickets a piece.

People keep saying its good for batting lets see how australia bat with the new ball, I think until 25 overs the ball will do something all the time, but pakistan must make Australia play aggressively so that brings wickets.

 

[kingusama92]

They have the runs on the board.

I think restricting Australia to anything less than 400 is going to put Pakistan in a prime position to win this Test. Anything over this is going to make things a bit iffy.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

They have the runs on the board.

I think restricting Australia to anything less than 400 is going to put Pakistan in a prime position to win this Test. Anything over this is going to make things a bit iffy.

400 is way too high

pak need to restrict australia under 300

 

[Rana]

Overcast conditions

Come on Hamza, 5fer son!

 

[lazy cricketer]

looooong day ahead for bowler hopefully someone gets a 5fer otherwise...

 

[Champ_Pal]

Khwaja is one boring batsman. Score does not move when he is batting.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Khwaja is one boring batsman. Score does not move when he is batting.

That is the way Test cricket needs to be played

 

[Rana]

Nothing bowling from Hassan Ali

Typical good for comeback only bowler

 

[Omer2002]

Absolute useless bowler is hasan and keeps getting selected i wud have dhani over him..his batting has gone worse and worse too

 

[Asad T]

Such a good shot from Warner

 

[J-Essence]

Absolute useless bowler is hasan and keeps getting selected i wud have dhani over him..his batting has gone worse and worse too

Agree. Even the commentators calling it rubish

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Hasan Ali is absolute rubbish. How is this guy even in the side? He bowler OK at MCG on a very bowler friendly wicket. He has no energy, no zip, no pace, he is garbage

 

[Champ_Pal]

Mir Hamza reminds me so much of Irfan Pathan. Similar pace, bowling style and swing.

 

[Asad T]

"I don't think they will be able to get the ball above chest height [at that pace]." Mark Waugh

 

[NeVerMind]

Hasan Ali is absolute rubbish. How is this guy even in the side? He bowler OK at MCG on a very bowler friendly wicket. He has no energy, no zip, no pace, he is garbage

Wonder why Wasim Jnr didn't get a chance? Maybe the think thank don't think he can last a test match

 

[Champ_Pal]

That is the way Test cricket needs to be played

I understand that. But his style kills the interest and puts pressure on the other batsmen to score quickly.

 

[batandballbattle]

did just enough to retain his place after the MCG test but the result of wasim jr's exclusion is being laid bare here

 

[Rana]

Mir Hamza as usual

Extremely miserly

 

[lazy cricketer]

hassan ali needs to go.

brings nothing to the table no pace no swing no control

we could have easily had dahani in his place

 

[160KPH]

Tight bowling by Mir Hamza

 

[Champ_Pal]

Mir Hamza as usual

Extremely miserly

He is getting the ball to swing nicely away from the left handed batsman. Excellent skill.

 

[160KPH]

Great ball by Hamza!

 

[aboveandbeyond]

The most pedestrian pakistan attack in living memory!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Fastest I've seen Mir Hamza bowl. Clocking upto 139 kph.

 

[Asad T]

Fastest I've seen Mir Hamza bowl. Clocking upto 139 kph.

yeah you could see it in his follow through, he fell over in it haha

 

[J-Essence]

This is the best we got in Pakistan

 

[160KPH]

Fastest I've seen Mir Hamza bowl. Clocking upto 139 kph.

Yeah where did that come from

 

[aboveandbeyond]

Will we ever see the likes of the Great imran, wasim, waqar, shoaib ever again

 

[160KPH]

The most pedestrian pakistan attack in living memory!

This is the best bowling performance Pakistan has had in Australia in at least 14 years.

 

[NeVerMind]

Both Aussie openers not trying to attack either that may induce a false stroke...a game of patience

 

[aboveandbeyond]

This is the best bowling performance Pakistan has had in Australia in at least 14 years.

Depressing. These are no more than county trundlers

 

[Buffet]

Push Warner back, bowl a short one.

 

[160KPH]

Depressing. These are no more than county trundlers

Don’t worry,

Just wait until Naseem Shah + Ihsanullah get healthy and Shaheen Shah gets full form back. The attack will look menacing again, especially when we have Aamer Jamal who bowls 140+ as a pace all rounder.

 

[Buffet]

I don't get the logic of winwiz showing 82% chance for Aus at this stage. It's not like Pakistan has put 150 runs.

 

[Rana]

Makes a huge difference when you have a bowler who can bowl economically

 

[Suleiman]

Road warrior is about to bowl.

 

[NeVerMind]

Oh Saim! What have you done?!!!

 

[Suleiman]

I’m done. I’m done. Turning off the TV.

See y’all at the t20 WC. Enough of this horse dung.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE????!!’

 

[Savak]

The fielding coach needs to be fired

 

[kingusama92]

Geez.

Pakistani openers don't know how to catch.

 

[J-Essence]

Can't believe im watching this. Frustrating being a Pakistan fan

 

[castortroy]

There must be something in the contracts related to Warner and giving him at least one chance

 

[Buffet]

Customary regulation catch drop of Warner by Pakistan. It happens like a clockwork.

 

[NeVerMind]

Geez.

Pakistani openers don't know how to catch.

Bar Imran butt who can't bat! It's one or the other with Pakistan

 

[lazy cricketer]

why would u put saim in the slips agha was doing fine.

dont think saim had ever fielded in the slips ever before

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Why can't they put their best fielders in slips?

 

[tahir_dj]

Why would you place a debutatant at that position
Pathetic
Slip cordon should be only for the best catchers

 

[Sher Khan]

I’m done. I’m done. Turning off the TV.

See y’all at the t20 WC. Enough of this horse dung.

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE????!!’

Brother, it's the pressure. Our players are mentally weak. Watch them let Warner score a century now.

 

[castortroy]

Since the world Cup, I'm sure they have dropped Warner at least once in every innings since

 

[lazy cricketer]

this sajid just chucks it in lolll

 

[adzzy786]

Since the world Cup, I'm sure they have dropped Warner at least once in every innings since

They drop him regularly. He then scores a HUGE hundred. No idea why they never learn their lesson. The most easiest catches are dropped. Is Shan thick, why does he put these crap fielders in the slip corden

 

[batandballbattle]

our love of warner continues, we just love giving him so many gifts
why a debutant is at first slip is anyone's guess. Either agha or babar should be there

 

[Suleiman]

Our fielding coach

 

[160KPH]

How many chances have we given Warner? Unbelievable.

 

[Fenrir]

To win test matches you have to bat well bowl well and catch everything.Pakistan has always lacked one of these.When the batting clicks the bowling is rubbish.When bowlers are on top the batting fails.When both batting and bowling are good the fielding lets them down.Australia on the other are quite good in all three hence they win test matches.

 

[Abdullah]

Why would you place a debutatant at that position
Pathetic
Slip cordon should be only for the best catchers

Agha was off the pitch. It can't be Abdullah the WK or any of our bowlers

 

[adzzy786]

They really need to stop eating buttery parathas before each session. Clearly the buttery residue is still on their hands

 

[The Scorer]

Jamal is quicker than the opening bowlers - Quicker than Faheem Ashraf too who I hope we've seen the last of.

 

[adzzy786]

Agha was off the pitch. It can't be Abdullah the WK or any of our bowlers

Ayub has been in the slip corden all morning, pathetic. Can’t catch simple catches

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Warner can't trust the pace of the Pakistani bowler, so he's making it quick for himself by stepping out of the crease

 

[NeVerMind]

Is Steve Rixon still available?

 

[YousafTheBeast]

if our fielding coach was a foreigner he’d be making headlines on PTV News.

 

[7sins]

No matter young or old players all the players are terrible fielders

 

[Rana]

Early days but Saim doesnt look like the kind of guy that is up for a fight.

Too soft

 

[7sins]

Who's the fielding coach ?

 

[Rana]

Babar was on the field

Why wasn’t he at first slip?

 

[Devadwal]

Khawaja and Smith are boring batsman to watch .

 

[7sins]

Early days but Saim doesnt look like the kind of guy that is up for a fight.

Too soft

Yeah you can clearly see by looking at his face he's nervous and was not ready at all

 

[Rana]

this has been a pretty rubbish series for Warner

He shouldn’t really have crossed 20 once throughout

 

[7sins]

Poor Aamir Jamal last match it was Marsh and now Warner

 

[Rana]

Yeah you can clearly see by looking at his face he's nervous and was not ready at all

I mean generally too.

Just seems to be too soft. Lovely player, lovely talent but just doesn’t look hungry enough