Pakistan v Australia, Rawalpindi

Pakistan 476/4 & 252/0

Australia 459/10

Match drawn

Australia v Pakistan 2022 · 1st Test Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 4–8 Mar 2022

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it far tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.13× +13%

Australia

0.97× -3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Pakistan's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Imam-ul-Haq Pakistan

268 +349

Abdullah Shafique Pakistan

180 +249

Azhar Ali Pakistan

185 +232

Steve Smith Australia

78 +128

M Labuschagne Australia

90 +115

Best bowling

Top match figures

Nauman Ali6/107

Shaheen Shah Afridi2/88

M Labuschagne1/53

PJ Cummins1/62

Top score

185

Azhar Ali · Pakistan

Biggest stand

208

2nd wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · Australia

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Pakistan

476 /4 (162.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c PJ Cummins b NM Lyon	44	105	3	1	41.90
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b PJ Cummins	157	358	16	2	43.85
Azhar Ali	c C Green b M Labuschagne	185	361	15	3	51.25
Babar Azam	run out (M Labuschagne)	36	82	3	0	43.90
Mohammad Rizwan*	not out	29	46	3	0	63.04
Iftikhar Ahmed*	not out	13	21	1	0	61.90

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 7, nb 1)

Total 476/4 (162.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	24.0	5	71	0	2.96
JR Hazlewood	26.0	6	53	0	2.04
NM Lyon	52.0	5	161	1	3.10
PJ Cummins	28.0	5	62	1	2.21
TM Head	3.0	0	13	0	4.33
C Green	15.0	3	47	0	3.13
M Labuschagne	12.0	0	53	1	4.42
Steve Smith	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-105 (Abdullah Shafique, 33.6)·2-313 (Imam-ul-Haq, 120.5)·3-414 (Babar Azam, 147.1)·4-442 (Azhar Ali, 155.4)

Australia

459 /10 (140.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
UT Khawaja	c Imam-ul-Haq b Nauman Ali	97	159	15	61.01
David Warner	b Sajid Khan	68	114	12	59.65
M Labuschagne	c Abdullah Shafique b Shaheen Shah Afridi	90	158	12	56.96
Steve Smith	c Mohammad Rizwan b Nauman Ali	78	196	8	39.80
TM Head	c Mohammad Rizwan b Nauman Ali	8	7	2	114.29
C Green	c Iftikhar Ahmed b Nauman Ali	48	109	4	44.04
AT Carey	b Naseem Shah	19	43	3	44.19
MA Starc	lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi	13	45	1	28.89
PJ Cummins	c Imam-ul-Haq b Nauman Ali	8	11	2	72.73
NM Lyon	lbw b Nauman Ali	3	7	0	42.86

Extras 27 (b 6, lb 13, nb 8)

Total 459/10 (140.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sajid Khan	45.0	9	122	1	2.71
Naseem Shah	21.0	2	89	1	4.24
Shaheen Shah Afridi	30.0	5	88	2	2.93
Nauman Ali	38.1	10	107	6	2.80
Iftikhar Ahmed	3.0	0	20	0	6.67
Imam-ul-Haq	2.0	0	9	0	4.50
Babar Azam	1.0	0	5	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-156 (David Warner, 40.4)·2-203 (UT Khawaja, 53.3)·3-311 (M Labuschagne, 84.6)·4-326 (TM Head, 87.4)·5-407 (C Green, 120.4)·6-422 (Steve Smith, 124.5)·7-444 (AT Carey, 135.5)·8-455 (PJ Cummins, 138.3)·9-459 (MA Starc, 139.6)·10-459 (NM Lyon, 140.1)

Pakistan

252 /0 (77.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique*	not out	136	242	15	1	56.20
Imam-ul-Haq*	not out	111	223	7	2	49.78

Extras 5 (lb 2, nb 3)

Total 252/0 (77.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	Econ
MA Starc	7.0	1	29	4.14
JR Hazlewood	5.0	0	8	1.60
NM Lyon	26.0	5	75	2.88
PJ Cummins	4.0	0	15	3.75
M Labuschagne	15.0	0	56	3.73
TM Head	13.0	1	35	2.69
Steve Smith	2.0	0	15	7.50
C Green	4.0	0	14	3.50
UT Khawaja	1.0	0	3	3.00