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Pak vs Aus: Four centuries from Pakistan side, the first test match was drawn against Australia

Sudev Haldar
2 years ago

New Delhi, Online Desk. Pakistan vs Australia 1st test match: The first match of the three-match Test series being played between Pakistan and Australia was played in Rawalpindi and this match ended without any result ie draw. Both the teams batted well in this match, but Pakistan scored four centuries. Australia’s batsmen did play good innings, but none of the batsmen could score a century. However, four Kangaroo batsmen definitely scored half-centuries. While Imam-ul-Haq scored centuries in both the innings for the hosts, Azhar Ali scored a century in the first innings and Abdullah Shafiq in the second innings.

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New Delhi, Online Desk. Pakistan vs Australia 1st test match: The first match of the three-match Test series being played between Pakistan and Australia was played in Rawalpindi and this match ended without any result ie draw. Both the teams batted well in this match, but Pakistan scored four centuries. Australia’s batsmen did play good innings, but none of the batsmen could score a century. However, four Kangaroo batsmen definitely scored half-centuries. While Imam-ul-Haq scored centuries in both the innings for the hosts, Azhar Ali scored a century in the first innings and Abdullah Shafiq in the second innings.

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Four centuries for Pakistan

In the first innings of this match, Pakistan scored 476 for 4 wickets and in this innings, two centuries were played by Pakistan. Pakistan’s opener batsman Imam-ul-Haq scored 157 runs while the number three batsman Azhar Ali played a brilliant innings of 185 runs and strengthened the team’s score. Captain Babar Azam scored 36 runs in the first innings while Mohd. 29 runs came off Rizwan’s bat. Nathan Lyon, Marnus Labuschagne and Pat Cummins got one success each for Australia in the first innings.

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Talking about Australia’s first innings, this team scored 97 runs by Usman Khawaja, 68 runs by David Warner, 90 runs by Marnus Labuschagne and 78 runs by Steve Smith. At the same time, Cameron Green played an innings of 48 runs and Australia scored 459 runs in the first innings. Australia were 17 runs behind Pakistan in the first innings. On the other hand, in the first innings for Pakistan. Nauman Ali took 6 wickets, Shaheen Afridi got two wickets while Sajid Khan and Naseem Shah got one wicket each.

With a lead of 17 runs, Pakistan’s team scored 252 runs without losing any wicket. In the second innings and the match ended in a draw. In the second innings, opener batsman Abdullah Shafiq scored an unbeaten 136 for Pakistan while Imam-ul-Haq scored an unbeaten 111.

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