Updated: 30 December 2023 22.15 IST
WTC 2023-25: Updated Points Table After AUS vs PAK 2nd Test. Pakistan’s 15-year hunt for winning test in Australian soli continues as Shaan Masood led the team to lose the second test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first at MCG. But the Australian batsman proved their decision wrong as they managed to score a challenging total of 318 on board. Australia defeated Pakistan by 79 runs and sealed the 3-match test series . It was Pakistan’s 16th consecutive test loss in Australia. Third and last test will be played from 3 to 7 January at Sydney.
Captain Pat Cummins who took fifer adjudged man of the match in boxing day test.
WTC 2023-25: Updated Points Table After AUS vs PAK 2nd Test
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Aus vs Pakistan 2nd test Brief Scorecard
Aus 1st Inning- 318
David Warner- 38, Usman Khawaja- 32, M Labuschagne- 63, M Marsh- 42, S Smith- 26
Aamer Jamal- 3, S Afridi- 2, Mir Hamza- 2, Hasan Ali-2
Pak 1st inning- 264
Abdullah Shaique- 62, Shan Masood- 54, Md Rizwan- 42, Aamer Jamal- 33, Shaheen Afridi- 21
Pat Cummins- 5, Nathan Lyon- 4, Hazlewood- 1
Aus 2nd Inning- 262
M Marsh- 96, A Carey- 53, S Smith- 50
S Afridi-4, M Hamza- 4, A Jamal- 2
Pak 2nd Inning- 237
S Masood- 60, Ali Agha- 50, Babar Azam- 41, Md Rizwan- 35
Pat Cummins- 5, M Starc- 4