Sarfraz cuts through Aussie batting and Pakistan win by 71 runs
By A.C De Silva
CRICKET: Australia set to get 382 to win the first Test at the famous
Melbourne Cricket ground - the biggest stadium in Australia, attracted
so few people that the aggregate attendance for the match would not have
been sufficient to fill the big southern stand. But this was not
Australia's days.
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Imran Khan picked up 4 for 26 in Australia’s first innings
score of 168. |
Davenall Whatmore - Made the top score of 43 in Australia’s
first innings total of 168. |
Majid Khan - Scored 108 in Palistan’s second innings score
of 353 runs. |
Pakistan scored a sensational victory with their star bowler Sarfraz
Nawaz going through the opposition like a knife through butter.
Australia were somewhat sitting pretty around tea, the Australians
were on top of the pile. Left-hander Border had tucked a century under
his belt and Hughes was going great guns and Pakistan captain Mushtaq
Mohammad had 'thrown in the towel'.
But that was the time when the giant Pakistan speed star Sarfraz
Nawaz torpedoed the Australians.
The home team, heeding just 98 runs with 7 wickets in hand, went
crashing in the face of a once-in-a-lifetime spell from Sarfraz Nawaz.
Seven wickets fell, all to the lanky paceman Nawaz who conceded just
one run. Wood, Sleep, Hogg, Clark and Hurst all came and went, as it
through a revolving door. And Pakistan skipper Mushtaq said, Sarfraz's
sensational spell was' an Himalayan performance."
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Andrew Hilditch - Made 62 in Australia’s second innings
score of 310.
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Sarfraz Nawaz had the magic spell and grabbed 9 for 86 in
the Australian second innings total of 310. In the first
innings he had 2 for 39 in Australia’s first innings score
of 168. |
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Alan Border - An attractive 105 in Australia’s second
innings score of 310. |
Kim Hughes - Made 84 in Australia’s second innings total of
310. |
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Zaheer Abbas - A solid 59 in Pakistan’s second innings score
of 353. |
He had a bag of 9 for 86. His previous best had been 6 for 89 against
the West Indies at Lahore. Sarfraz also joined India's Jasu Patel and
England's Jim Laker in the then exclusive club of those who had taken
nine wickets in an innings.
Pakistan who batted first, made 196 with three 305- skipped Mushtaq
Mohammad (36), Imran Khan (33) and Sarfraz Nawaz (35) being the top
scorers. Australia's Hogg took 4 for 49 along with Hurst taking 3 for
55.
Aussies failed
The Aussies didn't get runs as they liked and were out for 168 with
Davenell Whatmore being the top scorer with 43. Imran Khan did the
damage for Pakistan in the Aussies first innings, taking 4 for 26, while
Sarfraz Nawaz had 2 for 39 and Wasim Raja - the spinner taking 2 for 23.
Came the second innings and Pakistan's batsman - Majid Khan (108) and
one - drop batsman Zaheer Abbas (59) got into act of making runs and the
pair added 135 runs in their grand second - wicket partnership.
The middle-order contributed much and Pakistan seemed to be on top.
They went upto 353 for 9 wickets and closed their innings.
Tough ask
It was a Tough ask for Australia in their second innings. But
Australia did put up a fight with Alan Border getting a century and Kim
Hughes making 84.
However, the target was a little too much for the Aussies and they
were all out for 310 runs in their second innings - and that closed the
chapter in second of the Pakistanis.
It was wonderful bowling by Sarfraz Nawaz who brought victory for the
Pakistanis!
SCORE BOARD
PAKISTAN 1ST INNINGS
Majid Khan c Wright b Hogg 01
Mohsin Khan c Hilditch b Hogg 14
Zaheer Abbas b Hogg 11
Javed Miandad b Hogg 19
Asif Iqbal c Wright b Clark 09
Mushtaq Mohammad c Wright b Hurst 36
Wasim Raja b Hurst 13
Imran Khan c Wright b Hurst 33
Sarfraz Nawaz c Wright b Sleep 35
Wasim Bari run out 00
Sikander Bakht not out 05
Extras 20
Total 196
Fall of wicket: 1-2, 2-22, 3-28, 4-40, 5-83
6-99, 7-122, 8-173, 9-177
Bowling: R.M. Hogg 17-4-49-4
A. Hurst 20-4-55-3
W. Clark 17-4-56-1
P. Sleep 7.7-2-16-1
AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS
G. Wood retd hurt 05
A. Hilditch c Miandad b Imran Khan 03
A Border b Imran Khan 20
G. Yallop b Imran Khan 25
K. Hughes run out 19
D. Whatmore lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 43
P. Sleep C Bari b Imran Khan 10
K. Wright c Imran Khan b Wasim Raja 09
W. Clark c Mushtaq b Wasim Raja 09
R.M. Hogg run out 09
A. Hurst c and b Sarfraz Nawaz 00
Extras 16
Total 168
Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-53, 3-63, 4-97, 5-109
6-140, 7-152, 8-167, 9-167
Bowling: Imran Khan 18-8-26-4
Sarfraz Nawaz 21.6-6-39-2
Sikander Bakht 10-1-29-0
Mushtaq Mohammad 7-0-35-0
Wasim Raja 5-0-23-2
PAKISTAN 2nd INNINGS
Majid Khan b Border 108
Mohsin Khan c & b Hogg 14
Zaheer Abbas b Hogg 59
Javed Miandad c Wright b Border 16
Asif Iqbal lbw b Hogg 44
Mushtaq Mohammad c Higgs(sub) b Sleep 28
Wasim Raja c Wright b Hurst 28
Imran Khan c Clark b Hurst 28
Sarfraz Nawaz lbw b Hurst 01
Wasim Bari run out 08
Extras 19
Total (for 9 wkts dec) 353
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-165, 3-204, 4-209
5-261, 6-299, 7-330, 8-332, 9-353
Bowling: R.M. Hogg 19-2-75-3
A. Hurst 19.5-1-115-3
W. Clark 21-6-47-0
P. Sleep 8-0-62-1
A Border 14-5-35-2.
AUSTRALIA 2nd INNINGS
G. Wood c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 00
A. Hilditch b Sarfraz Nawaz 62
A Border b Sarfraz Nawaz 105
G. Yallop run out 08
K. Hughes c Mohsin Khan b Sarfraz Nawaz 84
D. Whatmore b Sarfraz Nawaz 15
P. Sleep b Sarfraz Nawaz 00
K. Wright not out 01
W. Clark Sarfraz Nawaz 00
R.M. Hogg lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 00
A. Hurst c Wasim Bari b Sarfraz Nawaz 00
Extras 35
Total 310
Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-109, 3-128, 4-305
5-305, 6-306, 7-308, 8-309, 9-310
Bowling: Imran Khan 27-9-73-0
Sarfraz Nawaz 35.4-7-86-9
Sikander Bakht 7-0-29-0
Mushtaq Mohammad 11-0-42-0
Wasim Raja 3-0-11-0
Majid Khan 6-0-34-0 |
