Warner’s MCG Test career over as Pakistan runs riot

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DAY 3 LIVE

with Tim Michell

1.46PM: NO HAT-TRICK

Mitch Marsh lets the hat-trick ball sail by harmlessly exterior the off-stump.

WinViz has gone from 80-20 in Australia’s favour to 53-47.

1.43PM: HEAD BOWLED FIRST BALL!

Absolute carnage on the MCG!

Hamza will get the ball to tail again to Travis Head who performs throughout it and he’s on a hat-trick.

Australia is 4-16.

“Australia beneath all types of strain. It’s been a very long time since they’ve felt this on house soil,” says Adam Gilchrist on Fox Cricket.

“That’s bowling perfection. Fully deceived Travis Head.”

1.41PM: WICKET! WARNER DRAGS ON

David Warner’s time as a Take a look at batter on the MCG is over.

Mir Hamza drops quick and Warner will get a backside edge on an tried pull shot onto the stumps.

Australia is in all types at 3-16, main by 70 runs.

“They’re proper within the hunt right here,” says Adam Gilchrist on Fox Cricket.

SECOND SESSION UNDERWAY — AUSTRALIA RESUMES AT 2-6

The second session of day three was delayed a couple of minutes on account of third umpire Richard Illingworth getting caught in a carry.

Gamers and umpires gathered in the course of the MCG and are having a chat as we watch for developments.

“Do you reckon cricket is the primary sport that has stoppages for essentially the most weird issues?” says Michael Vaughan on Fox Cricket.

“We’ve bought a stoppage right here as a result of the third umpire is caught in a carry. You’ve bought your two umpires able to go within the center, your Pakistan workforce able to go, the 2 batters on the market able to play.

“Every part is able to go and we’ve bought a 3rd umpire caught in a carry.”

Wasim Akram mentioned he had “by no means seen something like this earlier than.”

Play ultimately bought underway about 5 minutes late after fourth umpire Phil Gillespie made his method to the third umpire’s space.

Adam Gilchrist added: “He’s nonetheless puffing from working up the steps.”

Illingworth appeared and took his place after a couple of balls.

12.46PM: WICKET! LABUSCHAGNE CAUGHT BEHIND LAST BALL BEFORE LUNCH

What a mini-session for Pakistan.

“Can we produce one piece of magic?” asks Michael Vaughan on Fox Cricket.

It wasn’t essentially a magic ball, however a magic end result for Pakistan.

Labuschagne tries to clip a ball off his pads, will get a small edge and Rizwan cleans up down the leg facet.

A tremendous 15-minute interval for Pakistan and Australia is 2-6, main by 60 runs.

“Pakistan very a lot again within the sport right here,” says Wasim Akram.

At lunch, why not have a crack at our Pakistan v Australia quiz?

12.33PM: WICKET! KHAWAJA EDGES BEHIND

What a begin by Shaheen!

Second ball of the innings and he will get Khawaja edging a ball that angled in after which went barely away to get the wicket.

Rizwan did the remaining.

One other wicket right here and Australia would successfully be 2-54 which might virtually put this Take a look at again on a good keel.

“Effectively, we have been simply speaking about how vital it was for (Pakistan) to start out properly. It’s their foremost man,” Ricky Ponting says on Channel 7.

“Probably the most skilled quick bowler, Shaheen Afridi. With an absolute peach to Khawaja. Second ball of the innings. Good size. Left him off the wicket. Squared him up.

“Takes the skin edge. Good bowling. Simply moved away. Straight ahead catch to Rizwan. To the person who has been pumping out (runs), Usman Khawaja is on his manner for second ball duck.”

A reminder because of the later begin, lunch is due at 12.45pm.

12.20PM: PAKISTAN ALL OUT FOR 264

Sharp work from Alex Carey behind the stumps to catch Mir Hamza on the road and finish Pakistan’s innings on 264.

Credit score to Aamir Jamal for a high quality hand from No.8 — he finishes unbeaten on 33 from 80 balls.

Australia leads by 54 runs.

“Good to get it performed (and) maintain on to a good lead. Fairly glad,” Cummins tells Fox Cricket.

“I believe I mentioned yesterday, it was fairly tough that first day or so with the bat. So, I used to be glad to get 300-odd. Once more, any first-innings lead you’re pleased with.

“I believe the wicket’s in a reasonably good place now, so time to money in.”

12.15PM: WICKET! HIGH FIVE FOR CUMMINS

Pat Cummins you may’t do this to a No.10 batter.

Cummins has the ball speaking and will get one to nip again at Hassan Ali that might have skittled most batters.

From exterior off it crahses into off-stump and Pakistan is 9 down.

Cummins has 5-46 and salutes the MCG crowd.

That is the tenth time Cummins has taken 5 wickets in Take a look at cricket and second time towards Pakistan.

“No matter he touches turns to gold,” says Isa Guha on Fox Cricket.

“Pat Cummins can do no improper.”

11.55AM: WICKET! LYON TRAPS SHAHEEN AFTER REVIEW

Shaheen critiques instantly after being given out lbw off Nathan Lyon.

He is a good distance again, however it struck him very excessive on the pad and he’s an enormous man.

The DRS goes Lyon’s manner, displaying greater than half the ball was placing the highest of off-stump.

That was an enterprising innings by the Pakistan No.9, making 21 from 20 balls to carry the deficit to lower than 80 runs.

11.40AM: ‘LESSER OF TWO EVILS’ — ACA WEIGHS IN ON JOHNSON

Australian Cricket Affiliation boss Todd Greenberg says Cricket Australia selected “the lesser of two evils” when it cancelled two talking engagements that includes Mitchell Johnson in Perth.

Johnson was stood down from two lunchtime capabilities at Optus Stadium, however CA deserted the plan after the previous Take a look at fast’s scathing criticism of Warner in newspaper columns.

On the time, Cricket Australia advised this masthead: “Mitchell is certainly one of Australia’s most celebrated bowlers, however we felt on this event it was in everybody’s finest pursuits that he was not the visitor speaker on the CA capabilities.”

Greenberg mentioned on Thursday that CA had been backed right into a “lose-lose” scenario by the volcanic feud.

“It was a kind of, I believe, lose-lose (conditions),” he advised SEN.

“In the event that they proceed with it they’re going to cop some criticism. In the event that they don’t, they’ll additionally cop criticism. I believe it was the lesser of two evils by the sound of issues.”

11.20AM: WICKET! RIZWAN FALLS

There’s the wicket Australia badly needed this morning.

Mohammad Rizwan falls for 42 after failing preserve a drive off Pat Cummins alongside the bottom.

Rizwan tried to pierce the off-side area however bunted the ball to David Warner for a easy catch.

Pakistan nonetheless trails by 103 runs and is looking at a major first-innings deficit now.

Cummins has 4 wickets and has clearly been the standout of the bowlers from each groups.

“It was a reasonably apparent plan and he fell straight into the web,” says Adam Gilchrist on Fox Cricket.

11.10AM: HAZLEWOOD — WHY I WAS HAPPY TO MISS IPL RICHES

After Mitch Starc and Pat Cummins pocketed greater than $7m mixed, you surprise how their bowling comrade Josh Hazlewood may need felt to overlook out on the IPL public sale.

The reply? Joyful.

Hazlewood, who has performed for Chennai Tremendous Kings, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore throughout his IPL profession, is just not out there for the total IPL event.

However he’s preserving his choices open ought to a slot develop into out there in the course of the center of the competitors.

“I used to be glad to not get picked up. The best way I used to be heading with solely being out there for perhaps a month together with finals,” he advised SEN.

“Hopefully a fast or two go down midway by and it could open up a window for me to play an element in any workforce for type of the previous few weeks.”

10.45AM: THE AWKWARD REALITY FOR PAKISTAN’S NEW CAPTAIN

Pakistan’s new Take a look at captain Shan Masood is dealing with a “massive dilemma” two Exams into his management, says former Australian batter Simon Katich.

Masood, who averages 28.5 from 32 Exams, has tried to take the sport to the Australians and play aggressively — each in Perth and on the MCG.

His tactic labored, to a degree, on day two when he dispatched Nathan Lyon throughout a counterattacking flourish.

However it in the end led to Shan’s downfall when he went after Lyon one too many instances and skied a catch to Mitch Marsh.

Katich mentioned Shan was in an “unenviable” place the place he was the most-vulnerable of Pakistan’s batters to choice strain.

“The highest-four … it’s a category top-four. They will all play,” Katich mentioned on SEN.

“However Shan Masood has bought the largest dilemma as a result of his Take a look at numbers aren’t sensible, averaging beneath 30, and he’s attempting to play an aggressive model of cricket which isn’t simple to do towards this Australian assault in these situations.”

Damien Fleming mentioned the Pakistan skipper ought to be batting at No.5.

“I just like the perspective. You see Travis Head batting at No.5. I’d prefer to see Masood there,” Fleming mentioned.

“I let you know what Rizwan is an excellent participant. I used to be questioning whether or not they would play Rizwan and Sarfaraz in the identical workforce in that first Take a look at. If that was to occur I reckon Rizwan might bat three.”

In the meantime, play is underway on day three with the beginning solely delayed by quarter-hour on account of morning rain.

10.20AM: LATEST WEATHER, PLAY UPDATE

If there’s no extra rain on the MCG, play will begin at 10.45am.

10.10AM: PONTING’S BRUTAL REALITY CHECK FOR OPENING CONTENDER

Ricky Ponting has dished out a brutal actuality test for Australian selectors, saying there was “no likelihood” Cameron Inexperienced would open towards the West Indies.

As selectors weigh up whether or not to shoehorn Inexperienced into the highest of the order of select certainly one of Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Renshaw or Marcus Harris, Ponting made his most well-liked possibility clear.

Requested if Inexperienced would succeed Warner after his SCG farewell, Ponting advised Channel 7: “No likelihood. Time to return and discover Australia’s subsequent finest opening batsman with the India check sequence and Ashes in thoughts.”

9.40AM: PLAY DELAYED

Basic Melbourne! The covers are again on on the MCG because the lightest of rain falls. It’s been confirmed we may have a delayed begin to day three

9:35AM: RAIN CLEARS IN MELBOURNE

Indicators are wanting promising for play this morning on the MCG after in a single day and morning rain in Melbourne. The principle covers have been taken off and Australia has been warming up because it eyes the final 4 wickets of Pakistan’s innings. Perhaps a little bit of juice within the monitor and humidity within the air will assist Australia’s trigger.

8AM: PAKISTAN SERIES UNDERPINS BROKEN BARRIERS OF TEST CRICKET

Robert Craddock

When the Pakistan cricket facet turned up with presents for Australia on Christmas Day, it appeared odd that groups about to enter a Boxing Day battle could possibly be so intimate.

Might you think about Allan Border doing it for Mike Gatting?

However that’s life in trendy cricket. Covid togetherness and the Indian Premier League, which has no Pakistan gamers, has modified all the things.

Boundaries have been damaged down and friendships fashioned throughout nationwide traces.

Frenemies have changed enemies.

It’s occurred earlier than, although. By the years there have been events of gamers from rival nations surviving the hothouse of worldwide cricket to develop into buddies.

Right here’s a number of among the most famous, and surprising.

RICHARD HADLEE (NEW ZEALAND)-DEAN JONES (AUSTRALIA):

A narrative of many threads. Tempo nice Hadlee dominated Jones in a Take a look at sequence within the mid-Eighties and even branded Jones his bunny. Jones struck again in one-day cricket and so they cast a friendship that blossomed by many guest-speaking gigs over the many years. The Hadlees shared Jones’s final Christmas dinner at his Romsey property earlier than his dying in 2021 when Sir Richard stirred the pot by giving Jones a Christmas current of a pillow case with a bunny on it.

BRIAN LARA (WEST INDIES)-ANDREW SYMONDS (AUSTRALIA):

Lara flew 10,000km to be current at Symonds’ funeral as a silent tribute to what he referred to as their “growing friendship’’.

“Generally you lose relationships with gamers whenever you retire,’’ Lara mentioned. “However ours grew and it was not as a result of he compelled it or I compelled it. It simply occurred naturally. We have been superior collectively.’’

MITCH MARSH (AUSTRALIA)-TOM AND SAM CURRAN (ZIMBABWE):

They used to play yard cricket – and even in hallways – when Mitch’s father Geoff coached Zimbabwe and have remained good mates.

VIRAT KOHLI (INDIA)-AB DE VILLIERS (SOUTH AFRICA):

They performed collectively for Bangalore within the IPL for years and have been typically seen at breakfast. Throughout Take a look at sequence between India and South Africa, when certainly one of them peeled away from their house workforce to speak with the opposite, teammates often felt a bit overlooked.

KEITH MILLER (AUSTRALIA)-DENIS COMPTON (ENGLAND):

The 2 debonair heart-throbs used to like going out collectively and swapping tales about their deeds in World Battle II, the place Miller was a Mosquito pilot who cheated dying on a number of events. As soon as in Brisbane they have been seen leaving the nurses’ quarters on the Royal Brisbane Hospital at 8am the morning of a match.

MARK WAUGH (AUSTRALIA)-KEN RUTHERFORD (NEW ZEALAND):

A mutual love of the racing trade made these two an apparent match. They used to talk typically at Hawkesbury races when Rutherford was membership boss and Mark’s spouse Kim was racing horses there. Rutherford jokes he likes spending time with Waugh as a result of it makes him really feel like a great tipster.

DAVID WARNER (AUSTRALIA)-SHAHEEN SHAH AFRIDI (PAKISTAN):

They bought to know one another once they have been staying in the identical resort throughout a Take a look at sequence in Pakistan. Afridi was recognized to sometimes watch for Warner on the backside of a carry to have a chat.

STEVE WAUGH (AUSTRALIA)-RAHUL DRAVID (INDIA):

Take a look at rivals over an extended interval, they’d unbelievable mutual respect. Waugh loved Dravid’s immaculate method and his sincerity as an individual.

ANDREW FLINTOFF (ENGLAND)-MATT HAYDEN (AUSTRALIA):

Hayden reckons the one cricket deliveries he by no means truly noticed have been ones bowled to him within the 2005 Ashes by Flintoff; fast, curling, seaming, brutes of issues they have been, too. They performed collectively at Chennai within the IPL and Hayden bought Flintoff to put in writing the foreword to his guide. Hayden reckons the funniest hours of his life got here when he was drug-tested within the IPL and Flintoff stayed again to maintain him firm, spinning yarns about his life.

GLENN MCGRATH (AUSTRALIA)-HEATH STREAK (ZIMBABWE):

They shared an important love of the outside and used to go on safaris collectively.

SHANE WARNE (AUSTRALIA)-KEVIN PIETERSEN (ENGLAND):

Each showmen and entertainers who revered these traits in one another. Warne as soon as wound up Pietersen by telling his Australian teammates to name Pietersen “Kevin’’ slightly than KP on the sphere.

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