Australia vs Pakistan 1st Test: Exactly what was expected happened. The Pakistani team got defeated on the very first day of the first test against Australia. When the Australian team decided to bat first, it was expected that Pakistan’s pace battery would do something amazing by giving initial shocks to the Kangaroo team, but what happened was completely different. By the end of the day’s play on the first day, Australia had scored 346 runs and so far only five wickets had fallen. It seems that Pakistani bowlers will have to bowl hard on the second day as well and will have to sweat in fielding as well. Meanwhile, many new records were also made on the first day, which you should take a look at.
David Warner scored a brilliant century
The main attraction of the first day was Australia’s opening batsman David Warner, who played a brilliant century. David Warner completed his 49th century in international cricket today. He has now become the second batsman to score the most centuries among active cricketers. Only Virat Kohli has scored more centuries than him, whose number is 80. At the same time, he has left behind former Indian team captain Rahul Dravid. He has 48 centuries to his name. Not only this, David Warner has now scored more runs than Virender Sehwag in Test cricket against Pakistan. Sehwag has scored 1276 runs in 9 Tests against Pakistan, while David Warner now has 1417 runs in 11 matches.
Scored so many runs in test cricket for Australia
David Warner has now become the fifth highest run scorer for Australia in Test cricket. Ricky Ponting has the most runs in Tests. He has scored 13,378 runs, while Allan Border has scored 11,174 runs. Steve Whan has scored 10,927 runs. If we talk about Steve Smith, he has 9351 runs in his name. Now David Warner has scored 8651 runs. He has overtaken Michael Clarke. Who has 8643 runs in his name.
Full status of the first day’s play
Talking about the first day’s match, there was a partnership of 126 runs between openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja. Khawaja scored 41 runs on 98 balls. Marnus Labuschagne, who came after this, was out cheaply. He could score only 16 runs. Steve Smith played a short and slow innings. He got 31 runs in 60 balls. Travis Head also returned to the pavilion after scoring 40 runs. Talking about David Warner, he faced 211 balls and played a strong inning of 164 runs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Khurram Shahzad and Faheem Ashraf got one wicket each, while Aamer Jamal took two wickets. By the end of the day’s play, Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 15 runs and Alex Carey was out after scoring 14 runs. Now waiting for the second day’s play.
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