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Toss won by Pakistan (decided to bat) The captain Tim Paine is out now. There is a change in the body language of the Pakistan players. The captain and the close-in fielders have found their voice again. Meanwhile, Yasir Shah keeps the line tight nearly gets through the gap between bat and pad of Paine. Luckily for the Australian captain, he gets an inside edge.
You beauty @Uz_Khawaja 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽well deserved, now make it a big one!!! #PakvAus
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) October 11, 2018
100 for Usman Khawaja! First ball from Mohammed Hafeez is tucked into the leg side for a quick single to bring up his century. He jumps in delight, and rightly so. He has answered his critics with a brilliant knock. Did a fair job in the first innings and now a hundred in the second - his first in Asia. Well played.
First change in the bowling after Lunch. Yasir Shah is introduced into the attack, replacing Harris Sohail. Starts with a full delivery on the stumps. Gives the next delivery a little more air but Labuschagne is able to drive down the ground for a single. Khawaja goes for the reverse sweep twice, misses the first time but gets three on the next attempt, hitting the ball on the full. Just a run away from his century now. Four runs from that over
It seems that Usman Khawaja is getting distracted by being close to the three-figure mark. He goes for the sweep but the ball is too full to him, only manages to get an inside edge. The southpaw then moves down the track to flick the ball to midwicket for a single. He is now just four runs away from a century.
Hafeez is Pakistan's new ball weapon....with bat and ball. #PAKvsAUS
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) October 11, 2018
LUNCH! Asif continues from the other end and is taken for three runs. No troubles for Khawaja and Head in that over as they take Australia to Lunch without a loss of a wicket in the first session. Pakistan have been on top for most of this Test but this session certainly belongs to the visitors. They have certainly given Australia an outside chance of saving this Test.
CLOSE! Sohail goes around the wicket after two balls over the wicket to Head, who takes a single off the second ball. On the third ball, Khawaja is stuck on the crease and Sohail strikes the pads. Huge shout from the bowler and the close-in fielders. Sarfraz consults with the bowler and goes for the review. 'Ball Tracking' shows that the impact is 'Umpire's Call'. The captain looks disappointed. Khawaja takes a single off the final ball, bringing the total runs conceded in the over to four.
Big call from the Pakistan captain. Harris Sohail is introduced into the attack, replacing Mohammad Abbas. His slow left-armers will bring the rough into play. An LBW shout on the fourth ball but it was an ambitious appeal. Head was struck well outside the off stump. Manages to get off strike as Sohail drops the next ball shorter and is clipped to the leg-side for a single.
Just under 15 minutes to go for the Lunch interval. Wahab Riaz is certainly pushing harder, as he oversteps in the over. A lapse in concentration from Head as he chases a wide delivery and misses. Australia cannot afford to lose a wicket now, especially so close to the end of the session. The skipper Sarfraz is not happy with Riaz's line. The pacer goes for a yorker but fails miserably. Two full tosses down the leg side. The first one is saved by the wicketkeeper but the second goes past him for four byes. Harsh on the keeper as the ball was well wide of him. Poor over from Riaz, concedes nine runs.
Abbas continues his spell. Interestingly, Sarfraz is not standing up to the stumps. And immediately, Khawaja walks down the track to negate the swing away from him. He is successful the first two balls but plays and misses the next delivery as Abbas drops the ball shorter and gets it to move away. Switches to over the wicket on the final ball but Khawaja leaves the ball without any trouble.
Yasir Shah is replaced by Wahab Riaz, post a conference in the middle involving Sarfraz Ahmed. Starts with a delivery short and wide and the ball is slapped away towards the off side for a single. Strays on the pads to Khawaja, who clips it away for a single. Riaz corrects himself the next two balls. Gets the ball to tail back in, which troubles Head. An LBW shout follows the next ball but it is too straight from Riaz. He looks threatening but the lack of consistency is letting the batsmen off the hook. Just two from that over.
100-run partnership! Yasir Shah resumes, is sticking to around the wicket. Head is making a conscious effort to move his front pad outside the line of the stump to eliminate the LBW possibility. A single towards backward of square of the leg side brings up the 100 run partnership between the pair. Excellent achievement, especially considering the match circumstance.
Abbas continues from the other end. He gets Head to edge the ball from driving length but the ball falls well short of the slip fielder. Follows up with a good length ball but Head has no trouble playing that. Short from Abbas the next ball but the left-hander fails to find the gap. Abbas should be looking to bowl fuller. He is getting the ball swing away from the batsmen on that length. He tries to on the final ball but it is overpitched. Just one off that over.
Yasir Shah continues from the other end. Apart from the LBW shout which was turned down, he has not looked threatening this morning. It has been a poor Test for the leg-spinner. He has been wicket-less so far in the game. Both batsmen are having not issues negating the veteran. Six runs taken from the over.
Abbas resumes for Pakistan after drinks and nearly finds the outside edge of Khawaja's bat. Abbas asks Sarfraz to stand up to the stumps to stop the left-hander moving down the wicket. Good ploy from the seamer as Khawaja is unable to judge the line well. Head plays and misses off the final ball. Good over from the seamer!
Yasir Shah continues from the other end. He starts the over from around the wicket but goes over the wicket towards the end of the over. Close call on the third delivery, with Head nearly clipping the ball off his pads to the short fine-leg fielder. But the ball just drops short. Just two from that Yasir Shah over. And the umpires call for Drinks!
Sarfraz has made the change, Mohammad Abbas is into the attack. And he immediately gets some reverse swing, getting the ball to move away from Khawaja from around the wicket. The southpaw counters by walking down the track. Abbas has to push the ball further away from the off stump and Khawaja leaves the ball. Then, Abbas counters with a fuller ball which moves away from length and nearly finds the outside edge. The left-hander works the final ball off his pads for a couple. Exciting stuff from both here!
Travis Head has attacked a lot more compared to the other batsmen in this innings. He's played attacking shots on 34% of the deliveries but also has a high false shot% of 12.8. The other batsmen put together have attacked 26% of the deliveries with a false shot% of 7.8 #PAKvAUS
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) October 11, 2018
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| Rank | Team | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 4016 | 115 |
| 2 | South Africa | 3712 | 106 |
| 3 | Australia | 3499 | 106 |
| 4 | England | 4722 | 105 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2354 | 102 |
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