{"id":76275,"date":"2022-03-08T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=76275"},"modified":"2022-03-08T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:01:09","slug":"haq-shafique-hit-hundreds-as-australia-pakistan-test-drawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=76275","title":{"rendered":"Haq, Shafique hit hundreds as Australia-Pakistan Test drawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk:<\/strong> Imam-ul-Haq cracked a century in each innings and his opening partner Abdullah Shafique hit a maiden hundred as Pakistan's first home Test against Australia in 24 years ended in a tame draw in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Haq made an unbeaten 111 following up his 157 in the first innings, while Shafique finished on 136 as Pakistan were 252 without loss when the match ended without a result.<\/p>\n

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Australia scored 459 in reply to Pakistan's first innings score of 476-4 declared.<\/p>\n

Australia's first Test on Pakistan soil since 1998 — they previously declined to visit on security grounds — was ultimately spoiled by a flat Rawalpindi\u00a0Cricket\u00a0Stadium pitch.<\/p>\n

A combined total of 1,187 runs were scored for just 14 wickets over five days as the famed Australian pace trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood — with 674 Test wickets between them before this match — got just one more.<\/p>\n

With a draw assured, the Pakistan openers took the opportunity for batting practice ahead of the second Test in Karachi starting Saturday.<\/p>\n

In doing so, they became the first Pakistan pair to put on a century opening stand in both innings of a Test against Australia after teaming up for 105 on Friday.<\/p>\n

Shafique was the first to reach his century, pushing seamer Cameron Green for a single to reach the mark in 209 minutes. In all, he hit 15 boundaries and a six.<\/p>\n

Haq, who was playing his first Test since December 2019, pushed part-timer Travis Head for two to complete his century in 276 minutes.<\/p>\n

Their stand is Pakistan's highest for the first wicket against Australia in all Tests, bettering the 149 set by Khalid Ibadullah and Abdul Kadir in Karachi in 1964.<\/p>\n

So dominating were the two openers that it became only the first instance in 51 years when Australia conceded 100-plus opening stands in both innings of a Test.<\/p>\n

Geoff Boycott and John Edrich of England were the last pair to achieve the feat against Australia, in Adelaide in 1971.<\/p>\n

Earlier, left-arm spinner Nauman Ali bowled a nagging line and length to mop up the Australian tail and finished with career-best figures of 6-107 in 38.1 overs — his third five-wicket haul in eight Tests.<\/p>\n

His effort enabled Pakistan to get the last three wickets with the addition of just 10 runs after Australia resumed on 449-7.<\/p>\n

Nauman — whose previous best of 5-35 came on his debut against South Africa in Karachi last year — dismissed Australian skipper Pat Cummins for eight and Nathan Lyon for three in quick succession.<\/p>\n

Left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi got rid of Starc to finish with figures of 2-88 in 30 overs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Imam-ul-Haq cracked a century in each innings and his opening partner Abdullah Shafique hit a maiden hundred as Pakistan’s first home Test against Australia in 24 years ended in a tame draw in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Haq made an unbeaten 111 following up his 157 in the first innings, while Shafique finished on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":76276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n