Australia vPakistan 3rd test

Pakistan chose to bat

Pakistan (Playing XI):
Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Shan Masood©, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Sajid Khan, Hasan Ali, Mir Hamza

Starc to Shafique, out Caught by Smith!! Starc makes an immediate impact! He hurls this one on a full length and wide of off, inviting Shafique to go for something audacious. He obliges and goes for a booming drive with minimal foot movement. A thick outside edge is induced

Hazlewood to Saim Ayub, out Caught by Carey!! Pakistan are in early trouble! To be honest, Saim Ayub didn't do much wrong there. He had to play at that one. Hazlewood lands it on a good length on off and gets it to swing in a bit, Ayub feels for it and gets an outside edge. A regulation catch for Carey to his left. Ayub departs for a duck on his debut innings

PAK: 34/2

Babar Azam has played a couple of delectable drives already this morning but what about his hair. The snazziest hair-cut of his illustrious career surely

babar lbw 39/3

Couldn't have started worse for Pakistan. And the ball from Cummins to Babar is further confirmation of the Aussie captain's march towards greatness.

Always wondered about these exaggerated wide stances batters from the subcontinent seem to employ when they come to Australia

Last time Pakistan won a Test in Australia, Imran Khan was yet to enter politics, Javed Miandad was an active cricketer, Pakistan were Cricket and Hockey World Champions, Babar Azam was one year old and the petrol was 22 Rs/litre.