Australia beat Pakistan by 79 runs to win second Check and sequence

Australia take an unassailable 2-0 lead within the sequence after the win as we speak.

Chasing a goal of 317 runs, Pakistan have been dismissed for 237 of their second innings on Friday.

A fired-up Pat Cummins bagged 5 wickets and 10 for the match to guide from the entrance and earn Australia a nail-biting win. The fitting-armer additionally bagged the Participant of the Match award.

Mitchell Starc additionally bagged 4 wickets within the second innings.

After bowling Australia out for 262 earlier than lunch earlier as we speak, the vacationers had put collectively a sequence of partnerships to frustrate the house facet.

Captain Shan Masood top-scored for Pakistan with a formidable 60 runs in 71 balls, with the assistance of seven fours.

Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman added 57 runs for the sixth wicket to get Pakistan near victory. Nonetheless, Australia took a flurry of wickets after Rizwan’s controversial dismissal to recover from the road.

Cummins appealed for a caught behind within the 61st over of Pakistan’s second innings however the umpire gave it not out. Nonetheless, the Australia captain determined to evaluation the choice as he thought Rizwan may need gloved it.

After the third umpire took a have a look at the attraction from totally different angles and reckoned that there was a spike because the ball handed the wrist band so the on-field umpire was requested to alter his determination.

Nonetheless, the hotspot confirmed no mark as Rizwan seemed away from the ball on the final second. Rizwan, who was certain that he did not get something on it, went again to the hut in utter disbelief.

Rizwan was batting on 35 runs, with Pakistan 98 runs away from victory, when the incident befell.

Agha Salman additionally scored a fifty however it was in useless.

Babar Azam seemed good for his 41 however he was cleaned up by Josh Hazlewood simply when he appeared set for an enormous one.

The 29-year-old isn’t having a terrific 12 months, significantly in red-ball cricket as he has now gone 9 innings with out scoring a Check fifty in 2023. It occurred for the primary time since his debut that Azam did not bag a single half-century in a calendar 12 months.

Pakistan have carried out poorly in Australia, dropping 16 Assessments on the trot with their final win in 1995.

The third and ultimate Check of the sequence will likely be performed in Sydney from January 3.