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- Updated: December 27, 2016
Pakistan 6 for 310 (Azhar 139*, Shafiq 50) v AustraliaScorecard and ball-by-ball details
A century from Azhar Ali and staunch support by Asad Shafiq frustrated Australia’s bowlers but rain was a sickener for both sides on day two of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
Showers truncated the morning session and then re-emerged shortly after 5 pm to prevent any further play, meaning at least 78 scheduled overs were lost over the first two days. The inclement weather cut into the time available to Pakistan to force the result they need to stand a chance of winning the series.
In between the rain breaks, Azhar and Shafiq showed good composure to work through the early spells of the Australian pacemen then rotating the strike when Nathan Lyon’s spin was introduced. After Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed perished to the second new ball, Mohammad Amir played some handsome strokes while Azhar forged on with impressive determination to push the score to 6 …
