Steve Smith mentioned he was aggravated at lacking out on a century Monday as Australia’s first Test in Pakistan in practically 1 / 4 of a century headed for a attract Rawalpindi.
Mitchell Starc was on 12 and skipper Pat Cummins 4 as Australia reached 449-7 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings whole of 476-4 declared.
But Smith was aggravated with himself for getting out earlier on 78.
“I obtained a bit grasping with the sphere they’d set. I had labored fairly arduous and obtained myself in a pleasant place to go on and get an enormous rating.”
Australia are on their first tour to Pakistan since 1998, having previously refused to visit over security fears.
Despite no rain forecast for Tuesday, the likelihood of a result in the opening match of the three-Test series looks bleak, barring a Pakistan batting collapse in the second innings on a wicket that still looks full of runs.
Smith believes there would have been a small chance of a result on the final day if not for the hours of play lost to the weather.
“Perhaps if we were five down we might have been able to push a little harder in the morning and potentially set something up for the fourth innings,” he mentioned.
But the pitch at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium has produced 925 runs for simply 13 wickets, and is unlikely to yield the spin wanted for a end result.
Still, Pakistan grabbed 5 wickets Monday, together with that of top-ranked Test batsman Marnus Labuschagne (90) and Smith, with Nauman taking 4-107 in 37 exact overs.
Nauman broke a cussed fifth-wicket stand of 81 between Smith and Cameron Green (48) by having the younger all-rounder caught off a miscued sweep at leg slip by Iftikhar Ahmed.
Australia have been on the lookout for fast runs to go forward within the first innings, however they have been additional jolted as Nauman dismissed Smith off a mishit sweep that caught the gloves and landed in wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan’s protected palms.
Smith batted two minutes wanting 5 hours, hitting eight boundaries.
Alex Carey made 19 earlier than he was bowled by quickie Naseem Shah within the fading mild.
Earlier, in a single day rain had left the outfield on the stadium waterlogged and the umpires solely allowed play to begin after lunch.
Australia, 271-2 in a single day, progressed to 288-2 when Pakistan took the second new ball after 80 overs — and have been immediately rewarded.
Left-arm paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi pressured an edge off Labuschagne which Abdullah Shafique took diving to his proper within the slips.
Labuschagne lasted 190 minutes throughout which he hit 12 boundaries.
Travis Head, recent from being man-of-the-series in Australia’s 4-0 Ashes win again dwelling in January, hit two boundaries earlier than he miscued a drive off spinner Nauman and was caught behind by Rizwan.
Shaheen (1-80), Naseem (1-89) and Sajid (1-122) have been the opposite profitable Pakistan bowlers.
The second Test of the sequence is in Karachi from March 12-16 and the third in Lahore from March 21-25.
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