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MELBOURNE : Pakistan will hope Shaheen Afridi can bowl himself back into form and his batting team mates can rebuild confidence in a two-day tour match before trying to save the test series against Australia in Melbourne.
The Pakistan team is set to play a two-day practice game against Victoria XI before the Boxing Day Test against Australia on December 22 and 23. Australia's all-rounded performance sunk Pakistan as the Asian Giants ended up suffering a massive 360-run defeat. Originally, this game was not a part of the tour, but Pakistan made a request to arrange the game due to concerns about lack of practice according to ESPNcricinfo. This game won't be like a four-day Test affair against the Prime Minister's XI, the Pakistan team will get the opportunity to try more than 11 players as it is not a first-class game.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said that India is the only side that looks likely to compete against Australia in Australian conditions. Vaughan's comments came after Pakistan were defeated comprehensively by Australia in the first Test match in Perth on Sunday. Pakistan were bowled out for just 89 in the second innings as the Pat Cummins-led side marched on to a 360-run victory. Vaughan took to social media to point out how clinical Australia were in their approach and said that India are the only side that look like they can compete against the Aussies.
Australia's veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon was still in a state of disbelief after completing 500 Test wickets during their thumping 360-run victory over Pakistan on Sunday in the first Test of the three-match series. The 35-year-old walked into his first Test for Australia after picking up an injury during the Ashes earlier this year. He entered the Optus Stadium just four wickets shy of the 500-wicket landmark. In the first session, he scalped three, needing just one wicket in the second session to reach the remarkable feat. With Australia pacers removing Pakistan batters at a brisk pace, it seemed as if Lyon would have to wait for another Test to pick his 500th Test wicket.
Australian opener David Warner has had a superb start in the three-match Test series against Pakistan on Thursday. The southpaw hushed all doubters about his form in Test cricket on the opening day of xxthe first Test against Pakistan, slamming a typically explosive 164 off 211 balls in a spectacular start to his farewell series. During his knock, Warner also got involved in a verbal exchange with Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi and he later gave a detail of what actually happened.
It was a disappointing day for Pakistan when it came to fielding as they missed multiple catches on Day 1 of the first Test match against Australia in Perth on Thursday. Warner was dropped by Khurram Shahzad just after reaching his hundred and he even survived a stumping chance when Sarfaraz Khan failed to collect the ball properly. However, the one miss that attracted a lot of attention online was when Abdullah Shafique missed an absolute sitter to dismiss Usman Khawaja. Shafique misread the catch completely and the ball fell on his hand before rolling to the boundary for a four.
Veteran opener David Warner hammered a gritty 164 to silence the critics and steer Australia to 346-5 against an inconsistent Pakistan attack in the first Test at Perth on Thursday. The 37-year-old batted for much of day one before finally departing to Aamer Jamal, two balls after smashing the debutant for six. At stumps, Mitchell Marsh was unbeaten on 15 and Alex Carey not out 14. Pakistan have never won a Test series in Australia and have failed to win a Test in the country since 1995, with Shan Masood's side again facing a daunting task.
Warner slams 164 as Australia take control against Pakistan