25/12Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2016
Australia won by an inns & 18 runs
Player of the Match
Steven Smith
Steven SmithAustralia
25/12Result
2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2016
Australia won by an inns & 18 runs
Player of the Match
Steven Smith
Steven SmithAustralia

Best performances - Batsmen

Azhar Ali
Azhar Ali
205(364) 20x4 - 0x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 67 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
33 21 36 1 27 29 26 32
SPD Smith
SPD Smith
165(246) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 46 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
16 19 27 21 19 10 15 38

Best performances - Bowlers

MA Starc
MA Starc
O15.2
M4
R36
W4
Eco2.34
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
NM Lyon
NM Lyon
O14
M4
R33
W3
Eco2.35
RHB
OFFLEG
1W2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

  • PAK - 1st
  • AUS - 1st
  • PAK - 2nd

Pakistan - 1st - Innings

18
Azhar Ali7 (29)
Sami Aslam9 (41)
42
Azhar Ali19 (44)
Babar Azam23 (43)
51
Younis Khan21 (59)
Azhar Ali24 (38)
14
Azhar Ali3 (15)
Misbah-ul-Haq11 (13)
115
Azhar Ali61 (124)
Asad Shafiq50 (123)
28
Azhar Ali12 (21)
Sarfaraz Ahmed10 (20)
49
Azhar Ali19 (35)
Mohammad Amir29 (27)
118
Azhar Ali53 (54)
Sohail Khan65 (65)
8
Azhar Ali7 (4)
Wahab Riaz1 (5)

Australia - 1st - Innings

46
DA Warner35 (40)
MT Renshaw10 (40)
198
UT Khawaja72 (119)
DA Warner109 (103)
38
UT Khawaja25 (46)
SPD Smith12 (35)
92
SPD Smith35 (54)
PSP Handscomb54 (90)
59
SPD Smith37 (58)
NJ Maddinson22 (55)
21
MS Wade9 (27)
SPD Smith12 (15)
154
SPD Smith65 (81)
MA Starc84 (91)
16
SPD Smith4 (3)
NM Lyon12 (8)

Pakistan - 2nd - Innings

3
Azhar Ali1 (2)
Sami Aslam2 (8)
3
Azhar Ali0 (9)
Babar Azam3 (6)
57
Younis Khan24 (37)
Azhar Ali23 (55)
0
Azhar Ali0 (0)
Misbah-ul-Haq0 (2)
26
Azhar Ali10 (31)
Asad Shafiq16 (31)
12
Azhar Ali9 (15)
Sarfaraz Ahmed2 (14)
42
Sarfaraz Ahmed31 (34)
Mohammad Amir11 (39)
10
Sarfaraz Ahmed10 (14)
Sohail Khan0 (5)
6
Wahab Riaz0 (5)
Sohail Khan6 (6)
4
Yasir Shah0 (3)
Sohail Khan4 (6)

Match Coverage

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Losing streak

5

No. of consecutive Tests lost by Pakistan, including this - their joint-most successive losses. They had lost 5 in a row in 1999-00 as well.

Ruling Boxing Day

575

Runs scored by Steven Smith in the last 3 Boxing Day Tests, including 165* in this match. He made 192 & 14 v Ind in 2014 and 134* & 70* v WI in 2015.

Hat-trick of 1000s

3

No. of consecutive years in which Smith has scored 1000+ runs. Only Hayden (5) did it more times. Lara, Trescothick, Pietersen also in 3 consecutive years.

Solid start

3

No. of consecutive Tests from debut in which Peter Handscomb has scored at least a fifty, including this. He made 54 on debut v SA and 105 in the last Test.

Openers dominate at MCG

2003

Last time openers from either sides scored centuries at MCG, before Azhar and Warner in this Test - Sehwag & Hayden.

Maiden ton at MCG

0

No. of Test 100s at MCG for Warner, before today. He had ave of 24.22 in 9 inns with best of 62. With this ton, he has 100s at all 6 Aus venues he has batted on.

Warner's 5000

19

No. of Aus batsmen to score 5000 or more runs in their Test career, including Warner. He is the 6th quickest after Bradman, Hayden, G Chappell, Harvey and Hussey.

Second double

1

No. of Pakistan players to make more than one double-century in a year. Azhar Ali, this year, became the first to do so.