Australia vs Pakistan, 3rd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Pakistan tour of Australia, 2023-24 Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Date & Time: Jan 03-Jan 06, 10:30 AM LOCAL
Mir Hamza 1-53(21 ov)
97.6
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, 126.6ph, cut to deep backward point
97.5
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 124.6kph, short of length ball, Marsh allows the ball to come to him and defends into off
97.4
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, 132.2kph, thumping cover drive. Width on offer, fuller length ball, Marsh walks forward, leans across before drilling it through the covers. The deficit is under 50 now!
97.3
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 129.6kph, fuller length, hint of inswing, Marsh blocks solidly off the front foot
97.2
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 126.5kph, back of a length, Mitchell Marsh walks across and forward to defend
97.1
Mir Hamza to Carey, leg byes, 1 run, 129.1kph, full and down leg, Carey misses the flick. The ball rolls to the right of the keeper off the batter's pad
95.6
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 127.7kph, fuller in length, closer to off and Marsh is content in stonewalling it
95.5
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 129kph, Marsh walks across, lunges forward and defends this fullish ball back to the bowler
95.4
Mir Hamza to Carey, 1 run, 131.3kph, short of a good length ball, once again the line is a bit too straight, tucked through midwicket
95.3
Mir Hamza to Carey, no run, 128.4kph, Hamza is struggling with his line. Swinging in on the pads and luckily for him, the batter misses the flick. Off the pad and Rizwan dives to stop it
95.2
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, 127.4kph, Hamza overcorrects and bowls a fullish ball onto the pads, flicked to deep midwicket
95.1
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, 127.8kph, from round the wicket, Hamza bowls a full delivery wide of off. A big stride forward from the big man and he batters the drive through the covers. Not a muscle moved! Fifty partnership
93.6
Mir Hamza to Carey, FOUR, shot! 130.8kph, hint of away swing, Carey is seeing the ball well. A good stride forward and he nails the cover drive. Makes a cracking sound. The ball speeds away to the fence
93.5
Mir Hamza to Carey, 2 runs, inswinger, too full and too straight, flicked to deep midwicket. The man at deep square leg runs to his right to mop it up
93.4
Mir Hamza to Carey, no run, 130.1kph, outswinger, Carey drives straight to mid-off off the front foot
93.3
Mir Hamza to Carey, 2 runs, 133.5kph, outswinger, Carey square-drives with the swing to deep point for a couple of runs
93.2
Mir Hamza to Carey, no run, 132.8kph, pitched up delivery on off and middle, Carey drives it back to the bowler
93.1
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, 127.8kph, width on offer, scythed to deep backward point
91.6
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, leg byes, 1 run, short of length ball around leg-stump, Mitchell Marsh looks to tuck it across but it deflects off his thigh pad towards fine leg for a leg bye
91.5
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, nicely played! Fractionally overpitched, swinging away a bit, Mitchell Marsh doesn't move his front foot much but shows a straight bat. Good timing on that as he drives it past his partner. Mid-off gives it a chase but to no avail
91.5
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, wide, a wayward delivery wide outside off, Mitchell Marsh has nothing to do with it. It has been wided
91.4
Mir Hamza to Carey, 1 run, ooh, tentative! Hard length ball around off, Carey looks to punch it through covers but gets an inside edge right through his legs towards square leg. A single taken
91.3
Mir Hamza to Carey, no run, full ball swinging down leg, Carey looks to glance and misses
91.2
Mir Hamza to Carey, no run, fullish ball on off, swinging away a bit, Carey leans ahead and eases it to covers
91.1
Mir Hamza to Carey, no run, on a fuller length around off, Carey leans ahead and defends it solidly
77.6
Mir Hamza to Head, 3 runs, 135.3kph, fuller and straighter, flicked away through backward square leg. Oh, there's a collision. Shafique runs back from square leg, Jamal sprints to his right from long leg. The former puts in the slide even as Jamal gets close to the ball and almost knocks him out. Neither called for it and that was dangerous stuff from Shafique. Would have received a red card in football for such a tackle...
77.5
Mir Hamza to Head, no run, 131.6kph, jags back in with a bit of extra bounce, Head stands tall to turn it to square leg off the inner half of the bat
77.4
Mir Hamza to Head, no run, 130.3kph, back of a length, punched back to the bowler
77.3
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, 134.3kph, round the wicket, low bounce from a short of a good length, Marsh looks to push it into the off-side and gets an inside edge towards square leg
77.2
Mir Hamza to Head, 1 run, 134.3kph, punched to the right of mid-off and Head gets off the mark. It's taken him 13 deliveries
77.1
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, 137kph, a big stride forward to force this length ball to deep point
75.6
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 116.2kph, off-speed ball on a fuller length, Marsh spots it and solidly blocks off the front foot
75.5
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 135.8kph, pitched up outside off, Marsh makes good contact with his square drive but he can't get it past point
75.4
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 131.9kph, walks forward to punch-drive and inside-edges onto his back leg
75.3
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 136.1kph, full on leg and middle, played back at the bowler
75.2
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 133.4kph, full delivery, defended into the leg-side off the inner half of the bat
75.1
Mir Hamza to Mitchell Marsh, no run, 134.4kph, full delivery, Marsh presses forward to block
73.6
Mir Hamza to Head, no run, 130.3kph, short of length, comes in with the angle and Head misses the tuck to get hit high on the thigh. Wicket-maiden!
73.5
Mir Hamza to Head, no run, 132.5kph, in the air and safe! Head pushes with hard hands against this in-angler. Well wide of short midwicket and miles short of mid-on
73.4
Mir Hamza to Head, no run, with a slip in place, Mir Hamza bowls a length ball on off, Head knocks it to mid-on
73.3
Mir Hamza to Head, no run, pitched up ball, doesn't swing in like MCG and Head jams the drive towards mid-off. Hamza loses his balance and falls after releasing the ball
73.2
Mir Hamza to Smith, out Caught by Babar Azam!! Trap set right in front of his eyes and Smith falls for it! The Pakistanis are cock-a-hoop. Smith, meanwhile, shakes his head in disbelief as he takes the long walk back. Full ball, asking the batter to drive. Smith walks forward and across to play an aerial drive. Doesn't get the necessary elevation. Babar Azam, at short extra cover, times his jump perfectly to take an overhead catch. The partnership has been broken. Replays show that the ball held onto the pitch a bit and hit the batter high on the bat. Smith c Babar Azam b Mir Hamza 38(86) [4s-3]
73.1
Mir Hamza to Smith, no run, 128.8kph, full delivery, Smith drives to short cover point
53.6
Mir Hamza to Smith, no run, pitched up ball on off, eased to mid-on
53.5
Mir Hamza to Smith, FOUR, shot! The previous ball has made Smith more alert. His front foot moves nicely towards the fullish ball outside off and he creams the drive through covers. Good timing and the ball races away to the ropes
53.4
Mir Hamza to Smith, no run, ooh, that almost kissed the off-pole! Mir Hamza lands this one on a fuller length outside off and got it to jag back prodigiously, Smith plants his front foot across and decides to leave it. That once came back much more than Smith aniticipated
53.3
Mir Hamza to Smith, no run, back of a length ball outside off, left alone and it goes on the bounce to Rizwan
53.2
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, 1 run, the first run after 33 balls and it's met by a huge cheer from the crowd! Labuschagne drives this one crisply towards mid-off and scurries across to the other end
53.1
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length ball shaping in on off, Labuschagne puts his head down and blocks it to the right of Mir Hamza
51.6
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, 125kph hard length ball on off, Labuschagne camps back and blocks it down the track
51.5
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, 128.4kph back of a length ball on off, keeps low, Labuschagne has to adjust in his stance to block it out
51.4
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, Mir Hamza once again keeps it fullish around off and angles it in, searching for a nick. Labuschagne prods ahead and is solid in his defence
51.3
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, 131.2kph good length ball outside off, Labuschagne lets it go and it dies down on its way to the keeper
51.2
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, pitched up ball around off, Labuschagne covers the line and blocks it to Babar at short mid-wicket
51.1
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length ball in the tight off-stump channel, Labuschagne hangs back and blocks it besides the pitch on the leg-side
49.6
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length ball outside off, Labuschagne remains circumspect in approach and leaves it again
49.5
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, that's nicely bowled! Pitches this one on a back of a length outside off and gets it to move in nicely, Labuschagne moves across his stumps and lets it through
49.4
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, fuller in length outside off at 129.5 clicks, left alone and it carries on the bounce to Rizwan
49.3
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length ball angling in on off, Labuschagne gets behind the line in defence
49.2
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, on a length outside off, Labuschagne lets it sail through to Rizwan
49.1
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, full length ball well outside off, Labuschagne doesn't flirt with danger
47.6
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, full length ball shaping in on off, Labuschagne leans ahead and blocks it to the right of Mir Hamza
47.5
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, Mir Hamza lets out a grunt while he bowls this one. Good length ball outside off, shaping in with the natural angle, Labuschagne has his off-stump covered and makes an assured leave
47.4
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, FOUR, elegant stuff from Labuschagne! Pitched up ball, too straight this time, Labuschagne stays well balanced and flicks it past the diving mid-wicket fielder to get the desired result
47.3
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length ball outside off, angling in, Labuschagne lifts his bat and lets it through
47.2
Mir Hamza to Smith, 1 run, on a length outside off, tapped past backward point for the first run of the day
47.1
Mir Hamza to Smith, no run, Mir Hamza starts off from round the wicket and bowls a fullish ball, driven to mid-off
37.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, 1 run, good length ball angling in on off from over the wicket, turned to mid-wicket for a single
37.5
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, 1 run, shortish delivery on leg-stump, Labuschagne pulls it to deep backward square leg to rotate strike
37.4
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length ball delivery outside off, Labuschagne lifts his arms to let it go
37.3
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, hard length ball on off, Labuschagne gets behind the line in defence
37.2
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, fractionally overpitched outside off, Labuschagne drives it straight to the fielder at covers. Missed out there, was there to be hit
37.1
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length ball outside off, Labuschagne lifts his arms to let it go
35.6
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, 3 runs, fractionally overpitched around off, Labuschagne flicks it nicely through mid-wicket. Good timing on that. Hasan Ali gives it a chase and slides near the fence to make a good stop. Saves a run for his side. Nothing ginger about the way Hasan Ali dived there, his ankle seems to be fine
35.5
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, in the tight off-stump channel, Labuschagne blocks it towards short mid-wicket
35.4
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, fuller in length, coming in with the natural angle, Labuschagne trusts where his off-stump is and makes an assured leave
35.3
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, nicely bowled! Skiddy back of a length ball outside off at 132 clicks, Labuschagne lifts his arms to let it go
35.2
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, 2 runs, fuller length ball shaping in, Labuschagne opens the bat face and steers it wide of backward point. Played that with soft hand and picks up a couple of runs
35.1
Mir Hamza to Labuschagne, no run, Mir Hamza switches to round the wicket and angles in a full ball, Labuschagne eases it towards mid-on
33.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, 1 run, on a length around off, Khawaja hangs back and dabs it to backward point for a single
33.5
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, Khawaja hops to the short of length delivery on off and tucks it to mid-wicket
33.4
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, full ball swinging in on off, driven towards mid-on
33.3
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, short of length ball outside off, Khawaja lifts his arms to let it go
33.2
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, on a driveable length on the sixth stump channel. inviting Khawaja to go for a drive but he resists
33.1
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, back of a length ball and a bit of width on offer, Khawaja cuts hard but finds the point fielder who is standing a bit deep
31.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, Khawaja hangs back to the short of length delivery and blocks it down the track
31.5
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, pacy full ball slanting down leg, Khawaja looks to flick and is struck on the front pad. Was slanting down leg hence no real appeal
31.4
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, 135.3kph back of a length ball, shaping in, Khawaja camps back and blocks it back to Mir Hamza
31.3
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, 130.8kph pitched up ball outside off, Khawaja leans into it and eases it to extra cover
31.2
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, back of a length ball outside off, Khawaja lets it go
31.1
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, pitched up ball shaping in on off, pushed to the fielder at mid-off
11.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, full ball down leg, left alone
11.5
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, almost induced the outside edge! That's a beauty! In the corridor of uncertainty, straightening after pitching, Khawaja is squared up as he looks to block and is beaten on the outside edge. The replay shows that the noise was that of the ball brushing the back pocket of Khawaja
11.4
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, 131.7kph good length ball down leg, Khawaja lets it through to Rizwan
11.3
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, that's a wayward delivery! Full ball wide outside off, Khawaja has nothing to do with it
11.2
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, back of a length ball on off, Khawaja tucks it to short mid-wicket
11.1
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, that was a brave leave! In the corridor of uncertainty, shaping away just a touch, Khawaja lifts his arms and lets it go. Wasn't far from the off-stump
9.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, this one shapes back to catch Khawaja off-guard. Swings in but it's leg sidish, Khawaja looks to flick and wears it on his pads
9.5
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, pitched up ball outside off, swinging away, Khawaja lets it go
9.4
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, a chirpy appeal for caught behind is denied! Full ball swinging down leg, Khawaja looks to glance and misses as it carries through to Rizwan. There wasn't any bat involved
9.3
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, length ball well outside off, moves away with extra bounce, Khawaja has nothing to do with it
9.2
Mir Hamza to Warner, 1 run, back of a length ball on off-stump, Warner tucks it towards square leg for a brisk single
9.1
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, 1 run, fullish ball swinging towards the leg-stump, glanced to deep backward square leg for a single
7.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, that's a jaffa! In the corridor of uncertainty, pitches and then seams away to open Khawaja up in his stance. He has to play at it and is foxed completely. Mir Hamza fell over after delivering the ball
7.5
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, back of a length ball shaping in from around off, Khawaja hangs back and defends it towards covers
7.4
Mir Hamza to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, full ball swinging down, Warner moves inside the line and tries to glance but it deflects off his pads towards backward square leg for a leg bye
7.3
Mir Hamza to Warner, no run, full ball swinging down leg, Warner looks to flick it and misses
7.2
Mir Hamza to Warner, no run, on a length on off as Mir Hamza lets out a grunt after bowling it, Warner is right behind it in defence
7.1
Mir Hamza to Warner, no run, full ball attacking the base of off-stump, Warner gets low in his stance and blocks it solidly
5.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, pitched up ball outside off, shapes away again, left alone
5.5
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, full length ball attacking the stumps, Khawaja gets squared up by the away movement but manages to defend it towards covers
5.4
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, 132.6kph back of a length in line of the stumps, Khawaja looks to keep it out but is hit near the box region
5.3
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, good length ball on off, shaping away, Khawaja lifts his bat to let it sail through to Rizwan
5.2
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, pitched up ball around off, swings away, not close enough to draw Khawaja into a shot
5.1
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, good length ball around off, moving away, Khawaja lets it go
3.6
Mir Hamza to Warner, no run, in the channel, swinging away, Warner covers the line and blocks it besides the pitch on the off-side
3.5
Mir Hamza to Warner, no run, length ball well outside off, Warner moves across his stumps and leaves it alone
3.4
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, 1 run, back of a length ball on leg-stump, tucked around the corner for a single. First run of the day for Khawaja and Australia
3.3
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, full ball, swinging in on off this time, Khawaja stays back and eases it towards mid-on
3.2
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, nicely bowled! In the corridor of uncertainty, shaping away, Khawaja has his off-stump covered and lifts his bat to let it sail through
3.1
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, good length ball in the channel, swinging away, Khawaja makes a watchful leave
1.6
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, a very full ball on off, moving away, Khawaja digs it out to the off-side. Mir Hamza starts off with a maiden
1.5
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, pitched up ball outside off, shaping away, Khawaja doesn't flirt with it
1.4
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, short of length ball on off, some nibble in the air, Khawaja covers the line and pushes it towards covers
1.3
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, sprays the full ball down leg, Khawaja looks to glance but misses
1.2
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, beaten! Fuller length ball outside off, swinging away, Khawaja stays rooted to the crease and pushes at it but is beaten on the outside edge
1.1
Mir Hamza to Khawaja, no run, starts off with a back of a length ball on off, Khawaja tucks it to the fielder at square leg
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