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- Updated: December 16, 2016
Dinner Pakistan 1 for 20 (Azam 9*, Aslam 3*, Starc 1-6) trail Australia 429 (Smith 130, Handscomb 105, Renshaw 71, Wahab 4-89, Amir 4-97) by 409 runsLive 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 match, losing their last seven wickets for 106, before Mitchell Starc fired out Azhar Ali.
Despite a fine century from Peter Handscomb in only his second Test, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz both bowled quality spells to the Australian middle order, finding pace, bounce and just enough movement to find a series of outside edges. Amir’s figures were his best since returning to the Pakistan side.
They were unable to dislodge Handscomb, who showed patience beyond his years and deep trust in his way of batting before leaping from 91 to 101 with a powerful six off Yasir Shah then a delectable square drive off Amir. He fell shortly after tea, before Jackson Bird and Nathan Lyon bolstered Australia’s total with a pesky stand of 49.
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