Sarfraz 11 for 125 grabs victory over Australia by 71 runs!
by A.C. de Silva
FLASHBACK: This was a match to remember - the first Test between
Australia and Pakistan at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground, the
biggest stadium in Australia on March 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 in 1979 and
the result was something extraordinary - Pakistan went on to win by 71
runs and it was a real upset.
At tea on the fifth day, Australia was sitting on top, with
left-hander Border had tucked a century under his belt and Kim Hughes
was going great guns. Pakistan captain Mushtaq Mohammad in fact had
thrown in the towel.
However, there was one Pakistani player Sarfraz Nawaz the second
speedster had other ideas as far as Pakistan was concerned.
Australia was more or less torpedoed by the Pakistan's. The home team
Australia, needing just 98 runs with seven wickets in hand, went
crashing in the face of a one-in-a-lifetime spell from Sarfraz Nawaz
that had Australia losing wickets so quickly. Sarfraz Nawaz has figures
of 9 for 86 in 35.4 overs with 7 maiden that pushed Pakistan to the
victory post.As Pakistan skipper Mushtaq Mohammad said, "Sarfraz's
sensational spell was an Himalayan performance." His previous best was 6
for 89 against the West Indies at Lahore. Sarfraz Nawaz also joined
India's Jasu Patel and England's Jim Laker in the exclusive club of
those who have taken nine wickets in an innings.In batting for the
Pakistanis, going at the top for the Pakistanis was Majid Khan who made
108 who batted well and there was also Zaheer Abbas - a fine
stroke-maker capable of taking charge of any attack and he made 59. The
whole Pakistan team batted well.
It was the Pakistan bowling that was worrying, but the Pakistan
bowlers on this occasion bowled tightly in the second innings after the
early batting of Allan Border who made 105 and Andrew Hilditch (62) who
put on 60 runs for the second wicket in the second wicket and later on
Kim Hughes (84) batted well, but the middle order collapsed - 305 for 4
wickets to 310 all out.
SCOREBOARD
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
Wasin Raja b Hurst 13
Imran Khan c Wright b Hurst 33
Sarfraz Nawaz c Wright b Sleep 35
Wasin Bari run out 00
Sikander Bakht not out 05
Extras 20
Total 196
Fall of Wickets: 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 to Imran Khan 03
A. Border b Imran Khan 20
G. Yallon b Imran Khan 25
K. Hughes run out 19
D. Whatmore lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 43
P. Sleep c Wasim Bari b Imran Khan 10
K. Wright c Imran Khan b Wasim Raja 09
W. Clark c Mushtaq Mohammad 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
Sarbraz Nawaz 21.6-6-39-2
Sibkander 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 and b Hogg 14
Zaheer Abbas b Hogg 59
Javed Miandad c Wright b Border 16
Asib 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 not out 08
Sikkander Bakht did not bat 00
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 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 b Sarfraz Nawaz 00
R.M. Hogg lbw b Sarfraz Nawaz 00
A.Hurst c 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, 9-316 |
