Australia v Pakistan, Perth

Australia 487/10 & 233/5

Pakistan 271/10 & 89/10

Australia won by 360 runs

Australia v Pakistan 2023 · 1st Test Perth Stadium, Perth 14–17 Dec 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.10× +10%

Pakistan

0.83× -17%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MR Marsh Australia

153 +207

David Warner Australia

164 +179

UT Khawaja Australia

131 +146

Imam-ul-Haq Pakistan

72 +93

Steve Smith Australia

76 +71

Best bowling

Top match figures

Aamer Jamal6/111

JR Hazlewood3/13

MA Starc3/31

Khurram Shahzad3/45

Top score

164

David Warner · Australia

Biggest stand

126

1st wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 360 runs

Length4 days

Australia

487 /10 (113.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Imam-ul-Haq b Aamer Jamal	164	211	16	4	77.73
UT Khawaja	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shaheen Shah Afridi	41	98	6	0	41.84
M Labuschagne	lbw b Faheem Ashraf	16	25	2	0	64.00
Steve Smith	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Khurram Shahzad	31	60	4	0	51.67
TM Head	c Agha Salman b Aamer Jamal	40	53	7	0	75.47
MR Marsh	b Khurram Shahzad	90	107	15	1	84.11
AT Carey	b Aamer Jamal	34	73	5	0	46.58
MA Starc	b Aamer Jamal	12	23	2	0	52.17
PJ Cummins	c Agha Salman b Aamer Jamal	9	22	1	0	40.91
NM Lyon	c Agha Salman b Aamer Jamal	5	12	0	0	41.67
JR Hazlewood*	not out	4	5	1	0	80.00

Extras 41 (b 1, lb 17, w 14, nb 9)

Total 487/10 (113.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27.0	7	96	1	3.56
Khurram Shahzad	22.0	5	83	2	3.77
Aamer Jamal	20.2	1	111	6	5.46
Faheem Ashraf	17.0	1	93	1	5.47
Agha Salman	27.0	3	86	0	3.19

Fall of wickets

1-126 (UT Khawaja, 29.4)·2-159 (M Labuschagne, 37.1)·3-238 (Steve Smith, 56.3)·4-304 (TM Head, 72.1)·5-321 (David Warner, 74.5)·6-411 (AT Carey, 96.6)·7-449 (MA Starc, 104.5)·8-476 (MR Marsh, 110.1)·9-481 (PJ Cummins, 111.6)·10-487 (NM Lyon, 113.3)

Pakistan

271 /10 (101.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c David Warner b NM Lyon	42	121	6	34.71
Imam-ul-Haq	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	62	199	5	31.16
Shan Masood	c AT Carey b MA Starc	30	43	5	69.77
Khurram Shahzad	b PJ Cummins	7	20	1	35.00
Babar Azam	c AT Carey b MR Marsh	21	54	2	38.89
Saud Shakeel	c David Warner b JR Hazlewood	28	43	5	65.12
Sarfraz Ahmed	b MA Starc	3	6	0	50.00
Agha Salman*	not out	28	76	4	36.84
Faheem Ashraf	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	9	17	1	52.94
Aamer Jamal	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	10	18	0	55.56
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c UT Khawaja b TM Head	4	14	1	28.57

Extras 27 (b 8, lb 7, w 12)

Total 271/10 (101.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	25.0	5	68	2	2.72
JR Hazlewood	22.0	7	49	1	2.23
PJ Cummins	20.0	7	35	2	1.75
NM Lyon	24.0	3	66	3	2.75
MR Marsh	9.0	0	34	1	3.78
TM Head	1.5	0	4	1	2.18

Fall of wickets

1-74 (Abdullah Shafique, 36.2)·2-123 (Shan Masood, 49.3)·3-133 (Khurram Shahzad, 53.3)·4-181 (Babar Azam, 70.5)·5-192 (Imam-ul-Haq, 74.4)·6-195 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 75.4)·7-230 (Saud Shakeel, 86.4)·8-241 (Faheem Ashraf, 91.2)·9-258 (Aamer Jamal, 96.6)·10-271 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 101.5)

Australia

233 /5 (63.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi	90	190	9	0	47.37
David Warner	c Imam-ul-Haq b Khurram Shahzad	0	5	0	0	0.00
M Labuschagne	c Sarfraz Ahmed b Khurram Shahzad	2	18	0	0	11.11
Steve Smith	lbw b Khurram Shahzad	45	87	3	1	51.72
TM Head	c Imam-ul-Haq b Aamer Jamal	14	19	2	0	73.68
MR Marsh*	not out	63	68	7	2	92.65

Extras 19 (lb 11, w 1, nb 7)

Total 233/5 (63.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	18.2	4	76	1	4.15
Khurram Shahzad	16.0	4	45	3	2.81
Aamer Jamal	9.0	0	28	1	3.11
Faheem Ashraf	7.0	0	37	0	5.29
Agha Salman	13.0	1	36	0	2.77

Fall of wickets

1-0 (David Warner, 1.5)·2-5 (M Labuschagne, 7.2)·3-87 (Steve Smith, 36.5)·4-107 (TM Head, 42.3)·5-233 (UT Khawaja, 63.2)

Pakistan

89 /10 (30.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c AT Carey b MA Starc	2	6	0	33.33
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b MA Starc	10	20	0	50.00
Shan Masood	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	2	11	0	18.18
Babar Azam	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	14	37	2	37.84
Saud Shakeel	lbw b JR Hazlewood	24	51	4	47.06
Sarfraz Ahmed	c MR Marsh b MA Starc	4	10	0	40.00
Agha Salman	run out (M Labuschagne)	5	11	0	45.45
Faheem Ashraf	lbw b NM Lyon	5	22	0	22.73
Aamer Jamal	b NM Lyon	0	4	0	0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi*	not out	3	9	0	33.33
Khurram Shahzad	c David Warner b JR Hazlewood	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 20 (b 10, lb 10)

Total 89/10 (30.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	9.0	2	31	3	3.44
JR Hazlewood	7.2	3	13	3	1.77
PJ Cummins	6.0	1	11	1	1.83
NM Lyon	8.0	2	14	2	1.75

Fall of wickets

1-2 (Abdullah Shafique, 0.6)·2-17 (Shan Masood, 5.3)·3-19 (Imam-ul-Haq, 6.4)·4-48 (Babar Azam, 14.6)·5-56 (Sarfraz Ahmed, 18.4)·6-63 (Agha Salman, 20.6)·7-79 (Faheem Ashraf, 27.1)·8-83 (Aamer Jamal, 27.5)·9-89 (Saud Shakeel, 30.1)·10-89 (Khurram Shahzad, 30.2)