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He had his stumps rearranged by an express delivery from Faheem Ashraf, which ended his stand with Khawaja. Khawaja duly brought up his 150 but could not better his highest score of 174. Pakistan vs Australia Highlights, 2nd Test Day 2: Usman Khawaja's marathon 160 and Alex Carey's career-best 93 helped Australia gather 505 for eight against Pakistan on Day 2 of the second Test in Karachi. Pakistan bowlers kept the run rate under check but only five wickets fell in three sessions. - Pakistan vs Australia Highlights, 2nd Test Day 2: Follow Highlights and Updates from Day 2 of the second PAK vs AUS Test in Karachi.

Australia has batted through the first two days of the second Test against Pakistan in Karachi, taking their time while building a large first-innings ...

A sensational cover drive finds the gap and flies to the fence. It broke through his hands and went to the rope. Starc defends the rest. SIX! Carey gets forward and chips Sajid over midwicket for six. Carey has the strike for a couple of balls. Starc sees out the rest of the over. FOUR! He gets that paddle sweep so fine that it goes between the keeper and leg slip. Starc drives down the ground from the last ball of the over and takes the single, which is not cool. Was too short to sweep, plus it kept a little low. Pat Cummins has come to the crease and is at the other end. As I get my head into the pending AFL season, it will be Jon Healy and Simon Smale to take charge of the blog for the rest of this Test and the third in Lahore. Thanks for keeping me company through the last seven days of Test cricket, they sure were something. It hasn't always been the most thrilling cricket, but the Aussies are playing the long game here.

Australia 505 for 8 (Khawaja 160, Carey 93, Smith 72, Faheem 2-55, Sajid 2-151) vs Pakistan. Captain Pat Cummins resisted declaring late on day two of the ...

There was swing, sharp turn and variable bounce at times earlier in the match, but the pitch did not significantly deteriorate although occasionally played tricks late on day five. But they incredibly lost just two wickets over the next 137 overs in shades of their batting dominance in Rawalpindi. The backbone of Pakistan's defiance was Babar's 228-run partnership with opener Abdullah Shafique, who made 96, as the pair batted through almost three sessions. Having endured a two-year century drought, Babar made up for lost time with his highest Test score and thehighest fourth-innings score by a captainin Test history. He didn't claim a hat-trick but Lyon removed Sajid Khan shortly after and Australia suddenly needed just three wickets with eight overs left. Against all the odds, Pakistan finished their marathon second innings at 443 for 7 withMohammad Rizwanunbeaten on 104 and Nauman Ali on 0 off 18 balls.

PAK vs AUS, 2nd Test, Day 2 Highlights: Usman Khawaja anchored Australia innings with a fine knock of 160 before Alex Carey's counter-attacking knock of 93 ...

Initially, Australia had won the toss and elected to bat. PAK vs AUS, 2nd Test, Day 2 Highlights: Usman Khawaja anchored Australia innings with a fine knock of 160 before Alex Carey's counter-attacking knock of 93 propelled the visitors to a total of 505 for eight at stumps on Day of the onging second Test at the National Stadium in Karachi. For Pakistan, Faheem Ashraf and Sajid Khan took two wickets each while Babar Azam, Nauman Ali and Hasan Ali also scalped a wicket each. Earlier, Australia were 251 for three at stumps on Day 1 after Steve Smith was dismissed just ahead of the end the day's play.

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He plays a sweep to this ball down the leg side. Mitchell Swepson to Babar Azam, TOP EDGE AND OVER WARNER AT SHORT FINE! Hundred for Azam. Cometh the hour cometh the man. He though needs to go on for longer, this is only half the job done. Steven Smith takes a really good low catch and the visitors will now believe. Heartbreak for him, heartbreak for the fans and the Karachi crowd is stunned. Mind you that the new ball is around the corner.

Khawaja made an unbeaten 127 off 266 balls on another flat wicket after narrowly missing out on a hundred in the first test at Rawalpindi which ended in a ...

Pakistan hit back with two wickets, but Australia still managed to reach 100-2 in the first session. Khawaja made an unbeaten 127 off 266 balls on another flat wicket after narrowly missing out on a hundred in the first test at Rawalpindi which ended in a tame draw. “It (century) meant a lot to me,” said Khawaja, who moved to Australia with his family when he was 4 years old. Khawaja, who raised his half-century off 69 balls in the first session, didn’t get frustrated and waited patiently before completing his century in the last session off 193 balls with 12 fours and a six. Khawaja and Steve Smith (72) shared a 159-run third-wicket stand before Pakistan broke it with the second new ball when Faheem Ashraf took a brilliant one-handed low catch in the slips to dismiss Smith off Hasan Ali (1-31). Opening batter Usman Khawaja didn’t miss out on a second chance to score a century in the country of his birth and led Australia to 251-3 at stumps on the first day of the second test against Pakistan on Saturday.

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Follow all the action in our live blog below. Can’t see the blog? Watch Australia’s Tour of Pakistan on Kayo. Every Test, ODI and T20 Live & On-Demand. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now > Watch Australia’s Tour of Pakistan on Kayo. Every Test, ODI and T20 Live & On-Demand. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now > “He struggled a bit in the first few overs Warner and then he’s just feeling that he belongs here, using his feet nicely - and that should be a little bit of a worry for Pakistan.” Mitchell Swepson is the first leg-spinner to be capped by the Australian Test side in 13 years as Cummins’ men seek an answer to Pakistan’s unshakeable batting in the first meeting of the series. “It has created a bit of a change there, but it seems like they’re waiting the Australians to get themselves out.” “My concern for Pakistan is the rate they’re (Australia) scoring at,” former Pakistan captain and world class quick Younis said early in the first session. Watch Australia’s Tour of Pakistan on Kayo. Every Test, ODI and T20 Live & On-Demand. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now > “That’s the only entertainment we’re going to get right now because the tactics I’m seeing at the moment is like we’re looking for a draw on the first day,” Younis said. Smith came to the crease at 2-91 after Australia gave Pakistan an “opening” at lunch neared. Steve Smith’s quest to end his century drought has been denied after an “out of this world” catch in the penultimate over, as Usman Khawaja made his way off following a stunning century.

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Opening batter Usman Khawaja set his sights on a century on another slow, grassless wicket as Australia cruised to 172-2 at tea in ...

Pakistan hit back with two wickets, but Australia still managed to reach 100-2 in the first session. Khawaja made an unbeaten 127 off 266 balls on another flat wicket after narrowly missing out on a hundred in the first test at Rawalpindi which ended in a tame draw. “It (century) meant a lot to me,” said Khawaja, who moved to Australia with his family when he was 4 years old. Khawaja, who raised his half-century off 69 balls in the first session, didn’t get frustrated and waited patiently before completing his century in the last session off 193 balls with 12 fours and a six. Khawaja and Steve Smith (72) shared a 159-run third-wicket stand before Pakistan broke it with the second new ball when Faheem Ashraf took a brilliant one-handed low catch in the slips to dismiss Smith off Hasan Ali (1-31). KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Opening batter Usman Khawaja didn’t miss out on a second chance to score a century in the country of his birth and led Australia to 251-3 at stumps on the first day of the second test against Pakistan on Saturday.

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Rizwan comes down the track and pushes it straight back at Lyon, who has a shy at the striker's end and makes Rizwan dive back in. Coming to the ball: It was a drag down from Swepson, Rizwan hangs back in the crease and whips it with a strong bottom hand into the vacant mid-wicket region, the ball races to the fence Lyon overcooks the flighted delivery outside off and Rizwan creams the drive into the vast open spaces on the off-side. We had a plan to go for the chase when I and Babar were batting, but the ball was pretty old, so it was pretty tough to score quick runs against the old ball. Raises his hands, takes his helmet and acknowledges the applause from the crowd as well as his team mates Anyway, the series remains 0-0 and there's everything to play in the final Test. Hang around for the interviews.. Flighted delivery around off, Rizwan comes down the track and closes the bat face, the leading edge rolls to mid-off and Rizwan hurries to the other end. The way we batted was fantastic, the way we hunted and took those wickets on day 3 with reverse swing, that was brilliant as well. We wanted to continue to bat in the same way (after the tea break) and we tried to be positive and play our shots. We took the onus and the main focus was to build partnerships right throughout the day. Player of the Match: The plan was to bat session-by-session and build partnerships. The team needed this knock, so I tried to bat for as long as I could.

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From the moment he walked to the crease in Karachi the left-hander looked in control. “Sometimes I think in sport that it’s all about wanting it. You’re more worried about the ball coming down - the Test match happens like that (clicking his fingers). He had rhythm to his innings and found the middle of the bit through a series of clips of his pads, sweeps down on one-knee and caramel smooth drives down the ground. He has “listened” to others over the years, but it was only when he took the “onus” on himself that he found his feet on the dry, slow wickets of the subcontinent. Head returned to the middle-order for the fifth and final Test in Hobart, while Khawaja shifted up to the top of the order in place for Marcus Harris.

Pakistan came back in the last hour when Faheem Ashraf (1-20) found the outside edge of Warner's bat off a delivery that moved a fraction away from the ...

Khawaja shared a brisk 82-run first-wicket stand with David Warner (36) in 18 overs. Pakistan came back in the last hour when Faheem Ashraf (1-20) found the outside edge of Warner’s bat off a delivery that moved a fraction away from the left-hander. Pakistan came back in the last hour when Faheem Ashraf (1-20) found the outside edge of Warner’s bat off a delivery that moved a fraction away from the left-hander.

PAK vs AUS, 2nd Test, Highlights: Usman Khawaja's sublimehundred and a fine fifty from Steve Smith tookAustralia to 251 for 3 at stumps on Day 1 ofthe ...

Earlier, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Warner missed out on his fifty while Marnus Labuschagne was run-out on a duck. PAK vs AUS, 2nd Test, Highlights: Usman Khawaja's sublime hundred and a fine fifty from Steve Smith took Australia to 251 for 3 at stumps on Day 1 of the second Test against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi. Khawaja remained unbeaten on 127 while nightwatchman Nathan Lyon was batting on 0.

Usman Khawaja was the star for Australia on day one as he raised the bat for a wonderful century in Karachi.

Shaheen it is and they need some late wickets here if those negative tactics in the middle overs are to make any sense at all. It’s 2-222 with about 15 overs left in the day. That’s the 80 overs up and we are about to see some express bowling. He tries it again and Khawaja makes no mistake this time, swats it away with the wrists and it races to the fence. A good toss to win and Khawaja, Warner and Smith pile on the runs. That’s his third 100 in six innings and he has the chance to go on with things when Australia resume tomorrow in a strong position.

Australia is on top in the Second Test after Usman Khawaja enjoyed one of his finest moments in cricket on the opening day in Karachi.

We also had limited resources, unfortunately.” The match was a dour draw in Australia’s first Test in Pakistan in 24 years as it became the Test with the fewest wickets fall in a match of over 330 overs this century as just 14 fell over the five days. Pakistan have hit back over the week, but on the eve of the second Test, captain Azam said the boredom of the first Test was not a sign that Pakistan were scared of Australia’s bowling stocks. “Just for the heck of it, we can’t prepare a fast pitch or a bouncy pitch and put the game in Australia’s lap. David Warner became the first wicket of the test to fall when he was on the receiving end of a sweet delivery from Faheem Ashraf. The Second Test was just a few overs old when Pakistan was forced to move its second slip forward considerably after several slight edges dropped well short of the slips cordon early in Australia’s innings. Warner fell for 36 — the second time this series he has failed to reach a century despite getting a start and settling in to his innings. He had been dismissed for 97 in the First Test with come commentators claiming he had thrown his wicket away with a risky reverse sweep. Usman Khawaja has lived a fairytale as he scored his 11th test century on the first day of the Second Test. Labuschagne threw his wicket away in a rare brain fart as Pakistan took two wickets back-to-back at the end of the first session. Australia is on top in the Second Test after Usman Khawaja enjoyed one of his finest moments in cricket on the opening day in Karachi. Australia will resume on day two with night watchmen Nathan Lyon at the crease after the spinner came out to face the final seven balls of the day after Steve Smith fell in the second last over of the day.

The elegant lefthander made amends in Karachi where he shelved the reverse sweep and made an unbeaten 127, which included 13 fours and a six.

“In the last session, they bowled pretty leg side and had some negative plans to see if we'd play some shots,” Khawaja said. Warner hit Sajid Khan for a six to bring up Australia's 50 in the 11th over. Khawaja looked in sublime touch and scored freely on the leg-side after being fed regularly on his pad.

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Australia, they didn’t relent, they just kept kicking the ball away; the game was in a holding pattern and now it’s back on.” “Late in the day, a low catch, it didn’t look like it was going to carry, he barely looked ready for it and all of a sudden Steve Smith, again, has to go in the seventies. His start to the series has been a batting masterclass in the subcontinent. Khawaja is at ease with his cricket and life and in the twilight of his career is seeing every day spent wearing the baggy green as a bonus. His successful start to the Pakistan series has come opening the batting, but there’s a world of difference between opening in the subcontinent where the ball doesn’t do much off the deck against the seam and facing the new ball Down Under. Katich said he could understand that Australia were responding to the situation and were likely trying to set the game up, but encouraged his former team to “take the game on”. It was a method that saw Smith depart for 78 in the first Test, but that was more down to good fortune than good skill. Before a ball had been bowled in the series, Pat Cummins had urged his side to “bat and bat and bat”. So when Warner and Khawaja flew out of the gates, there was a sense of excitement that the Australians were trying to make a game of it on what appeared to be another “slow” wicket. The first day of the second Test in Karachi was like a day in Melbourne. Off the back of the highway played on in the first Test grind in Rawalpindi, there was a hope that things would speed up in Karachi. Steve Smith came in and used his feet to meet the ball on the half-volley.

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In a column for the publication, he said that Pakistan cricket has long admired Australia to the point of a “distinctly odd level of worship”. “We wanted to dry the runs after Australia made good use of the advantage they gained by winning the toss,” he said. “Pakistan has a history of producing matchwinning fastbowlers but Pakistan plans to win Test matches at home courtesy dead low slow turning pitches,” he tweeted. For about 40 uninterrupted minutes in the third session, Pakistan bowled spin outside leg-stump to Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith in a bid to dry up the runs. The first Test in Rawalpindi was one of the most dour affairs in recent memory, played on a lifeless pitch prepared to nullify Australia’s bowlers. The unveiling of another dull wicket and a growing preference for bizarre, negative tactics has ramped up the pressure on Pakistan during its historic Test series against Australia.