Australia inflicted further pain on Pakistan by passing 500 runs and batting for a second full day but decided against declaring and trying to take late wickets in fading light | tomdecent
Australia inflicted further pain on Pakistan by passing 500 runs and batting for a second full day but decided against declaring and trying to take late wickets in fading light.
Khawaja is hard to criticise given he contributed almost a third of his team’s runs, but the opener added just 33 runs from 40 overs on day two.Australia’s other batters had little desire to up the run rate as day two wore on, with captain Pat Cummins keeping Carey and Mitchell Starc out in the middle during the final hour.
Australia passed 400 for the first time here – and history shows anything over 400 in Karachi is an excellent score. Meanwhile, Khawaja’s dream tour of Pakistan, the country where he spent the first four and a half years of his life, continued just the way he’d planned. Foreign crowds tend to make life difficult for touring teams, but the reception Khawaja received as he walked from the field on day two was something special.
The 22-year-old crunched a six back over Nauman Ali’s head before becoming the left-armer’s first victim of the day courtesy of a delivery that pitched outside leg and clipped the off bail.Head has 31 runs from two innings this series, 10 fewer than Nathan Lyon, who made an entertaining 38 on resumption from nightwatchman duties.
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