Fourth day of the test match which was far better than the third day for Pakistan Cricket Team captain and players with hopes, Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique pushed the match to save or make the test on final day. Babar Azam playing on 102* while Abdullah Shafique on 71*. Pakistan has to play 90 more overs to score 314 runs to win this match or at least to save the match while Australia need 8 wickets.
Australian Captain Pat Cummins who declared inning on 97/2 with target of 506 runs in 172 overs. It was looking much difficult for Pakistan to survive in the shadow of third day game when Pakistan team slipped on 148 only on day third. Pat Cummins was the man who decided to avail the chance of carry on the pressure but in the second inning after loosing two early wickets of Imam Ul Haq (1) and Azhar Ali (6) on 2/1 and 21/2 respectively, both played for world record partnership of 171 runs.
Babar Azam completed his century in style and gestured to the dressing room that he is not going any where an will stay at the crease till the odds ended. Babar Azam considering final day a big day for both the teams and said there is plenty of hard work to do on final day.
“Match is not over yet, tomorrow is big day an they will continue to play the way they played today, We practiced the reverse swing before coming here and tried to play late and close to body and my message to all batsmen coming after me that keep calm and committed” Babar Azam said at day end talk.
Australian bowling camp attacked from all the corners to get the wicket but they failed even Pat Cummins got the new ball for last two overs and bowled in the block hole, and luckily Babar Azam saved with his bat.
There is still chance for us and fifth day will be interesting said Assistant coach Australian Cricket team Michael Di Venuto at day end presser.
“We are looking for break through and 20 overs are very important for us to get in, but look the important thing is for us to break this partnership and than the surface can help which has plenty of bounce and turn also there” said in press conference.
Mitchell Swepson bowling well as debutant and on target but unluckily failed to get any wicket and he is the real threat for Pakistan team on day five.
Pakistan batsmen yet to bat are Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Hassan Ali and Shaheen Afridi.
Australia 556/9d & 97/2d Usman Khawaja 160 & 44, Alex Carey 93, Steve Smith 72
Pakistan 148 & 192/2 Babar Azam 36 & 102*, Abdulla Shafique 13 & 71*
