Imam-ul-Haq (42) and Abdullah Shafiq (27) are at the wicket at the end of the fourth day's play.
Lahore (Urdu Point News Latest. March 24, 2022) At the end of the fourth day's play in the third and decisive Test match of the ongoing series between Pakistan and Australia, the national team scored 73 runs without any loss, Imam-ul-Haq 42 and Abdullah Shafiq 27. Pakistan are chasing the 351-run target set by Australia for the win as the visitors declared their second innings at 227 for three, Usman Khawaja said. Out scored 104 runs.
On the fourth day of the match, the Kangaroos led their second innings by 11 runs without loss, their first wicket before the lunch break fell to 96 when Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled opener David Warner for 51 while Khan After the break, Marinus Lubushin also returned to the pavilion with 36 runs off Noman Ali's ball. After that, when Naseem Shah dismissed Steve Smith, he had scored 17 runs. After the tea break, when the Kangaroos scored 3 With 227 runs and an overall lead of 350 runs, Australian captain Pat Cummins declared the innings and Pakistan got a target of 351 runs to win the match.
On the third day of the Lahore Test, Pakistan's batting line was piled up at 268 in reply to Australia's first innings score of 391, which started the day at 90 for one but Abdullah Shafiq scored 81 after the lunch break. Nathan Lane's ball was bowled out, Azhar Ali played an innings of 78 runs and was caught by Pat Cummins' ball and after the tea break Fawad Alam scored 13 runs and was bowled by Mitchell Starc, Mohammad Rizwan scored one run. Mitchell was bowled by Stark and Sajid Khan was bowled by Pat Cummins.
When Noman Ali came to support Babar Azam, he returned to the pavilion at 268 and Pakistan suffered the 7th loss. After that Hassan Ali, Babar Azam and Naseem Shah could not add anything to the total score. Abdullah Shafiq (81), Azhar Ali (78) and Babar Azam (67) were the standout batsmen.
It may be recalled that the first Test match between the two teams played in Rawalpindi and the second Test match in Karachi was drawn while Australia did not make any change in their squad for the third and final Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Playing XI was retained but a change was made in the team by Pakistan and Naseem Shah has been made part of the team for the last Test in place of Faheem Ashraf.
Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Captain Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Fawad Alam, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hassan Ali and Naseem. Shah has been included in the playing XI while Australia has included Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Marnos LeBushin, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lane and Mitchell Swapson.