Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
78 | 6 Runs | PAK: 286/2

  • Younis Khan103 (152b)
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed15 (18b)
  • Steve O'Keefe27-3-112-2
  • Nathan Lyon18-0-72-0

Generous applause, from both his captain and the opposition captain. It's been a serene innings, despite the calls for upping the run-rate. And yet he didn't ignore them either. Used his sweeps and reverse sweeps to collect his boundaries. Then dabbed and tucked and ticked off the singles to savour yet another century. Not too many can lay claim to scoring two in a Test. More than his own record though, he's put Pakistan in an immensely powerful position to claim this Test

77.6
4
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, FOUR, that's the Pakistan record! 26th Test ton, and it's two tons in the same Test. Against Australia too. Comes off a powerful sweep, all along the ground to the square leg boundary. That is also Pakistan's declaration!
77.5
0
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, no run, tossed up on the pads, nudged away behind square leg, but there's a man there as well
77.4
0
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, no run, this is a good length ball on off stump, defended under his eyes
77.3
0
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, no run, and that means that tap into the point doesn't fetch him the single he needs

Field comes in

77.2
1
O'Keefe to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, shortish and a shade outside off, tapped away through the covers
77.1
1
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, 1 run, that's a top edge, Younis' sweep, for once, is mistimed. He had to drag it from well outside off and there wasn't too much pace behind this either. Two seemed likely, but Mitch had thundered in at the ball from fine leg

END OF OVER:
77 | 5 Runs | PAK: 280/2

  • Younis Khan98 (147b)
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed14 (17b)
  • Nathan Lyon18-0-72-0
  • Steve O'Keefe26-3-106-2
76.6
1
Lyon to Younis Khan, 1 run, goes back to a flatter ball and taps it through to deep midwicket to retain strike
76.5
1
Lyon to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, tossed up and Sarfraz gets to it on the full and drives to long-off
76.4
1
Lyon to Younis Khan, 1 run, a tough shorter and outside off, Younis pulls through to deep long-on
76.3
1
Lyon to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, think this was a legspinner from Lyon, Sarfraz clips it away through midwicket
76.2
0
Lyon to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run, on the pads again he tucks it through midwicket
76.1
1
Lyon to Younis Khan, 1 run, tossed up on the pads, Younis tucks it away behind square leg

END OF OVER:
76 | 12 Runs | PAK: 275/2

  • Sarfaraz Ahmed12 (14b)
  • Younis Khan95 (144b)
  • Steve O'Keefe26-3-106-2
  • Nathan Lyon17-0-67-0
75.6
2
O'Keefe to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 2 runs, a touch shortish and outside off, Sarfraz taps it away behind point for a couple of runs
75.5
1
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, 1 run, this held up in the pitch and Younis was into his cut a touch too quickly. Checks his stroke, but still the lob fell dangerously close to point
75.4
6
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, SIX, this time it's pure, brutal power as he takes a length ball and mauls it over cow corner. That hundred is racing towards him. And it will be his second of the match
75.3
2
O'Keefe to Younis Khan, 2 runs, sweeps a flighted delivery from middle to deep square leg. All along the ground
75.2
1
O'Keefe to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, stays back to a good length ball on middle, tapped away towards point in hopes of a single
75.1
0
O'Keefe to Sarfaraz Ahmed, no run,

END OF OVER:
75 | 9 Runs | PAK: 263/2

  • Younis Khan86 (141b)
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed9 (11b)
  • Nathan Lyon17-0-67-0
  • Steve O'Keefe25-3-94-2
74.6
2
Lyon to Younis Khan, 2 runs, time to sweep again and Younis picks up a couple as he bisects deep square leg and midwicket
74.5
1
Lyon to Sarfaraz Ahmed, 1 run, jumps down the track and whips a length ball on the pads away to deep midwicket

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.