Australia v Pakistan, Melbourne

Australia 318/10 & 262/10

Pakistan 264/10 & 237/10

Australia won by 79 runs

Australia v Pakistan 2023 · 2nd Test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 26–29 Dec 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Pakistan had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.09× +9%

Pakistan

0.83× -17%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MR Marsh Australia

137 +157

Shan Masood Pakistan

114 +142

Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan

77 +107

Agha Salman Pakistan

55 +105

Steve Smith Australia

76 +75

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins5/48

PJ Cummins5/49

Mir Hamza4/32

MA Starc4/55

Top score

MR Marsh · Australia

Biggest stand

153

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

4–18

4 wkts for 18 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, field

ResultAustralia won by 79 runs

Length4 days

Australia

318 /10 (96.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Babar Azam b Agha Salman	38	83	4	0	45.78
UT Khawaja	c Agha Salman b Hasan Ali	42	101	5	0	41.58
M Labuschagne	c Abdullah Shafique b Aamer Jamal	63	155	5	0	40.65
Steve Smith	c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	26	75	2	0	34.67
TM Head	c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	17	32	3	0	53.12
MR Marsh	c Aamer Jamal b Mir Hamza	41	60	6	1	68.33
AT Carey	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	10	0	0	40.00
MA Starc	c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	9	11	2	0	81.82
PJ Cummins	c Mir Hamza b Aamer Jamal	13	30	1	0	43.33
NM Lyon	c Mir Hamza b Hasan Ali	8	19	1	0	42.11
JR Hazlewood*	not out	5	7	1	0	71.43

Extras 52 (b 20, lb 15, w 15, nb 2)

Total 318/10 (96.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27.0	5	85	2	3.15
Mir Hamza	22.0	5	51	2	2.32
Hasan Ali	23.5	7	61	2	2.56
Aamer Jamal	19.0	1	64	3	3.37
Agha Salman	5.0	0	22	1	4.40

Fall of wickets

1-90 (David Warner, 27.1)·2-108 (UT Khawaja, 33.1)·3-154 (Steve Smith, 57.5)·4-204 (TM Head, 70.2)·5-250 (M Labuschagne, 79.5)·6-260 (AT Carey, 82.2)·7-275 (MA Starc, 85.5)·8-286 (MR Marsh, 89.1)·9-308 (PJ Cummins, 95.1)·10-318 (NM Lyon, 96.5)

Pakistan

264 /10 (73.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c & b PJ Cummins	62	109	5	0	56.88
Imam-ul-Haq	c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon	10	44	1	0	22.73
Shan Masood	c MR Marsh b NM Lyon	54	76	3	1	71.05
Babar Azam	b PJ Cummins	1	7	0	0	14.29
Saud Shakeel	b JR Hazlewood	9	29	0	0	31.03
Mohammad Rizwan	c David Warner b PJ Cummins	42	51	1	1	82.35
Agha Salman	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	5	8	1	0	62.50
Aamer Jamal*	not out	33	80	4	1	41.25
Shaheen Shah Afridi	lbw b NM Lyon	21	28	4	0	75.00
Hasan Ali	b PJ Cummins	2	11	0	0	18.18
Mir Hamza	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	2	3	0	0	66.67

Extras 23 (b 8, lb 7, w 5, nb 3)

Total 264/10 (73.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	16.0	3	69	0	4.31
JR Hazlewood	16.0	5	43	1	2.69
PJ Cummins	20.0	1	48	5	2.40
NM Lyon	18.5	2	73	4	3.88
MR Marsh	3.0	0	16	0	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-34 (Imam-ul-Haq, 15.4)·2-124 (Abdullah Shafique, 34.6)·3-131 (Babar Azam, 36.3)·4-147 (Shan Masood, 41.5)·5-151 (Saud Shakeel, 44.4)·6-170 (Agha Salman, 47.6)·7-215 (Mohammad Rizwan, 62.1)·8-240 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 69.2)·9-255 (Hasan Ali, 72.5)·10-264 (Mir Hamza, 73.5)

Australia

262 /10 (84.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
UT Khawaja	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	0	2	0	0.00
M Labuschagne	c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	8	1	50.00
David Warner	b Mir Hamza	6	16	1	37.50
Steve Smith	c Agha Salman b Shaheen Shah Afridi	50	176	3	28.41
TM Head	b Mir Hamza	0	1	0	0.00
MR Marsh	c Agha Salman b Mir Hamza	96	130	13	73.85
AT Carey	lbw b Mir Hamza	53	101	8	52.48
MA Starc	c Babar Azam b Shaheen Shah Afridi	9	21	1	42.86
PJ Cummins	c Mohammad Rizwan b Aamer Jamal	16	30	0	53.33
NM Lyon	b Aamer Jamal	11	13	2	84.62
JR Hazlewood*	not out	1	7	0	14.29

Extras 16 (b 1, lb 10, w 5)

Total 262/10 (84.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	27.0	4	76	4	2.81
Mir Hamza	18.1	7	32	4	1.76
Hasan Ali	17.0	2	53	0	3.12
Aamer Jamal	16.0	2	74	2	4.62
Agha Salman	6.0	1	16	0	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-0 (UT Khawaja, 0.2)·2-6 (M Labuschagne, 2.6)·3-16 (David Warner, 5.1)·4-16 (TM Head, 5.2)·5-169 (MR Marsh, 49.5)·6-187 (Steve Smith, 62.3)·7-209 (MA Starc, 68.5)·8-237 (PJ Cummins, 76.3)·9-249 (NM Lyon, 78.6)·10-262 (AT Carey, 84.1)

Pakistan

237 /10 (67.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	4	13	0	0	30.77
Imam-ul-Haq	lbw b PJ Cummins	12	38	1	0	31.58
Shan Masood	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	60	71	7	0	84.51
Babar Azam	b JR Hazlewood	41	79	4	0	51.90
Saud Shakeel	c AT Carey b MA Starc	24	55	1	0	43.64
Mohammad Rizwan	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	35	62	3	1	56.45
Agha Salman	c MR Marsh b MA Starc	50	70	6	0	71.43
Aamer Jamal	c & b PJ Cummins	0	8	0	0	0.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	0	6	0	0	0.00
Hasan Ali*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Mir Hamza	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (b 1, lb 6, w 3, nb 1)

Total 237/10 (67.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	13.2	2	55	4	4.12
JR Hazlewood	15.0	7	34	1	2.27
NM Lyon	19.0	1	84	0	4.42
PJ Cummins	18.0	2	49	5	2.72
MR Marsh	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-8 (Abdullah Shafique, 4.1)·2-49 (Imam-ul-Haq, 14.3)·3-110 (Shan Masood, 26.3)·4-146 (Babar Azam, 40.1)·5-162 (Saud Shakeel, 45.6)·6-219 (Mohammad Rizwan, 60.4)·7-219 (Aamer Jamal, 62.6)·8-237 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 66.4)·9-237 (Agha Salman, 67.1)·10-237 (Mir Hamza, 67.2)