Australia declare after piling up 538, Handscomb scores 110

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Innings Australia 8 for 538 dec (Renshaw 184, Warner 113, Handscomb 110, Wahab 3-89) v PakistanLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Peter Handscomb maintained his Test-match honeymoon phase with a second century to lift Australia to 538 after Matt Renshaw’s long occupation was finally ended by Pakistan on the second day of the SCG Test.

The hosts strode steadily towards an enormous first-innings tally against bowling that improved somewhat on the first day’s effort, though Pakistan were not helped by more indifferent fielding from the captain Misbah-ul-Haq down.

Renshaw’s innings, which seems to have set him up for a long and fruitful Test career, was the highest by an opening batsman under the age of 21, and was only ended by a fine over from Imran Khan, who moved the …

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