Pakistan face a HUGE first innings deficit in second Test against Australia, as they collapse to eight for 100 in a feeble response to the visitors’ 556
- Australia declared on nine for 556 in their first innings of second Test
- Pakistan reduced to eight for 100 in the third session of Day 3 in Karachi
- Mitchell Starc claimed three wickets in just 13 overs as visitors ran riot
- Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon and Cameron Green took one wicket each
- Debutant Mitchell Swepson ran out Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique
Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc used reverse swing to devastating effect Monday, claiming three wickets as Pakistan struggled to eight for 100 on the third day of the second Test in Karachi.
At the tea break skipper Babar Azam was on a fighting 29 and Hasan Ali yet to score as the home team chase 257 to avoid the follow-on with just three wickets intact.
Australia had declared their first innings on a mammoth nine for 556.
Mitchell Starc ran through Pakistan’s batting line-up, claiming three wickets on Monday
Starc, who went wicketless in the drawn first Test in Rawalpindi last week, had Azhar Ali (14), Fawad Alam (nought) and Sajid Khan (five) out as Pakistan lost six wickets in the space of 62 runs in the session.
It all went wrong in the first over after lunch when Imam-ul-Haq – who scored twin centuries in the opening Test – fell to a rash shot for 20, lofting spinner Nathan Lyon to skipper Pat Cummins at mid-on.
Starc then had Azhar caught in the slips and next ball trapped Alam with a sharp in-dipping yorker. He almost had a hat-trick when Mohammad Rizwan was beaten neck and crop, but didn’t edge.
Rizwan didn’t last long, however, as he edged Cummins for wicketkeeper Alex Carey to take a simple catch on six, and next over Cameroon Green trapped Faheem…
Source : dailymail
