Naseem Shah to Fraser-McGurk, no run, drags the length back and makes him defend
1.1
Naseem Shah to Fraser-McGurk, 2 runs, in the airrrrr just clears the back-tracking Babar Azam!
Naseem Shah, right-arm fast, comes into the attack
0.6
Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, no run, Short wanted to pull this powerfully over mid-wicket. Wasn't really short so he missed and got hit on the thigh pad
0.5
Shaheen Afridi to Fraser-McGurk, 1 run, pushes it to cover
0.4
Shaheen Afridi to Fraser-McGurk, 2 runs, to deep square leg
0.3
Shaheen Afridi to Fraser-McGurk, no run, full and angling in, Fraser-McGurk defends
0.2
Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, 1 run, to backward square leg
Two slips in place
0.1
Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, no run, gentle inswing on this good length delivery, Short defends to mid-wicket
Matthew Short and Fraser-McGurk are at the crease. Matthew Short is on strike. Shaheen Afridi will open the attack
The Aussie batters stride out. Shaheen takes the new ball
The Aussie batters stride out. Shaheen takes the new ball
Naseem did a brilliant read-guard and had decent company of Irfan but the Aussies managed to keep it to 203. Could have easily been 170 odd if not for the lower-order. Pakistan do have gun pace bowlers and batting under lights could be tricky against the new ball. But expect Australia to be Australia. Can Pakistan stun them like only they can? Back in 30 for the chase...
17:58 Local Time, 06:58 GMT, 12:28 IST: So Pakistan not batting through means Australia will escape on overrates. Cummins won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat first and his bowled used the grass and bounce on this wicket to great effect with the new ball. Starc got both the openers early but Babar was looking in great touch. Australia fumbled a few and gave extra runs to Babar early on and it looked like it could be a great return for Babar but he lost his flow once Abbott came on. Those sumptous shots slowly started to fade and then Zampa's arrival forced an error in judgement to bring his downfall. The Aussies kept creeping in from that point. Cummins used his spinners to steal some time from the clock. One over spells for Short, Maxi and Marnus in that order and Marnus managed to remove Rizwan in that space. Shaheen came out swinging but Starc took take care of him in his final over.
17:58 Local Time, 06:58 GMT, 12:28 IST: So Pakistan not batting through means Australia will escape on overrates. Cummins won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat first and his bowled used the grass and bounce on this wicket to great effect with the new ball.
46.4
Cummins to Naseem Shah, out Caught by Mitchell Starc!! In the airrr and straight to mid-off. Naseem Shah c Mitchell Starc b Cummins 40(39) [4s-1 6s-4]
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