Australia vs Pakistan, 1st ODI, January 13, 2017 - Full Commentary
Commentary
Over 42
10:52 AM
Pat Cummins to Riaz, out Caught by Starc!! Australia win by 92 runs. All the Australians run towards Starc, who was the catcher. Hand shakes all around and a happy Australian unit leaves the field. The full delivery was outside off, Riaz bent low and toe-ended the loft towards mid-off. Starc moved sideways and completed the formalities. Riaz c Starc b Pat Cummins 6(8)
WICKET10:51 AM
Pat Cummins to Hasan Ali, 1 run, homing in on off and middle, worked in front of mid-wicket
10:51 AM
Pat Cummins to Riaz, 1 run, full toss on off, Riaz swipes it along the floor to long-on
10:50 AM
Pat Cummins to Riaz, no run, speared in full and on the pads, Riaz jams it onto his pad off the inner portion of the bat
Over 41
10:49 AM
Faulkner to Riaz, 1 run, this time spots the slower ball and works it to mid-wicket, retains strike
over-break10:49 AM
Faulkner to Riaz, 2 runs, almost! Slower delivery once more, Riaz goes for the inside out loft, gets it high on the bat and just about evades the outstretched hand of Smith, who jumped up and still couldn't get a finger on it
10:47 AM
Faulkner to Amir, out Caught by Maxwell!! Faulkner has four. Can he get a maiden 5-fer? The back of the hand slower ball, Amir was going for it no matter what, strides forward and miscues the loft towards extra cover. Maxi backtracks a couple of yards and clings on. Australia are one wicket away from sealing this. Amir c Maxwell b Faulkner 8(10)
WICKET10:47 AM
Faulkner to Amir, 2 runs, fullish and Amir's eyes lit up seeing the width, he threw the kitchen sink at that and carved it over backward point. Lynn and Warner keep it down to a brace
10:46 AM
Faulkner to Riaz, 1 run, drags the slower delivery to long-on. He sunk to his knee to get underneath it
10:46 AM
Faulkner to Amir, 1 run, shortish and outside off, Amir chops the cut towards cover
Over 40
10:45 AM
Pat Cummins to Riaz, no run, very full and almost in the blockhole, Riaz jams it onto his boot and the ball rolls to the off-side
over-break10:44 AM
Pat Cummins to Amir, 1 run, misses the yorker length by an inch or so and Amir drills it to long-off
Key Moments
11:07 AM
Pakistan have plenty to ponder about if they have to go back home with a win. The tour only gets tougher as Azhar Ali might be ruled out with an hamstring injury. Will they be able to turn it around in less than 48 hours? Join us back on Sunday to find out. For now, goodbye and cheers!
10:54 AM
The chase was always going to be difficult for Pakistan, at least keeping their past record in mind. Sharjeel and Azhar Ali got them off to a safe start, but a mini delay in play broke the partnership. From thereon it was a downward slide. Babar Azam and Umar Akmal showed some promise, but once the latter got out it was hard to stop the wicket-flow. Faulkner was the most effective Australian bowler (4/32), he varied it smartly to register his best figures in ODIs and was well support by Cummins (3/33).