Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
55 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 142/10

  • Sarfaraz Ahmed59 (64b)
  • Jackson Bird12-6-23-3
  • Nathan Lyon11-2-31-0

Australia have not enforced the follow-on. Warner and Renshaw scamper off.

Australia have secured a 287-run lead. They may look at 200 runs today and put Pakistan back in, under lights later in the day.

54.6
W
Bird to Sarfaraz Ahmed, OUT, direct hit and Pakistan will get the run in the end. "Pahunch gaya? (did you reach)" asks Sarfraz. The third umpire is called for. Full and wide outside off, driven to Warner at mid-off who effects the direct hit. Rahat's bat is in the air, but by the time the bail leaves the groove, Rahat's bat is down on the turf. Actually, it looks like the light turned on with Rahat's bat still in the air. Different angles, one more apparent than the other. Yes, given. Poor running from Rahat. Tried to slide his bat back in, but the bat bounced just before the crease and bobbled up. Just in the air, almost had it down and only a bit of daylight visible, but enough evidence to rule him out.

Rahat Ali run out 4 (20m 5b 1x4 0x6) SR: 80.00

54.5
4
Bird to Sarfaraz Ahmed, FOUR, short and wide from Bird. Sarfraz scythes it through backward point for four. Too much width from Bird

Will Smith bring the field in? He does

54.4
0
Bird to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, full and wide outside off, slashed to deep point. He doesn't want one
54.3
0
Bird to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, swept again, this time on the ground to deep fine leg
54.2
4
Bird to Sarfaraz Ahmed, FOUR, dropped by Maddinson at deep square leg. By their standards, that should have been taken. Sarfraz gets low and nails his slog sweep. Maddinson backtracks and gets to his right, but can;t hold onto the overhead chance. Didn't get there as quickly as he could.
54.1
0
Bird to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, 131 kph, good length outside off, chopped to third man. Doesn't want the run

Too close, yet far

1

No. of smaller margin of defeat for a team scoring 400+ while chasing, than Pakistan's loss by 39 runs. NZ had lost by 38 runs after making 440 in Nottingham in 1973.

PAK's strong comeback

277

Previous highest difference between PAK's 1st inns & 2nd inns (2nd minus 1st) totals v AUS before this. They had made 260 & 537 after following-on in Rawalpindi.

Shafiq's record

9

No. of centuries for Asad Shafiq at No. 6 position in Tests - the most by any player. He went past Garry Sobers who had hit eight 100s at the position.

Best at Gabba

370

Previous highest 4th inns total at Gabba, by Eng in Ashes 2006-07. Pak have gone past that score. Highest anywhere in Aus is 445 by Ind at Adelaide in 1977-78.

Younis while chasing

55.04

Younis Khan's ave in 4th inns, before this - the third-best among 27 batsmen with 1000+ runs.

Big task

0

No. of instances of teams batting more than 150 overs in the fourth innings of a Test at Gabba. There are more than 200 overs left in this Test.

Dominating Smith

7

No. of times Smith has scored a century and a fifty in the same Test, including this. Only Kallis (11), Ponting (10), Border (9) & Sangakkara (9) have done it more times.

Some respite

75

Runs added by Pakistan's last 2 wickets - 54 for 9th wkt and 21 for then 10th. They raised from 67/8 to 142. This is the 2nd-most Pak's last 2 wkts have added in Aus.

Collapsed

24

Runs added by Pakistan's 3rd to 8th wkts in this inns - the lowest for them. The previous lowest was 25 runs at WACA in 1981-82.

Younis' lean patch

16

Runs scored by Younis in his last six Test innings, including a duck in this. His scores - 0, 2, 1, 2, 11, 0.

Double attack

2

No. of times 2 visiting bowlers have taken 4+ wkts in an inns vs Aus since 2010, both this year - Abbott & Rabada in Hobart and Amir & Wahab in this Test.

Best since return

0

No. of times Amir took more than 3 wkts since his return, in 16 inns before this. He took three 3-wkt hauls.