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Sarfraz Nawaz makes history taking 9 for 86:
Pakistan beat Australia by 71 runs
by A.C. De Silva
The first Test with Pakistan played at the famous Melbourne Cricket
Ground - the biggest Stadium in Australia attracted only a few
spectators for the match, it would not have bean sufficient to fill the
big Southern stand. Pakistan scored a sensational victory with Sarfraz
Nawaz going through the opposition like a knife throng butter.
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Sarbraz Nawaz – the great Pakistan paceman who did a
magnificent spell of bowling to take 9 for 86 to guide
Pakistan to victory over Australia by 71 runs. |
At tea, the Australians were sitting on top of the pile a left-hander
Border had tucked a century under his belt and Hughes was going great
guns. At that time Pakistan captain Mustaq in fact had thrown in the
towel.
That was when the giant speedster Sarfraz Nawaz torpedoed the
Australians.
The home team, needing just 98 runs with seven wickets in hand, went
crushing in the face of a once-in-a-lifetime spell from Sarfraz. Seven
wickets fell, all to the lankey Pathan, who conceded just one run. Wood,
Sleep, Hogg, Clark and Hurst all came and went, as as if through a
revolving door.
As Mushtaq said, Sarfraz's sensational spell was "an Himalayan
performance." His previous best had been 6 for 88 against the West
Indian's at Lahore. Sarfraz also gained India's Jasu Patal and England's
Jim Laker in the exclusive club of those who have taken 9 wickets in an
innings.
For Melbourne to have shown such scanty interest in a Test match
hoses a problem that is certain to worry Australia's Cricket Board.
And it had enough worries over WSC cricket to keept it easy without
the disquieting though that its finances will be running down fast it
Melbourne fails to toe the revenue producing line.
Most Australians knew when the itineraries for the two official
tours, England and Pakistan, were announced last year that public
interest was going to be sorely tested.
With the WSC functioning solidly throughout the summer and with every
television set working overtime to cope with the full programmes of
play, it is little wonder that the Australian public is cricket weary.
Of course, the Board thought that it was doing the right thing by its
own players when it added the Pakistan Fixtures to an already overtaxed
cricket programme for public consumption. With finance for leading
players such a vital question since Packer started handing out his big
money it became imperative to build up the income of Australian Test
players wherever possible and this supplementary programme looked
attractive for that purpose.
Australians have confirmed their suspicions that Pakistan is one of
the most efficient batting teams in world cricket.
Going at his top Majid Khan is a top-cricketer who needs only to
apply himself solidly to be rated as good as in the world and Zaheer
Abbas is a stroke maker capable of taking charge of any attack.
The whole team in fact bats efficiently right down the line
efficiently right down the line. It's bowling however, is not designed
to win important matches easily.
Hogg, Australia's fast bowler who has enjoyed a fantastic sea son in
Test cricket that summer taking more wickets than any Australian ever
did before on a first class season, set up another first in this match.
He was the first in Australian cricket history to crash his bat into
the stumps to emphasise his exasperation at a decision which went
against his batting grain.
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
Asib Iqbal c Wright b Clarke 09
Mushtaq Mohammad c Wright b Hurst 36
Wasim Raja b Hurst 13
Imran Khan c Wright b Hurst 33
Sarfraz Nawaz Wright b sleep 35
Wasim Bori run out 00
Sikkander 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 hur)... 05
A. Hilclitch C Miandad b Imran 03
A. Border b Imran 20
G. Yallop b Imran 25
K. Hughes run out 19
D. Whatmore LbW b Sarfraz 43
P. Sleep C Bari b Imran 10
K. Wright C Imran b Wasim Raja 09
W. Clark C Mushtaq b Wasim Raja 09
R.M. Hogg run out 09
A. Hurst c and b Sarfraz 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: (Pakistan) 18-8-26-4,
Sarfraz Nawaz 21.6-6-39-2
Sikkander 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 Clrak b Hurst 28
Sarfraz Nawaz LbW b Hurst 01
Wasim Bori not out 08
Extras 19
Total 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 21-6-41-0
P. Sleep 8-0-62-2
A. Border 14-5-35-2
Australia 2nd Innings
G. Wood C Bari b Sarfraz 00
A. Hilclitch b. Sarfraz 62
A. Border b Sarfraz 105
G. Yallop run out 08
K. Hughes C Mohsin b Sarfraz 84
D. Whatmore b Sarfraz 15
P. Sleep b Sarfraz 00
K. Wright not out 01
W. Clark b Sarfraz 00
R.M. Hogg run out 00
A. Hurst c Bari b Sarfraz 00
Extras: 35
Total 310
Fall of Wickets: 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 2-0-11-0
Majid Khan 9-034-0 |
