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Azam dismissal offsets morning of steady accumulation
- Updated: December 26, 2016
Lunch Pakistan 2 for 60 (Azhar 26*) v AustraliaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Pakistan lost Babar Azam on the stroke of lunch to offset a morning of steady accumulation after visiting captain Misbah-ul-Haq won an important toss in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
Nathan Lyon’s dismissal of Sami Aslam with his third ball caused a tumult of celebration for a festive season crowd of more than 50,000, but for the most part, the touring batsmen worked assiduously at building a first-innings platform on a surface that offered some seam movement and bounce, albeit at a lesser pace than Brisbane. Babar made it to the final ball of the session before edging Josh Hazlewood to slips.
Until then, Azhar Ali and …
