Pakistan bowler Aamer Jamal (right) on the second day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, December 27, 2023. Celebrating the dismissal of Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne. (r) Celebrating the dismissal of Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne on the second day of the second cricket Test match between Australia and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, December 27, 2023. . AFP
Pakistan went wild on Wednesday. In the second Test against Australia in Melbourne, they took 7 wickets in the morning session and dismissed the hosts with 318 wickets at lunch. ), Alex Carey (4) and Mitchell Starc, Tomorrow's second round will feature Mitchell Marsh (41), Pat Cummins (13) and Nathan Ryan (8).
Amel Jamal led the attack with 3-64.
After Pakistan won the toss and were selected to play, after David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith were dismissed on a rainy opening day, Australia were bowled out for 187 in cloudy skies conducive to seam bowling. The game continued at 3.
But Labuschagne was rock solid and in one night he scored 44 off 120 balls.
In bright sunshine, he ran alongside Head at number nine and hit a boundary off Shaheen Shah Afridi in the opening over, showing his intention to move Australia's points table.
The explosive header drove Hasan Ali into the ropes with the first ball and got back on track with another in the same over.
But his attacking power came at a cost as he fended off Afridi's wide drive, took a thick edge and was well caught by Aga Salman, who went crazy at slip.
At the other end, Labuschagne held on to mark his 17th Test half.