ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Azhar Ali closed in on his nineteenth check hundred as he and centurion Imam-ul-Haq continued to frustrate Australia and powered Pakistan to 302 for one on day two of the opening check in Rawalpindi on Saturday.
The duo have batted for greater than three periods, forging an unbroken 197-run stand on a flat monitor although scoring was not simple against Australia’s disciplined assault.
Azhar was batting on 95 on the lunch break, a affected person knock that included seven boundaries and a six.
Imam hit 12 fours and two sixes in his unbeaten 154 at a venue the place his uncle and former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq had smashed 177 in a 1997 check against West Indies.
The bespectacled left-hander was on 143 when Australia made a timid caught-behind enchantment against him, which was turned down.
Australia selected to not evaluation the choice however UltraEdge confirmed a spike because the Nathan Lyon supply handed the bat.
The gamers noticed a second’s silence earlier than second day’s play in reminiscence of Shane Warne and the victims of Friday’s assault in a mosque in Peshawar.
Pat Cummins had employed eight bowlers on Friday to attempt to make inroads into the Pakistan prime order and the Australia captain resorted to brief deliveries after Pakistan resumed on 245 for one.
While Imam sometimes seemed in discomfort, Azhar was hardly perturbed and even performed a ramp shot over the slip cordon to attain a boundary.
Australia are visiting Pakistan after 24 years to play three assessments, an equal variety of one-dayers and a Twenty20 International.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; enhancing by Kim Coghill)
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