Pakistanis look to dominate the first session of day 1 of the first test against Australia. Both the Pakistani openers are currently playing sensibly. Shaan Masood and Captain Azhar Ali taking Pakistan to a good position with positive cricket. 

 

Pakistani fans are happy to see both these players reached double figures 1 hour before lunch. There’s a long way to go but Australian skipper looks worried by making bowling changes as he brought in Nathan Lyon. Lyon bowled good length balls to put Pakistan on a defensive mode. 

 

A score of 60 plus without any wicket falling could be awesome for Pakistan. However Pakistanis are scoring at a rate of around 2 runs per over. This means that Australia can fight back and push Pakistan in trouble after lunch. Azhar Ali and Shaan Masood capitalizing well on poor deliveries bowled by Oz bowlers.

For Australia Tim Paine is the captain while opener Azhar Ali is Pakistan’s Test captain.

Scoring rate is very slow as Australian bowlers bowling tidy length balls. Frequent bowling changes by Australian skipper are not going to hurt Pakistani openers. Both are looking good and looking forward for a decent partnership. An entertaining Test match at Gabba Cricket Ground watched by the crowd supporting good cricket. Round of applause are witnessed as Pakistanis; Azhar and Shaan as stroke players score boundaries.  

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first.

The score at present is 57 without lost after more than 25 overs. This means that Pakistan players are playing cautiously to come again after lunch to up the ante. However, this is a Test match and the run rate is not a factor but keeping wickets in hand counts. Australians are bowling well and it looks as if a batting collapse later in the evening can bounce Australia back.

Khalid M Raza