Kwena Maphaka to Babar Azam, 1 run, square of the wicket
Stubbs is signing autographs for some people in the crowd as he is fielding near the boundary ropes. A loud cheer from the crowd
12.5
Kwena Maphaka to Masood, 1 run, square of the wicket
12.4
Kwena Maphaka to Masood, no run, a wayward back of a length ball down leg, Verreynne has to dive to his right to stop it
12.3
Kwena Maphaka to Masood, no run
12.2
Kwena Maphaka to Babar Azam, 1 run, to cover
12.1
Kwena Maphaka to Masood, leg byes, 1 run, 142kph short of length ball angling in towards leg-stump, Masood looks to tuck but it deflects off his thigh pad to square leg
11.6
Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run, 76kph full ball drifting in on middle, kept out watchfully
11.5
Maharaj to Babar Azam, 2 runs, to mid-wicket
11.4
Maharaj to Babar Azam, no run, Maharaj switches to round the wicke
A silly point and a slip in place for Babar Azam
11.3
Maharaj to Masood, 1 run, on a back of a length and turning
11.2
Maharaj to Masood, no run, a full-toss outside off, flicked straight to short mid-wicket
A slip and a short leg in place
11.1
Maharaj to Masood, no run
Keshav Maharaj, Left arm orthodox, comes into the attack
First 50-plus opening stand for Pakistan since Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq added 74 in their first innings at Perth in December 2023. In 18 innings between that and the ongoing one, Pakistan’s opening partnership averaged 12.61.
10.6
Kwena Maphaka to Babar Azam, no run, 140kph short of length ball seaming in from leg, Babar Azam camps back and