Abbas destroys Australia for Pakistan’s series win
Pak win by 373 runs, take series 1-0 Pakistan vs Australia Scoreboard
ABU DHABI, Oct 20, (AFP): Medium pacer Mohammad Abbas took his maiden ten-wicket haul in a match to fire Pakistan to a 373-run win over Australia in the second Test in Abu Dhabi.
Abbas followed his 5-33 in the first innings with figures of 5-62 to wreck Australia for 164.
The victory, after Australia were set a 538-run target, allowed Pakistan to wrap up the two-match series 1-0 after Australia fought back to draw the first Test in Dubai last week.
It was Australia’s heaviest defeat against Pakistan, beating the 356run hammering at this same venue four years ago.
It was Abbas, 28, who destroyed ABU DHABI, Oct 20, (AFP): Complete scoreboard on the fourth day of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia, played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
PAKISTAN 1st innings 282 (F. Zaman 94, S. Ahmed 94; N. Lyon 4-78; M. Labuschagne 3-45)
AUSTRALIA 1st innings 145 (A. Finch 39; M. Abbas 5-33, B. Asif 3-23)
PAKISTAN 2nd innings 400-9 dec (B. Azam 99, S. Ahmed 81, A. Ali 64: N. Lyon 4-135)
AUSTRALIA 2nd innings A. Finch lbw b Abbas ................ 31 S. Marsh b Hamza ...................... 4 T. Head c sub (Rizwan)
b Abbas ................................. 36 M. Marsh lbw b Abbas ................ 5 M. Labuschagne c sub
(Rizwan) b Abbas ................. 43 T. Paine b Abbas ........................ 0
and Peter Siddle for three.
Australia had reached 155-7 at lunch with the writing very much on the wall.
Pakistan made 282 in their first innings and then bowled out Australia for a paltry 145, gaining a match winning 137-run lead.
The highlights of Pakistan’s batting M. Starc lbw b Yasir .................. 28 P. Siddle lbw b Yasir ................... 3 N. Lyon not out ........................... 6 J. Holland c Sohail b Yasir .......... 3 U. Khawaja ................. retired hurt Extras: (lb5) ................................ 5 Total: (all out; 49.4 overs) ....... 164
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (S. Marsh), 2-71 (Head), 3-77 (M. Marsh), 4-78 (Finch), 5-78 (Paine), 6-145 (Starc), 7-151 (Siddle), 8-155 (Labuschagne), 9-164 (Holland)
Bowling: Abbas 17-2-62-5, Hamza 6-0-40-1, Yasir 21.4-5-453, Asif 5-2-12-0
Result: Pakistan win by 373 runs, take series 1-0 Toss: Pakistan Umpires: Richard Illingworth (ENG) and Sundaram Ravi (IND)
TV umpire: Richard Kettelborough (ENG)
Match referee: Ranjan (SRI)
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in this match were 94 and 66 from opener Fakhar Zaman in his first Test while skipper Sarfraz returned to form with innings of 94 and 81.
Both the teams now play a series of three Twenty20 internationals with the first in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. a crucial 56 for the unbroken thirdwicket partnership to keep their team ahead of the run rate.
Sri Lanka had a chance to break the stand when Root was caught at short fine leg off spinner Dhananjaya de Silva but the delivery was called illegal by the umpire as the hosts had more fielders outside the 30-yard circle than permitted.
Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dananjaya dismissed opener Jason Roy for an attacking 45 off 49 deliveries and Alex Hales for 12 but the hosts made no further inroads.
Earlier, half-centuries from opener Niroshan Dickwella and middleorder batsman Dasun Shanaka and some useful contributions from the lower order helped Sri Lanka to 273-7 after being put in to bat.
Dickwella hit a 70-ball 52 and with captain Dinesh Chandimal laid the foundation for Sri Lanka’s innings with a second-wicket partnership of 70 runs.
But the hosts slipped against the off-spin of Moeen Ali and leg spinner Adil Rashid, losing three wickets for 13 runs to be reduced to 102-4.
Shanaka then launched Sri Lanka’s counter-attack, taking the aerial route to hit the spinners for sixes and fours. He added 52 for the fifth wicket with Dhananjaya de Silva to start Sri Lanka’s recovery.
The 27-year-old hit five sixes and four boundaries in his run-aball innings before getting run out.
All-rounder Thisara Perera made 44 off 41 balls as he and Shanaka added 58 for the sixth wicket. He then shared 56 runs with Akila Dananjaya who made 32 not out off 26 balls.
The fifth and final one-dayer will be played in Colombo on Tuesday.