Summary Pakistan declared their first innings at 443-9 on the third day of second Test against Australia.
MELBOURNE (AFP) – Pakistan declared at 443 for nine in their first innings with Azhar Ali unbeaten on 205 shortly after lunch on the third day of the second Test against Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq called a halt when Wahab Riaz was caught and bowled by Josh Hazlewood for one.
Only the West Indies great Viv Richards has hit a higher score (208) by a visiting batsman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground than Azhar’s epic knock off 364 balls with 20 fours.
Azhar Ali hit the highest score by a Pakistan batsman in Australia as the tourists pounded the home bowlers on the third day of the second Test in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Azhar passed Majid Khan’s previous highest score of 158 posted in Melbourne 44 years ago with a four through the slips cordon off Josh Hazlewood.
It was Azhar’s 12th Test century in his 56th Test and third against Australia and took his aggregate for the calendar year to 1,155 runs at 64.16.
In October, Azhar joined a select club of batsmen with an unbeaten 302 against the West Indies in Dubai and became the first batsman in day-night Test cricket to achieve a triple century.
It was also the fourth triple hundred by a Pakistani batsman.
Hazlewood also finished with his 100th Test wicket with the dismissal of Wahab.
Both Hazlewood and Jackson Bird finished with three wickets each.
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