Australia v Pakistan, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Pakistan 443/9 & 163/10

Australia 624/8

Australia won by 18 runs

Australia v Pakistan 2016 · 2nd Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–30 Dec 2016

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than Australia.

Pakistan

0.89× -11%

Australia

1.16× +16%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Australia led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Azhar Ali Pakistan

248 +428

Steve Smith Australia

165 +193

David Warner Australia

144 +132

Sohail Khan Pakistan

75 +108

MA Starc Australia

84 +88

Best bowling

Top match figures

MA Starc4/36

NM Lyon3/33

JR Hazlewood3/50

JM Bird3/113

Top score

205*

Azhar Ali · Pakistan

Biggest stand

198

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–20

3 wkts for 20 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultAustralia won by 18 runs

Length5 days

Pakistan

443 /9 (126.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sami Aslam	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	9	41	1	0	21.95
Azhar Ali*	not out	205	364	20	0	56.32
Babar Azam	c Steve Smith b JR Hazlewood	23	43	3	0	53.49
Younis Khan	b JM Bird	21	59	1	0	35.59
Misbah-ul-Haq	c NJ Maddinson b JM Bird	11	13	1	1	84.62
Asad Shafiq	c Steve Smith b JM Bird	50	123	4	0	40.65
Sarfraz Ahmed	c MT Renshaw b JR Hazlewood	10	20	1	0	50.00
Mohammad Amir	c MS Wade b MA Starc	29	27	6	0	107.41
Sohail Khan	run out (NJ Maddinson)	65	65	6	4	100.00
Wahab Riaz	c & b JR Hazlewood	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 19 (b 4, lb 9, w 5, nb 1)

Total 443/9 (126.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	31.0	6	125	1	4.03
JR Hazlewood	32.3	12	50	3	1.54
JM Bird	34.0	5	113	3	3.32
NM Lyon	23.0	1	115	1	5.00
Steve Smith	3.0	0	9	0	3.00
NJ Maddinson	3.0	0	18	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-18 (Sami Aslam, 11.3)·2-60 (Babar Azam, 25.6)·3-111 (Younis Khan, 42.1)·4-125 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 46.5)·5-240 (Asad Shafiq, 87.6)·6-268 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 94.5)·7-317 (Mohammad Amir, 105.1)·8-435 (Sohail Khan, 124.6)·9-443 (Wahab Riaz, 126.3)

Australia

624 /8 (142.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MT Renshaw	b Yasir Shah	10	40	1	0	25.00
David Warner	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz	144	143	17	1	100.70
UT Khawaja	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz	97	165	13	0	58.79
Steve Smith*	not out	165	246	13	1	67.07
PSP Handscomb	c Sami Aslam b Sohail Khan	54	90	8	0	60.00
NJ Maddinson	b Yasir Shah	22	55	2	0	40.00
MS Wade	c Asad Shafiq b Sohail Khan	9	27	0	0	33.33
MA Starc	c Asad Shafiq b Sohail Khan	84	91	3	7	92.31
NM Lyon	c & b Yasir Shah	12	8	2	0	150.00

Extras 27 (b 1, lb 12, w 1, nb 13)

Total 624/8 (142.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Amir	33.0	6	91	0	2.76
Sohail Khan	31.0	7	131	3	4.23
Yasir Shah	41.0	2	207	3	5.05
Wahab Riaz	32.0	5	147	2	4.59
Azhar Ali	5.0	0	35	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-46 (MT Renshaw, 13.1)·2-244 (David Warner, 48.5)·3-282 (UT Khawaja, 62.1)·4-374 (PSP Handscomb, 85.4)·5-433 (NJ Maddinson, 104.3)·6-454 (MS Wade, 111.3)·7-608 (MA Starc, 140.1)·8-624 (NM Lyon, 141.6)

Pakistan

163 /10 (53.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Sami Aslam	b JR Hazlewood	2	8	0	25.00
Azhar Ali	lbw b JR Hazlewood	43	112	3	38.39
Babar Azam	lbw b MA Starc	3	6	0	50.00
Younis Khan	c PSP Handscomb b NM Lyon	24	37	2	64.86
Misbah-ul-Haq	c NJ Maddinson b NM Lyon	0	2	0	0.00
Asad Shafiq	c PSP Handscomb b NM Lyon	16	31	1	51.61
Sarfraz Ahmed	b MA Starc	43	62	4	69.35
Mohammad Amir	b JM Bird	11	39	1	28.21
Sohail Khan*	not out	10	17	2	58.82
Wahab Riaz	b MA Starc	0	5	0	0.00
Yasir Shah	c JM Bird b MA Starc	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 5, nb 2)

Total 163/10 (53.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	15.2	5	36	4	2.35
JR Hazlewood	13.0	3	39	2	3.00
JM Bird	11.0	2	46	1	4.18
NM Lyon	14.0	4	33	3	2.36

Fall of wickets

1-3 (Sami Aslam, 1.4)·2-6 (Babar Azam, 4.1)·3-63 (Younis Khan, 19.1)·4-63 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 19.3)·5-89 (Asad Shafiq, 29.5)·6-101 (Azhar Ali, 34.4)·7-143 (Mohammad Amir, 46.5)·8-153 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 49.6)·9-159 (Wahab Riaz, 51.5)·10-163 (Yasir Shah, 53.2)