Boxing Day Test, Australia scores 187 runs for three wickets

At the end of the first day of the Boxing Day Test between Pakistan and Australia, the Kangaroos scored 187 runs for the loss of three wickets.

Pakistan won the toss and invited the host team to bat first. David Warner and Usman Khawaja opened the batting, then Abdullah Shafiq, standing at first slip on a total score of six runs, dropped Warner’s easy catch.

The openers then put on a 90-run partnership, and Australia lost Warner, who scored 38 and was caught by Babar Azam on Salman Agha’s delivery. The second wicket of the Kangaroos fell on a total of 108 runs when Usman Khawaja, at 42 runs off 101 balls, was dismissed by Hasan Ali.

After rain disruption, play resumed when Australia’s third wicket fell for 154 runs and Aamir Jamal sent Steve Smith to the pavilion for 26 runs.

Hasan Ali, Salman Ali Agha, and Aamir Jamal took one wicket each for Pakistan