Latest Score: Australia All Out For 126 in 44.2 Overs; Asif Claimed 6 wicket for 41 Runs, While Sami Took 3 Wickets for 27 and Umar Gul Snatches the Last Wicket
SYDNEY: Fast bowlers Mohammad Sami and Mohammad Asif devastatingly bowled to demolish the Australian batting line as the hosts reeling at 67 runs for seven wickets at tea on the opening day of the second Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Australia’s all regular batsmen have returned to the pavilion and now bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Hauritz are at the crease with seven and two, respectively.
Asif grabbed four wickets for 18 runs from 11overs and Sami staged his comeback with three for 21 from 10 overs.
Earlier, captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first on the rain-affected pitch. The play started a while later after lunch in overcast conditions on a pitch with plenty of grass on it.
Shane Watson opened the innings with Phillip Hughes coming in for the injured Simon Katich but they could not resist against the devatating bowling by Asif and Sami.
Hughes was dropped by Umar Akmal in the gully off Sami’s very first ball but soon he got two wickets on two balls, dismissing Hughes and Ponting on ducks.
However, Sami could not get hat-trick as his appeal for lbw was rejected after referral was called. The replay showed that Watson was struck outline the of off and he was playing a shot.
Later, Watson, fresh from making his maiden Test century in Melbourne, also departed caught behind by Kamran Akmal again off Sami for six and Australia were ten for three.
Later Asif in his second spell demolished the remaining batting line – dismissing Mike Hussey (28), Michael Clarke (3), Marcus North (10) and Brad Haddin (6).
Australia made one change in their team with Phillip Hughes at the top of the order while Pakistan made three changes with bowlers Sami, Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria replacing injured Mohamamd Aamer, Abdul Rauf and Saeed Ajmal.
Australia: Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (captain), Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger. 12th man: Clint McKay.
Pakistan: Mohammad Yousuf (captain), Imran Farhat, Salman Butt, Faisal Iqbal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Danish Kaneria. 12th man: Khurram Manzoor.
Australia’s all regular batsmen have returned to the pavilion and now bowlers Mitchell Johnson and Nathan Hauritz are at the crease with seven and two, respectively.
Asif grabbed four wickets for 18 runs from 11overs and Sami staged his comeback with three for 21 from 10 overs.
Earlier, captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first on the rain-affected pitch. The play started a while later after lunch in overcast conditions on a pitch with plenty of grass on it.
Shane Watson opened the innings with Phillip Hughes coming in for the injured Simon Katich but they could not resist against the devatating bowling by Asif and Sami.
Hughes was dropped by Umar Akmal in the gully off Sami’s very first ball but soon he got two wickets on two balls, dismissing Hughes and Ponting on ducks.
However, Sami could not get hat-trick as his appeal for lbw was rejected after referral was called. The replay showed that Watson was struck outline the of off and he was playing a shot.
Later, Watson, fresh from making his maiden Test century in Melbourne, also departed caught behind by Kamran Akmal again off Sami for six and Australia were ten for three.
Later Asif in his second spell demolished the remaining batting line – dismissing Mike Hussey (28), Michael Clarke (3), Marcus North (10) and Brad Haddin (6).
Australia made one change in their team with Phillip Hughes at the top of the order while Pakistan made three changes with bowlers Sami, Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria replacing injured Mohamamd Aamer, Abdul Rauf and Saeed Ajmal.
Australia: Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (captain), Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger. 12th man: Clint McKay.
Pakistan: Mohammad Yousuf (captain), Imran Farhat, Salman Butt, Faisal Iqbal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Sami, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Danish Kaneria. 12th man: Khurram Manzoor.
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