22/10Result
1st Test, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Oct 22-26 2014
Pakistan won by 221 runs
Player of the Match
Younis Khan
Younis KhanPakistan
22/10Result
1st Test, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai, Oct 22-26 2014
Pakistan won by 221 runs
Player of the Match
Younis Khan
Younis KhanPakistan

Australia losing 10 for 175 then, after the 128-run opening partnership. Pakistan's inexperienced attack has done superbly to give their side a 151-run lead. Six wickets for the spinners, three for the debutant leggie Yasir Shah. The opening came via Rahat Ali, who removed Chris Rogers and then ran out Alex Doolan. Third successive hundred for David Warner but very little from the middle order before Johnson chipped in with 37.

Pakistan will have about 15 overs to bat this evening. They will want to bat at least two sessions and a bit tomorrow, but for now, will have to avoid losing wickets today.

103.1
W
Yasir Shah to O'Keefe, OUT, that'll do, Yasir picks up his third, O'Keefe slogs at a length ball outside off, and the top edge is taken by Misbah running back at square leg

SNJ O'Keefe c Misbah-ul-Haq b Yasir Shah 6 (59m 47b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.76

END OF OVER:
103 | 4 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 303/9

  • Nathan Lyon4 (5b)
  • Steve O'Keefe6 (46b)
  • Rahat Ali19-0-55-2
  • Yasir Shah16.2-1-66-2
102.6
0
Rahat Ali to Lyon, no run, beaten this time, pushed from the crease as this length ball leaves him outside off
102.5
0
Rahat Ali to Lyon, no run, nicely done, this climbed at Lyon, who did well to keep his wrists down and stay inside the line
102.4
0
Rahat Ali to Lyon, no run, softly pushes a back of a length ball to the off side
102.3
0
Rahat Ali to Lyon, no run, gets on his toes, rides the bounce and brings down this short of a length ball

Anthony: "I think the Ashes of 2011-12 was a huge wake up call for the Aussies. No longer will you see them skittled for under 100. If the top order fails, the bottom order come to the party. True grit and the never-say-die attitude England would do well to copy"

102.2
4
Rahat Ali to Lyon, FOUR, Lyon pushes at his first ball, a length delivery angled across, and a thick edge runs past gully

Nathan Lyon is the last man

It was a solid partnership but Pakistan have kept it to 32

102.1
W
Rahat Ali to Johnson, OUT, Rahat removes Johnson with the short ball, it gets really big on Johnson, who tries to hook it, but manages a nothing connection in the end, and it travels tamely to deep square leg

MG Johnson c sub (Shan Masood) b Rahat Ali 37 (93m 62b 3x4 0x6) SR: 59.67

END OF OVER:
102 | 1 Run | AUS: 299/8

  • Steve O'Keefe6 (46b)
  • Mitchell Johnson37 (61b)
  • Yasir Shah16.2-1-66-2
  • Rahat Ali18-0-51-1
101.6
0
Yasir Shah to O'Keefe, no run, another straighter one, just outside off, kept out safely
101.5
0
Yasir Shah to O'Keefe, no run, tossed up just outside off, blocked
101.4
0
Yasir Shah to O'Keefe, no run, straighter one, O'Keefe wants to cut but does not have much room
101.3
0
Yasir Shah to O'Keefe, no run, flighted again, he reaches forward to defend
101.2
0
Yasir Shah to O'Keefe, no run, tossed up high and full, O'Keefe dead bats it
101.1
1
Yasir Shah to Johnson, 1 run, skips out, nearly yorks himself as Yasir slants it in, picks a single with a clip to deep midwicket

END OF OVER:
101 | 1 Run | AUS: 298/8

  • Steve O'Keefe6 (41b)
  • Mitchell Johnson36 (60b)
  • Rahat Ali18-0-51-1
  • Yasir Shah15.2-1-65-2
100.6
0
Rahat Ali to O'Keefe, no run, drags the pull to square leg again, and they cannot get the single
100.5
0
Rahat Ali to O'Keefe, no run, attacks the short ball and swivels for a pull but mishits it to square leg
100.4
0
Rahat Ali to O'Keefe, no run, length ball ending just outside off, O'Keefe bends to keep it out
100.3
0
Rahat Ali to O'Keefe, no run, rides the bounce on a short of a length ball and pushes it to extra cover
100.2
0
Rahat Ali to O'Keefe, no run, punches a length ball to extra cover
100.1
1
Rahat Ali to Johnson, 1 run, starts with a short ball, Johnson swivels and controls the pull to deep square leg

sharjil: "rhetorical question of the day: don't Aussies know how to give up??"

Rahat is back

END OF OVER:
100 | 7 Runs | AUS: 297/8

  • Steve O'Keefe6 (36b)
  • Mitchell Johnson35 (59b)
  • Yasir Shah15.2-1-65-2
  • Zulfiqar Babar27-2-81-2
99.6
0
Yasir Shah to O'Keefe, no run, straighter one outside off, but O'Keefe watches it all the way into the keeper's gloves

Australia tour of United Arab Emirates 2014-15 News

A rare feat

3

Number times that Pakistan have beaten Australia in a Test over the last 20 years

Leggie starts well

6

Number of wickets taken by Yasir Shah (at Tea) - the most by a Pakistan leg-spinner on debut

Tailend history

2

Number of 4th innings fifties for Mitchell Johnson when batting at No. 9 or lower. No other player has more than one

Good for the Average

5

Steve Smith's batting avg in fourth innings' before this Test. He had scored 20 runs from 4 inns. With this inns of 55, his avg. is now 15

Golden Oldie

35

35 Zulfiqar Babar’s age (35 years and 316 days). He is the oldest left-arm bowler from Pakistan to pick up a four-wicket haul in Tests

End of a wait

273

Number of balls between the 4th and 5th boundaries of the Australian innings - they had to wait from overs 9.1 to 54.3

Historic Drought

4

Number of fours hit by Australia in this innings (as of lunch) - their fewest in 80 years for an innings of 50+ overs

Boundary drought

200+

Number of balls since Australia's last boundary - by David Warner off the last ball of the 9th over

Is there hope?

84

Highest 6th wicket stand for Australia in the 4th innings after losing 5 wickets for less than 100 - b/w Clarke and Haddin at Mohali, 2008

Fifth-day toil in Dubai

2

No. of wickets taken in 122.2 overs when teams have batted fourth on the final day of a Dubai Test

Last-action hero?

57.5

Rogers' fourth-innings average from six innings - he got hundreds the last two times he batted in the fourth innings

Need to make history to win

66

Number of years since Australia have successfully chased a 400+ target. This has only happen 4 times in Tests (Highest score: 418).

Run batsmen run

2

Number of times, since 2001, that batsmen have taken two 3s off the first two balls of an innings - both times in Aus v Pak Tests

Younis runs riot

40

Number of years since a batsman made two hundreds in the same Test against Australia - Glenn Turner in 1974.