MELBOURNE -The 2-day apply match between Pakistan and Victoria XI, performed at Junction Oval in Melbourne, led to a draw.
The day prior to this noticed Pakistan declare their first innings at 323-8, helped by half-centuries by Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha. In reply, Victoria XI posted 272-Four earlier than declaring. Pakistan then posted 57-Three of their second innings, when stumps have been known as.
Victoria XI began the day trailing by 276 runs, with Marcus Harris and Blake Thomson on the crease. Thomson (30, 46b, 7x4s) was caught off Mir Hamza’s bowling early within the day however Harris went on to register a century (126, 131b, 22x4s, 1×6). Dylan Brasher was the opposite contributor with the bat. He scored an unbeaten half-century (79 not out, 105b, 12x4s), which helped the staff scale back the first-innings deficit to 51 runs.
Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mir Hamza and Sajid Ali all returned with a wicket every. Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafique opened the batting for Pakistan of their second innings. Shan fell cheaply to Matthew Fotia. Sarfaraz Ahmed, who changed Shan on the crease, was dismissed by Sam Elliott for 10.
Abdullah, who hit a 44-ball-39 together with seven boundaries, was the highest scorer for Pakistan for the day. After Abdullah fell to Tyler Pearson within the 12th over of the innings, the 2 captains shook arms and the match was drawn. Pakistan will play their second Take a look at of the three-match sequence in opposition to Australia on the Melbourne Cricket Floor beginning 26 December.