SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018 16 Ten star Abbas sends Aussies Down Under Pakistan take series win over Australia in second test

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edium pacer Moham- mad Abbas took his Mmaiden ten- haul in a match to fire Pakistan to a 373-run win over Australia Pakistan’s team celebrates at the end of day four of the second match between Australia and Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed in the second Test in Abu Dhabi stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Abbas followed his 5-33 in the first innings with figures of 5-62 Scoreboard to wreck Australia for 164. Pakistan The victory, after Australia were Pakistan 1st innings 282 cricketer set a 538-run target, allowed Pa- (Fakhar Zaman 94, Sarfraz Ahmed 94; N. Lyon 4-78; M. Labuschagne 3-45) Mohammad kistan to wrap up the two-match Australia 1st innings 145 Abbas bowls series 1-0 after Australia fought (A. Finch 39; Mohammad Abbas 5-33, Bilal Asif 3-23) during day back to draw the first Test in Du- Pakistan 2nd innings 400-9 dec four of the bai last week. (babar Azam 99, Sarfraz Ahmed 81, Azhar Ali 64: N. Lyon 4-135) second Test It was Australia’s heaviest defeat 373Run win over Australia Australia 2nd innings against Pakistan, beating the 356- A. Finch lbw b Abbas 31 run hammering at this same venue S. Marsh b Hamza 4 four years ago. T. Head c sub (Rizwan) b Abbas 36 It was Abbas, 28, who destroyed off just 23 balls while Yasir Shah fin- M. Marsh lbw b Abbas 5 Australia with a haul of 17 ished with 3-45 to give Pakistan their M Labuschagne c sub (Rizwan) b Abbas 43 in the series -- becoming the first tenth series win on the neutral venues T. Paine b Abbas 0 Pakistani fast bowler to take ten of United Arab Emirates. M. Starc lbw b Yasir 28 wickets in a Test since Mo - They have only lost one series -- 2-0 P. Siddle lbw b Yasir 3 hammad Asif did so against to Sri Lanka last year -- since being N. Lyon 6 Sri Lanka at Kandy in forced to play their home matches in J. Holland c Sohail b Yasir 3 2006. UAE since 2009. absent injured - Australian cricketer Marnus Abbas had jolt- Pakistan were forced to play their Extras: (lb5) 5 Labuschagne gestures as Pakistan ed Australia home matches in UAE since attacks on Total: (all out; 49.4 overs) 164 team is presented with the series with four the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in Result: Pakistan win by 373 runs, take series 1-0 trophy wickets March 2009. Australia’s batsmen had no answers well. We have to groom them all to be- to his accurate seam under come a good Test team,” said Sarfraz. Australia weren’t ready cloudy conditions at Sheikh Zayed Australian skipper said Stadium as only his side had thrown away a chance to for Abbas, says Sarfraz (43), (36) and Aaron win the match. Abu Dhabi Finch (31) offered some resistance. “Obviously really disappointing to Yasir dismissed number ten Jon have them five for 57 on day one and ival captains Sarfraz Ahmed Holland soon after lunch to hand we let that opportunity slip,” said Rand Tim Paine were unan- Pakistan victory. Paine. imous in their praise of wick- The first Test ended in a draw in “Abbas challenged our defence time et-taking sensation Mohammad Dubai last week. and time again. There’s certainly no Abbas, who helped Pakistan Australian opener Usman Khawaja sugar coating that we’ve got some real thrash Australia in the second Wickets10 haul makes Abbas could not bat after suffering a recur- issues with our .” Test in Abu Dhabi on Friday. fastest to take 10 in test rence of a knee injury during practice Head and Finch put on 61 runs for Sarfraz claimed Australia wer- on Thursday. the second wicket while Starc (28) en’t ready for Abbas, who was Abbas jolted the Australians in the and Labuschagne added 67 for the also named man-of-the-series on seventh over of the day when he re- sixth wicket, but it only delayed the Pakistan’s trip to England earlier moved a solid-looking Head, getting inevitable. this year. an edge to substitute wicketkeeper Abbas had (five) “Looks like they hadn’t pre- Mohammad Rizwan, deputising for and Finch (31) leg-before wicket and pared for Abbas, they took him a Sarfraz Ahmed. dismissed Tim Paine for nought -- little easy,” said Sarfraz. before Yasir Shah removed Starc and Australia entered the two-Test ‘Youngsters coming through’ for three. series focused on the threat of Sarfraz, who was hit on the helmet Australia had reached 155-7 at lunch leg-spinner Yasir Shah, although by a rising on with the writing very much on the he managed just eight wickets. Thursday, had gone for a precaution- wall. Pakistan made 282 in their first “But credit goes to Abbas, be- ary scan which came back clear. innings and then bowled out Australia cause the pitch is not suitable for Sarfraz was full of praise for Abbas, for a paltry 145, gaining a match win- fast bowlers,” said Sarfraz. the man of the match. ning 137-run lead. “The way he bowled, he was Wickets17 for Abbas in the series “The way Abbas has bowled all se- The highlights of Pakistan’s batting the best bowler on either side. ries is one of the biggest positives for in this match were 94 and 66 from The way he bowled throughout us,” said Sarfraz. opener Fakhar Zaman in his first Test he was the main factor for us “All the youngsters who have come while skipper Sarfraz returned to winning the series.” through in recent times have done form with innings of 94 and 81.

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