- Pakistan make 53 runs with lack of Four wickets.
- Australia set 450-run goal for Inexperienced Shirts.
- Captain Shan Masood solely made 17 runs.
PERTH: Australia’s fearsome tempo assault mixed to go away a rattled Pakistan on 53-Four at tea, dealing with a heavy defeat within the first Take a look at at Perth Sunday as they chase 450 to win.
After the guests had been dismissed for 271, in reply to the hosts’ 487, Australia declared on day 4 at 233-5 of their second innings.
Skipper Pat Cummins made the decision after opener Usman Khawaja was out for a gutsy 90 on a deteriorating pitch after a 126-run partnership with Mitchell Marsh.
Marsh remained unbeaten on 63 after Pakistan had eliminated Steve Smith and Travis Head early within the day to offer themselves hope, which rapidly evaporated.
Going through a frightening run chase, they received off to a horror begin with Abdullah Shafique out for 2 within the first over, nicking an unplayable Mitchell Starc ball to Alex Carey behind the stumps.
Captain Shan Masood, in his first Take a look at in cost, didn’t final for much longer, edging to Carey off Josh Hazlewood for 2 to go away his group in dire straits at 17-2.
Starc additionally accounted for Imam-ul-Haq, trapping him lbw for 10, earlier than Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel put up some resistance.
However that crumbled when Azam received an edge to Cummins on 14, with Carey once more gathering, leaving Shakeel on 10 and Sarfaraz Ahmed on one on the break.
Australia had resumed at 84-2, with Khawaja on 34 and Smith 43.
With cracks showing on the pitch, it was laborious going at first, with Pakistan’s tempo bowlers beating the bat and inflicting issues.
Spectacular debutant Khurram Shahzad received a breakthrough within the fourth over of the day, trapping Smith lbw for 45 with a ball that nipped again.
Enter the aggressive Travis Head, who stroked a straight drive boundary off the second ball he confronted to sign his intent.
However he lived dangerously and a misjudged drive off Aamer Jamal went straight to Haq at cowl, out for 14.
Each Marsh and Khawaja survived critiques in the identical eventful Jamal over as Pakistan ratcheted up the stress.
Marsh hit sixes off Jamal then spinner Agha Salman to maintain the scoreboard transferring, earlier than an enormous escape on 23 when Masood dropped a sitter at mid-off.
On the different finish, Khawaja stored grinding away to make a 25th Take a look at half-century off 151 balls, accelerating after he reached the mark.
Marsh cracked a thunderous drive off Shaheen Shah Afridi to deliver up his second 50 of the match as each males attacked the bowling after lunch.
Khawaja raced to 90 with some audacious boundaries earlier than his luck ran out going for one more massive shot, caught by Azam off Afridi, which introduced concerning the declaration.