In the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday, Pat Cummins and Nathan Ryan put Australia on top as Pakistan posted 194-6, still 124 runs behind on the second day. It is attached.
At Stamps, Cummins took the important wickets of Abdullah Shafiq (62), Babar Azam (1) and Agha Salman (5) before Mohammad Rizwan was on 29 and Aamer Jamal not out for 2 It was on.
Lyon contributed by beating Imam ul Haq (10) and Shan Massoud (54), while Josh Hazlewood beat Saud Shakir with his nine to claim Australia's first Test win since 1995. The dream of Pakistan is gone.
"We thought we had bowled enough before tea without much of a reward. They obviously fought pretty well," said Captain Cummins. "But in the end it was good to get some big wickets and we feel good in their standings now.
"I was really happy," he added of Australia's batting performance. ``I thought the batsmen did a great job in getting to 300. It was tough.''
The visiting team took seven wickets in the morning session on pitches with seams and swings, and the host team was limited to 318 points.
Aamer Jamal led Pakistan's attack with 3-64 as Australia rallied to 187-3 after being sent into bat, with Marnus Labuschani top-scoring with 63. Haq and Shafiq got off to a good start in the opener, overcoming a series of strong appeals. But the veteran spinner Lion, who had just taken H
, finally took his 500 wicket in the first Test at Perth and reaped the reward when Huq fended Labuschagne at slip .
Shafiq reached Australia's first Test fifty and Pakistan were undeterred and continued to improve their run rate after tea, finishing fifth overall, four ahead of Mitchell Starc.
However, the 90-run partnership with Masood was broken by Cummins, who showed sharp reflexes and stuck out his left hand after taking a catch off his own bowling to stop Shafiq from staying.
Full of fireworks, he then bowled dangerous man Azam, then Masood made an error and when Mitchell Marsh took a good catch with Sun in mind, Lyon came back to take the second wicket. Ta.
Hazlewood looked after Shakeel until Cummins retired and took charge of Salman, who was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey and sent Pakistan into trouble.
``As a batsman, it hurts,'' Shafiq said. “But I hope we recover from this ongoing partnership.”