The second test match is being played between Australia and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Australian team is batting first. Pakistan will be desperate to make a comeback after losing the first match. Pakistan did not have a good start on the field in the second test against Australia. The visiting team played a dangerous Australian opener. david warner Missed the opportunity to get him out early. pakistani star Abdullah Shafiq Dropped an easy catch in the slips. David Warner’s catch was missed on the ball of fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.
David Warner got life on the score of 2 runs
At the time when Abdullah Shafiq dropped the catch of David Warner, Warner was playing after scoring two runs. Shaheen had almost dismissed Warner. But, Shafiq could not catch an easy catch correctly. After this Warner was dismissed by Agha Salman. By the time Warner had scored 38 runs on 83 balls and the Australian team got a good start.
Australia defeated Pakistan by 360 runs in Perth.
Australia defeated visiting team Pakistan by a huge margin of 360 runs in the first test match in Perth. After this solid start, the host team is trying to win the three-Test series. In the second match, Pakistan captain Shan Masood won the toss and decided to bowl. The captain felt that the pitch would help the bowlers after the heavy rain before the match.
David Warner gets a life on two! Shaheen Afridi gets the ball swinging and Abdullah Shafique puts it down at first slip #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/EJc4AptxJk
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 25, 2023
Bowlers are getting help from the pitch
Pakistani fast bowlers got a lot of movement in the form of help from the pitch, but the lease of life given to Warner weakened their side. Warner is going to retire from Test cricket after this series. This experienced batsman scored 164 runs in the first innings of the first test. In that innings too, he got a lease of life on his personal score of 17. Warner was out on zero in the second innings.
Australia did not make any changes
Australia has not made any changes in its playing eleven for the second test. At the same time, Pakistan has made Mohammad Rizwan the wicketkeeper in place of Sarfaraz Ahmed. The team has made a total of three changes. Both fast bowlers Mir Hamza and Hasan Ali have got a chance. Both of them have come in place of injured Khurram Shahzad and Faheem Ashraf, who are out due to injury.
Playing eleven of both the teams
Australia : David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
Pakistan : Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood (captain), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza.