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Pakistan to resume overnight score of 192-2 against Australia
Babar Azam with 102 runs and Abdullah Shafique with 71 are at the crease.
Karachi: On the fifth and final day of the second cricket Test against Australia in Karachi, Pakistan will resume their second inning at overnight score of 192 for two on Wednesday (today).
On Tuesday, Babar Azam registered his sixth Test hundred while Abdullah Shafique is steadily progressing towards his second to lead Pakistan’s fourth innings charge in Karachi.
Babar Azam with 102 runs and Abdullah Shafique with 71 are at the crease.
Babar let out a roar amid jubilation from a sparse crowd after which he and Shafique survived two overs against the second new ball and made it through to the close.
Pakistan 148 and 192 for 2 need another 314 runs to beat Australia 556 for 9 declared and 97 for 2 declared.
Probable XIs
Pakistan Squad:
Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Sajid Khan
Australia Squad:
Pat Cummins (c), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Swepson