PAK vs AUS Live Scores 1st Test Day 4: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Pakistan vs Australia Day 4 of the first test match from Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. Australia bounced back with a good opening partnership between David Warner and Usman Khawaja. The two shared a 156-run stand for the opening wicket as Australia posted 271/2 at stumps on the third day, with Marnus Labuschagne (69*) and Steve Smith (24*) in the middle.
Australian opener Usman Khawaja said his team gave a stern reply to Pakistan on the third day of the first Test in Rawalpindi on Sunday, saying he was disappointed not to have a “memorable century” in the country of his birth.
Bad light stopped play and then it rained with Australia at 271-2, trailing Pakistan by 205 runs with eight wickets remaining after the home team declared at 476-4 on Saturday.
Marnus Labuschagne was on 69 and Steve Smith was on 24 but with rain forecast for the past two days the result is unlikely.
It could still have been a memorable day for Khawaja if he completed his 11th Test century in Pakistan, where he was born in 1986, before his parents moved to Australia.
Khawaja, who was caught on 97, said, ‘It was a little disappointing.
“You come into the change room and in some cases feel worse than getting 20.”
Imam-ul-Haq caught the left-hander at forward short leg while doing a reverse sweep off left-arm spinner Nauman Ali.
Umpire Aleem Dar declared him not out, but Pakistan was given a wicket on review.
Khawaja said, “My family will be looking back home… also my wife, who is pregnant with our second child.”
“But if you put it in perspective, I was not in the Australian team two months ago, so I am very grateful and happy that I have finally contributed to the team’s total.”
Khawaja’s 219-minute innings included 15 fours, and he scored 156 for the opening wicket with David Warner, who played a lucrative 68.
Warner fell in the eighth over after lunch when he missed a square drive and was bowled by off-spinner Sajid Khan.
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