Australia slip around Handscomb’s maiden hundred

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Tea Australia 7 for 377 (Handscomb 103*, Hazlewood 8*, Wahab 3-66, Amir 3-78) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Brisbane’s pitch quickened up and so did Pakistan’s pace attack as Australia stumbled on the second afternoon of the day-night Test.

Despite a fine maiden century from Peter Handscomb in only his second Test, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz bowled quality spells to the Australian middle order, finding pace, bounce and just enough movement to hit the outside edge several times.

They were unable to dislodge Handscomb, who bided his time nicely and trusted his way of batting before leaping from 91 to 101 with a powerful six off Yasir Shah and a delectable square drive against Amir.

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