Australia declare on fourth day setting Pakistan 506-run target to win  

Published: 11:06 AM, 15 Mar, 2022
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Australia declare on fourth day setting Pakistan 506-run target to win  

Australia Tuesday declared their second innings at 97 runs with the target of 506 runs for Pakistani batters who must have to foil all the reverse swing plan by Australia pacers, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique would like to atone for the first innings mistakes as Mitchell Starc has the new ball with two slips and a gully.

Imam ul Haq asked for a review after a long chat with Shafique. He played forward to one that slid on off the surface. No turn, it thumped into the pad first. No bat. Ball tracking has it hitting in line and smashing the middle of middle! He played for turn and got his pad infront of bat and with it sliding on it hit flush on the shin. Easy decision. Pakistan lose a wicket and a review.

Captain Pat Cummins resisted enforcing the follow-on after rampant quick Mitchell Starc delivered a reverse swing masterclass against a hapless Pakistan batting order to power Australia into an almost impregnable position in the second Test.

Scoreboard
Scoreboard after Australia's second innings on the fourth day of the second Test against Pakistan in Karachi on Tuesday:

Australia 1st innings 556-9 dec (Usman Khawaja 160, A. Carey 93, S. Smith 72; Faheem Ashraf 2-55, Sajid Khan 2-167)

Pakistan 1st innings 148 (Babar Azam 36; M. Starc 3-29)

Australia 2nd innings 97-2 dec 

Usman Khawaja not out                  44

D. Warner c Alam b Hasan                7

M. Labuschagne b Shaheen               44

Extras (b2)                            2

Total (for tw wkts; 22.3 overs)        97

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Warner), 2-97 (Labuschagne)

Bowling: Shaheen 6.3-0-21-1, Hasan 7-0-23-1, Sajid 5-0-31-0, Ashraf 3-0-13-0, Nauman 1-0-7-0

Toss: Australia

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Ahsan Raza (PAK) 

Tv umpire: Rashid Riaz (PAK) 

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

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