Australia vs Pakistan, 5th ODI - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Pakistan tour of Australia, 2016-17 Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Date & Time: Jan 26, 01:50 PM LOCAL
Mitch Starc 4-42(9.1 ov)
49.1
Starc to Riaz, out Bowled!! Starc has finished things off. Yorker on the stumps and that uproots Riaz's middle stump after evading his drive. Malik is injured and won't come to bat. So that means Australia win this one by 57 runs and register a 4-1 series victory. Riaz b Starc 17(20) [4s-1]
47.6
Starc to Riaz, no run, fuller ball outside off. Riaz does not connect with the swing
47.5
Starc to Hasan Ali, 1 run, in the air and falls away from cover. Hasan Ali mistimed the loft to his left but the fielder, with all his effort, could not get a hand to it
47.4
Starc to Riaz, 1 run, full toss. Riaz slices the drive in front of Zampa at sweeper. Runs in but fails to get his palms underneath it
47.3
Starc to Riaz, FOUR, Riaz clears his front leg and finally get one where he wanted it. Right over the bowler's head, 300 is up for Pakistan. Too little, too late
47.2
Starc to Riaz, 2 runs, full again. Riaz swings and only just clears the man at mid-on for a couple
47.1
Starc to Hasan Ali, leg byes, 1 run, fired on the legs of Hasan Ali, cannot put bat to that
45.6
Starc to Hasan Ali, 2 runs, full toss outside off. Hasan Ali edges on the bounce to the keeper, who deflects past slip to third man for a single
45.5
Starc to Riaz, 1 run, this time Starc misses the length by a bit and is carved over point for a single
45.4
Starc to Riaz, no run, and another yorker length ball that beats Riaz's drive around off
45.3
Starc to Riaz, no run, inches away from Riaz's off pole. He missed the yorker and is lucky to be there
45.2
Starc to Riaz, no run, yorker again but outside off. Riaz is late to get his bat down in time, beaten
45.1
Starc to Riaz, no run, yorker on the stumps. Riaz jams into the pitch
28.6
Starc to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, full ball. Jams the drive in front of Warner at mid-off, takes him on and completes the run
28.5
Starc to Shoaib Malik, 2 runs, Shoaib Malik does a similar thing but his tuck is a little squarer and hence he can afford to come back for the second as well. Good piece of running
28.4
Starc to Babar Azam, 1 run, gets inside the line and tucks to fine leg for a single
28.3
Starc to Shoaib Malik, 1 run, Shoaib Malik drives this length ball to cover. Cummins tumbles trying to field and deflects for a single
28.2
Starc to Babar Azam, 1 run, works the angle from Starc and forces the drive to sweeper cover
28.2
Starc to Babar Azam, wide, hurled down the leg-side. Babar Azam fails to glance it and it is called a wide
28.1
Starc to Babar Azam, FOUR, this is mediocre from Handscomb at sweeper cover. It was driven to him and he was a bit lazy to get low, the ball brushed his fingers and trickled down to the fence
26.6
Starc to Shoaib Malik, no run, short ball around off and middle. Shoaib Malik half-ducks and lets it go over him
26.5
Starc to Shoaib Malik, no run, Shoaib Malik drives this fuller length delivery and finds cover
26.4
Starc to Shoaib Malik, no run, 145.9 kph for the new man. Naturally he will be hurried a bit. Right on top of off, Shoaib Malik pokes back to Starc
26.3
Starc to Hafeez, out Caught by Smith!! Edged and taken at first slip. There is just one slip in form of the captain himself and he is not going to drop those. It was a back of a length delivery and Hafeez pushed at it away from his body. The angle from Starc was always taking it away from him and as a result the edge was produced. Carries at a nice height to the skipper and now Pakistan find themselves in a bit of bother. Starc has got two in no time and Australia will think this might just be enough to break Pakistan's morale. Hafeez c Smith b Starc 3(6)
26.2
Starc to Hafeez, no run, Starc gathers in his followthrough and throws at Hafeez's bat. It was a full ball driven back to him and Starc is not shying away from showing his aggression
26.1
Starc to Hafeez, no run, slower ball. Hafeez waits and taps to point
24.6
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, bouncer and right at Babar Azam, who is forced to sit under it
24.5
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, gets a full ball on the stumps, drives off the meat of the bat but finds mid-on
24.4
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, out Caught by Wade!! Oh Starc, the go to man of Australia. He has done it. He has got the better of Sharjeel Khan with his sheer pace. The effort ball, bent his back and got the ball to rise a lot. Sharjeel Khan wanted to pull and the ball got big on him, took the top edge of the bat and flew to the right of the keeper. Wade treks and grabs it. Australia are back in it. Sharjeel Khan c Wade b Starc 79(69) [4s-9 6s-2]
24.3
Starc to Babar Azam, 1 run, fuller around middle and leg. Babar Azam pushes from the crease to mid-on for a single
24.2
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, slanted across Babar Azam, tries to jam it away but fails to connect
24.1
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, length delivery around off, Babar Azam mistimes the drive to the bowler
6.6
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, 150.4ks full delivery outside off. Driven along the ground straight to mid-off
6.5
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Babar Azam fishes at that and gets beaten on the outside edge
6.4
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, 1 run, yorker tailing into the left-hander, Sharjeel's bat turns on the impact as he tries to flick it to the on-side. End up hitting it straighter towards Warner at long-on
6.3
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run, Starc goes for the yorker, Khan gets his bat down in time to push it back to Starc
6.2
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, FOUR, Sharjeel Khan gets it away. He struggled to get this shot away the previous over. This time he get on top of this short delivery and short arm jabs it over square leg for a boundary
6.1
Starc to Babar Azam, 1 run, full and swinging in, Babar Azam gets a big stride forward and knocks it to cover
4.6
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run, full delivery outside off, Sharjeel pushes it to point
4.5
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run, and again, short delivery at the body, Sharjeel misses the whip and is pinged on the thigh pad
4.4
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run, Sharjeel gets hit on the body looking to tuck it away
4.3
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run, Starc shortens his length, Sharjeel tries to pull with one leg up in the air. The ball rolls to the on-side off the thigh pad
4.2
Starc to Babar Azam, 3 runs, 145.5ks low full toss on the pads. Babar Azam clips it off his toes to deep mid-wicket and collects three before the ball is hunted down
4.1
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, Babar Azam stands tall and punches it to cover
2.6
Starc to Babar Azam, 1 run, full and well outside off, Azam steers it down to third man
2.5
Starc to Babar Azam, no run, good length delivery outside off, driven down to mid-off
2.4
Starc to Azhar Ali, out Lbw!! Full and swinging in, Azhar Ali falls over on the flick and misses it completely. The ball thuds him on the front pad and in front of middle. Starc go up for a loud shout and the umpire raises his finger in a flash. Azhar Ali doesn't think of a review either as it was dead in front. Azhar Ali lbw b Starc 6(8) [4s-1]
2.3
Starc to Azhar Ali, FOUR,
2.2
Starc to Azhar Ali, no run,
2.1
Starc to Azhar Ali, no run,
0.6
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run,
0.5
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run,
0.4
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, 2 runs, short delivery on the stumps, Sharjeel pulls
0.4
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, wide, short delivery down the leg, Sharjeel looks to pull and its well down leg
0.3
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run, play and a miss as Sharjeel forces the shot to the off-side. Gets beaten on the outside edge
0.2
Starc to Sharjeel Khan, no run, this one angles down the leg, Sharjeel misses and is rapped on the pad. The line was down leg
0.1
Starc to Azhar Ali, 1 run, Ali taps it to cover and scampers for a quick single
0.1
Starc to Azhar Ali, wide, Starc looks for the swing and gets it down leg, wide called
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