2nd Test Day 2 PAK 570/6d V AUS 22/1

Stumps Report AUS 22/1: An innings of 213 from Younis Khan has given Pakistan full control after day two of the second Test match against Australia.

The double ton from Khan helped his side declare on a score of 570-6 before Australia ended the day on 22-1 after the dismissal of Chris Rogers.

After posting 276-2 on day one, Azhar Ali got out for 109, before an 181-run stand between Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq took Pakistan to 513-4 when Ul-Haq departed for 101.

Khan, who had posted two centuries in the opening Test, moved past the 200-run mark before he lost his wicket off the bowling of Peter Siddle.

Pakistan declared on 570-6 shortly before stumps to leave themselves time to attack the Australian openers, and their plan succeeded as Rogers went for five to leave the tourists facing a huge task to avoid the follow on.

Tea Report PAK 517/4: Younis Khan has secured a double century as Pakistan continue to dominate Australia by reaching tea on 517-4 on day two of the second Test in Abu Dhabi.

The Aussies made the breakthrough in the morning session by dismissing centurion Azhar Ali for 109, but Michael Clarke's side struggled to gain any momentum.

Khan, who is the third player after Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq to score 8,000 Test runs for his nation, reached lunch on 143 not out and he continued to lead Pakistan's attack by storming to 200 runs in the afternoon.

As the Green Shirts surpassed 500 runs, Misbah-ul-Haq scored his 100th run of the innings with a reverse-swept four off Glenn Maxwell's delivery.

However the batsman was sent packing on 101 runs after getting caught and bowled by Steven Smith.

Khan (205 not out) and Asad Shafiq (1 not out) will return to the crease for the final session of the day.

Lunch report PAK 405/3: Pakistan have continued to rack up the runs againstAustralia, reaching lunch on day two of the second Test at 405-3.

Younis Khan put the Green Shirts in control with his third-successive century in yesterday's final session of play, while he has extended his stay at the crease with a tally of 143 not out.

Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq currently sits on 55, although Australia did manage to send Azhar Ali packing for 109.

There was more bad news for Australia as they lost Brad Haddin to a shoulder injury, with David Warner filling in behind the stumps.

Pakistan currently lead the series 1-0 in Abu Dhabi.

2nd Test Day 1 PAK 304/2 AUS

Pakistan 304 for 2 (Younis 111*, Azhar 101*) v Australia

Accumulation, acceleration and domination.

Younis Khan and Azhar Ali shepherded Pakistan to a dominant 304 for 2 on day one of the second Test in Abu Dhabi, where a confounded Australia's thirst for wickets went almost totally unquenched.

In their quest for a first series victory over Australia in 20 years, Pakistan's batsmen set down the most ideal platform possible, guided largely by the wonderfully correct and composed Younis, who became the first man to compile three consecutive centuries against Australia in 90 years.

It had seemed difficult to imagine that Australia's bowlers could look more ineffective than they had done in Dubai, yet the Abu Dhabi surface offered them still less to work with, and the search for skills of spin and reverse swing remained a fruitless one.

After Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Johnson struck either side of lunch, Younis and Azhar added an unbeaten 208.

Michael Clarke tried every conceivable field setting, from an array of catchers in front of the wicket on either side of the batsmen, to the rare posting of a man at straight hit, prompting Pakistani queries about the legality of a fielder standing directly behind the bowler.

But the bowlers and fielders alike were rendered mere extras by the orthodoxy of Younis. Azhar offered a half chance to David Warner at slip from the wrist spin of Steven Smith but even that was a worry for Australia - Smith's turn and bounce is sure to perk up the interest of Yasir Shah. Clarke was reduced to bowling himself by the end, after the day had begun with news that the left-arm spin of Steve O'Keefe had been discarded.

The tour selectors Darren Lehman and Rod Marsh had made two highly aggressive changes to the team that lost by 221 runs in Dubai, dropping Alex Doolan and O'Keefe for Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc.

The daredevil Maxwell is expected to bat at No. 3 after Doolan's timid effort in the first Test, while Starc was included alongside Mitchell Johnson in the same XI for the first time since January 2013.

A win or draw in Abu Dhabi would deliver Pakistan their first Test series victory over Australia since a 1-0 home result in 1994, and the early exchanges suggested the second result may appear most likely. The pitch offered even less in the way of bounce or pace than Dubai's had done, and there was no new ball swing for Mitchell Johnson to exploit.

Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad were thus able to wander along without much urgency or anything in the way of alarms against Johnson, Starc or Peter Siddle, the ball seldom beating the bat and no appeals being raised by the slip cordon.

It took the introduction of Lyon to draw the first significant false strokes of the morning when he was introduced after drinks. Shehzad propped forward to his second ball, which did not spin as expected and the thinnest of edges was missed by Brad Haddin as the batsmen took three.

Missed chances have been an unfortunate recurring theme of Lyon's Test career, but this one was to prove less costly than others. Shehzad favoured the back foot after his earlier edge, and was pinned on the crease by the last ball of Lyon's third over for a clear lbw.

Australian relief to have taken one wicket was to be their isolated moment of joy for the session, as Hafeez and Azhar pushed on dourly to lunch. The posting of short covers, mid-ons and mid-offs and even a rare man at straight hit by Clarke said as much about the pitch as the scoreboard.

Hafeez was fluent and collected, and seemed set for a half-century when Johnson angled a delivery past him and extracted a thin edge through to Haddin. Azhar and Younis made very few errors during the balance of the afternoon, and by the interval had set down a fine platform for the day and the match.

Having chosen an extra paceman in heat hovering around 36C all day, Australia's over rate had been tardy, leaving 38 overs scheduled for a sapping final session. They would bowl only 36 before the umpires deemed the light to be fading, but in that time Younis and Azhar heaped 146 runs with only the slightest hints of trouble.

Younis' century was reached in a mere 128 balls, summing up the escalation of his technical and mental mastery over the bowlers following his dogged wrestle with them on the first day of the series. Azhar's took a far more circumspect 223 with only six fours - how Australia must wish for that kind of perseverance in their young batsmen.

Hours before at Cricket Australia's AGM, the chief executive James Sutherland had confidently predicte an Australian turnaround in Abu Dhabi. It will need to happen quickly.

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3rd ODI NZ V SA Abandoned as a no result

Match abandoned South Africa 157 for 3 (de Kock 80*) v New Zealand

After two matches blessed with fair weather in Mount Maunganui, the third ODI in Hamilton began under overcast skies, and in the 31st over of the game the drizzle had got heavy enough to take the players off. They never came back on. South Africa had been well placed in challenging conditions, though, because Quinton de Kock ended a run of five poor scores with a brisk half-century.

Both teams had made changes for the dead rubber. Despite needing to sweep the series 3-0 to stay the No. 1 ranked team in ODIs, South Africa rested Dale Steyn, while Imran Tahir and Faf du Plessis were also given a break because of niggles. New Zealand benched Daniel Vettori and Trent Boult, as they continued to search for a settled combination in their build-up to the 2015 World Cup.

New Zealand's attack had plenty of assistance, which backed up Brendon McCullum's decision to bowl. The pitch had bounce, and the ball swung and seamed in the gloom. The fast bowlers - Tim Southee apart - were inaccurate, though, and unable to prevent South Africa scoring freely despite dismissing three of the top five batsmen cheaply.

Matt Henry, playing his second ODI nine months after taking a four wickets on debut, began with two deliveries on the pads that de Kock flicked and drove for boundaries to fine leg and midwicket. Henry's morning improved, though, and he dismissed Hashim Amla and Rilee Rossouw with balls that seemed to grip the surface, making the batsmen play early as a result. Amla lobbed a catch to midwicket, while Henry dived across the pitch himself to catch Rossouw, who suffered his fourth duck in six ODI innings.

There were boundary balls on offer often and de Kock freed his arms to slice through point and drive through cover when Henry gave him width. David Miller, competing with Rossouw for a spot in South Africa's World Cup XI, was promoted to No. 4, a rare opportunity for him to build the innings as opposed to finish it. He began brightly, with three powerfully struck boundaries, before yorking himself by stepping out to Jimmy Neesham.

At 70 for 3 in the 17th over, New Zealand were beginning to take a grip on the game, but de Kock and AB de Villiers put on 87 runs at more than a run a ball. De Kock thrived on leg-stump lines and nine of his 11 fours came on the on-side through glances, flicks, pulls and on-drives. He moved past 50 off 67 balls and looked set for a sixth ODI century before the innings was curtailed. De Villiers wasn't at his best but still managed to tick along and just under a run a ball.

While Neesham and Henry struggled with wides, and McClenaghan was no-balled twice for knocking over the bails during his delivery stride, Southee was the pick of the bowlers. He had troubled Amla with swing in both directions, and in the 31st over Southee harried de Villiers with successive bouncers in slippery conditions. 

The first one hit the top edge of de Villiers' attempted pull and the second hit his helmet. The umpires asked for the covers to be brought on immediately, and the rain did not stop, leaving South Africa the No. 1 ranked side after a 2-0 series victory. 

1st Test Day 3 ZIM V BAN

Bangladesh 254 and 101 for 7 beat Zimbabwe 240 and 114 by three wickets

Bowl straight, enlist the assistance the pitch was eager to provide, prey on the batsman's uncertainty. Repeat. Taijul Islam's strategy was simple and his execution was ruthless enough to give him the best bowling figures in Bangladesh history. 

His 8 for 39 should have heralded a dominant victory, but familiar failings were exposed in the batting and Taijul found himself in the middle again, at No. 9, striking the winning boundary to overhaul a target of 101.

Whatever joy Bangladesh had earned from a disciplined bowling performance evaporated when their top three bagged ducks - an event that has happened only twice before in Tests - and the score read 0 for 3. 

Zimbabwe took a punt and gave Elton Chigumbura the new ball, hoping to exploit a two-paced surface and gloomy overhead conditions, and he delivered. All of his four wickets were timely and furthered very real hopes of an unlikely victory.

The hosts were 82 for 7, battling disconcerting bounce, but Mushfiqur Rahim knew the target was small enough to scrape across. 

As calm as he kept himself, he also ensured Taijul did not feel the immense pressure Zimbabwe's bowlers and their close-in fielders were creating and took Bangladesh home to break a 12-match losing streak across all formats of cricket. 

It was also their first win against a Full Member in 2014, the only other victories in the year having come in T20 internationals against Nepal and Afghanistan.

Although they haven't had many matches on their docket recently, a newish Zimbabwe side has showed admirable fight. They shocked Australia during a home tri-series in August, caused a South Africa collapse two days earlier and benefited from the same scrappy, collective effort to have Bangladesh sweating.

Bangladesh never looked sure of themselves in the chase. Bounce and seam undid Tamim Iqbal, driving on the up cost Mominul Haque and Shamsur Rahman dragged a wide Tinashe Panyangara delivery onto his stumps.

Further chances were created when Mahmudullah and Shakib Al Hasan were new at the crease. Both players left their bats hanging outside off and were reprieved at gully in the space of eight balls. 

The offender, John Nyumbu, was whisked away to a different part of the ground and bowled only one over. Brendan Taylor preferred using his quicks and as the new ball's shine began wearing off, the batsmen began settling.

So Shakib was battered with a few short balls. With just enough uncertainty creeping back into the batsman's game, Tendai Chatara jerked a back of a length delivery away to claim Shakib's outside edge and Nyumbu displayed better catching skills at second slip and the score limped to 46 for 4.

Chigumbura, who was the reason for Australia's humiliation, induced Mahmudullah to drag a slower ball onto his stumps for 28. He combined with Regis Chakabva, the wicketkeeper, to get rid of Shuvagata Hom to usher the Bangladesh tail in with victory still a sizeable 39 runs away. 

Then came another telling blow - a pulled six from No. 8 Shahadat Hossain - that redressed the balance somewhat. Mushfiqur stowed his shots away, unless he was presented with the poorest of deliveries, and his 63-ball stay proved the difference.

If Bangladesh's nemesis was pace, Zimbabwe's was the lack of it. Nine of the visitors' batsmen were spun out and the day's wicket tally stood at 17. Taylor played as late as possible against the spitting and turning ball, compiling 45 off 60 balls. But the other end was a revolving door of batsmen.

"Bang Bang, here lads," Mushfiqur had cheered and Vusi Sibanda became a victim of Taijul's flight and turn, while Hamilton Masakadza shouldered arms to an indipper from Shahadat to lose his off stump.

Zimbabwe managed a brief flurry with Sikandar Raza, who realised mere survival was becoming impossible. He charged down the track and hammered two impressive sixes in the 18th over against Taijul. But the hat-trick was too tempting, especially when another tossed up delivery came at him. This time though, Raza could only skew a tame catch to a deepish point.

Mushfiqur sensed further opportunities. "Sixty for five, boys," was the next demand and Taijul bettered it with a double-wicket maiden that left Zimbabwe 58 for 5. Chakabva, hiked up to open, went at a flighted delivery with hard hands - a symptom several of his team-mates displayed as well - and was caught at slip to end a 51-ball vigil. 

Although his patience was commendable, it also meant Bangladesh were allowed to pile on dot balls and scare the batsmen with several deliveries leaping past prodding bats. Chigumbura had no such luck though as he fell second ball, caught at slip again.

"One will keep low, that's all we need," Mushfiqur chirped. Craig Ervine was leg before as he played around a length ball that failed to rise as much as he thought. Having got everything he had asked for, Mushfiqur snared a sharp catch to hand Shakib Al Hasan his first wicket and a battered Zimbabwe went into lunch at 94 for 7 and folded for 114 soon after. 

The result had seemed a foregone conclusion then, and the same one eventually came to pass, but the ride was far more nerve-racking. 

1st Test Day 2 ZIM V BAN

Zimbabwe 240 and 5 for 0 trail Bangladesh 254 by nine runs

Self-inflicted wounds, including three run-outs, cost Bangladesh as they managed only a 14-run lead after bowling Zimbabwe out for 240. The Zimbabwe openers survived the two overs that remained after Bangladesh were bowled out, leaving the match intriguingly poised going into the third day.

Mominul Haque, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim made half-centuries, and looked mostly untroubled by Zimbabwe's bowlers, but none of them carried on to a more substantial score. 

This meant the lower order was at the crease when Zimbabwe took the second new ball, and Bangladesh duly folded from 213 for 6 to 254 all out. Tinashe Panyangara, who had dismissed the openers, bounced out Mushfiqur and hurtled through the lower order to finish with five wickets.

The pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium continued to offer turn and unpredictable bounce, but Zimbabwe's two frontline spinners failed to exploit it, as combined figures of 36-6-116-1 would suggest. They scarcely made a dent in the composure of Mominul, Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur, who batted serenely to combine in partnerships of 63 and 64 for the third and fifth wickets.

But Bangladesh kept losing wickets against the run of play. Mahmudullah was lbw with tea looming, trying to lap-sweep the part-time offspinner Sikandar Raza. Before that, in the space of 27 balls either side of lunch, Mominul and Shakib Al Hasan were run out. Mominul was caught short by a direct hit from Raza, but only because he failed to drag his bat over the crease. 

Shakib fell victim to poor communication from his partner Mahmudullah and to a glorious piece of athleticism from Tendai Chatara, who dived to collect a wayward throw and disturbed the bails with a back-hand flick, all in one swooping motion.

At that point, Bangladesh were four down and 126 behind. Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur steered them out of trouble, milking Zimbabwe's inexperienced spinners and pouncing on the loose balls they served up. 

Mushfiqur went after the offspinner Nyumbu, who only bowled three overs in the second session, slog-sweeping him for six and square-cutting him when he dragged one short and wide. 

Mahmudullah drove the legspinner Tafadzwa Kamungozi for successive fours through cover to bring up his half-century.

Kamungozi bowled quicker and flatter than his fellow debutant Jubair Hossain had done in Zimbabwe's innings, and struggled to hit a good length. 

On a couple of occasions when he did, he spun the ball sharply past the outside edge, but was often too short or too full.

Zimbabwe's best bowlers were their two fast bowlers, Chatara and Panyangara. Bangladesh had added only two runs to their overnight 27 for 1 when Shamsur Rahman spooned Panyangara straight to mid-off, off a delivery that seemed to stop on the batsman. 

It wasn't the first time that had happened on this pitch, but the dismissal wasn't just about that one misbehaving ball. 

Shamsur had scored only one run off the previous 20 balls he had faced, and the sight, or illusion, of a driveable delivery caused him to snatch too eagerly at his shot.

At the other end, Chatara was keeping Mominul just as quiet. He bowled four overs in his first spell of the day, and each of them was a maiden. 

Mominul faced all 24 balls, nearly all of which were angled across him towards a fourth-stump line, and judged his responses impeccably, showing none of the vulnerability that afflicts most batsmen in that channel.

Mahmudullah got going with successive fours off Panyangara, but was otherwise restrained as the two fast men completed their first spells of the morning. 

When Chatara and Panyangara went off, the pressure on the batsmen eased a little, and scoring opportunities grew more plentiful.

Mahmudullah pierced the gap in front of point with a backfoot punch off the medium-pacer Elton Chigumbura, and Mominul square-cut Kamungozi and drove Nyumbu inside out. On the odd occasion when the ball turned and bounced, both batsmen minimised the damage by playing close to the body and with soft hands.

The partnership ended when Chatara came back for one final over before the break. Had Mominul grounded his bat properly, or had Raza's throw missed, he would have scored the first run off Chatara in the morning. He ended with figures of 5-5-0-0 for the first session, and 22-11-27-0 for the innings. 

1st Test Day 5 PAK V AUS

Pakistan 454 and 286 for 2 dec beat Australia 303 and 216 by 221 runs

Not since 1994 have Pakistan led Australia in a Test series. A telling 221-run victory in Dubai means that Misbah-ul-Haq's wonderfully resilient team are now a chance of breaking an identical 20-year drought between series wins over the same opponent.

Pakistan proved far more skilful, resourceful and focused than Australia, who missed Ryan Harris and Shane Watson rather more than Misbah's men suffered for the absence of Saeed Ajmal and Junaid Khan. 

The Australia lower order battled manfully but could not erase the sins of the top six, who apart from David Warner failed utterly in conditions that have become an all too familiar source of trouble.

Zulfiqar Babar and Yasir Shah were the fourth-innings architects of Pakistan's triumph, their expertise and subtlety providing a reminder that most spin bowlers are forged in first-class cricket and are invariably better for experience. 

By contrast, Michael Clarke's team have an array of problems to address, not least the increasing comfort with which Pakistan's batsmen played his bowling attack across the Test.

The day was not without some moments of doubt for Pakistan, not least when they spurned a quartet of chances during the afternoon session, though Babar and Yasir continued to bowl diligently and well on the worn pitch. 

But Pakistan always had time to spare, and Mitchell Johnson's line-ball stumping went their way in the ascendant much as it often did for Australia during their years of dominance.

Chris Rogers and Steven Smith had begun with determined intentions, and as happened in the first innings and again on the fourth evening an Australia pair started firmly. Despite some extravagant turn for Yasir and reverse swing in both directions from Rahat Ali, they made it through to morning drinks.

Misbah-ul-Haq threw the ball to Imran Khan, who proceeded to work on bending the ball in the manner of his namesake, albeit at a lesser pace. 

Rogers had kept out many a threatening delivery and was the only Australian to face more than 100 balls in each innings. But he was late in recognising Imran's inswinger, and to the sound of Pakistani roars his middle stump was tilted back.

Mitchell Marsh is a young man who will learn from this experience, but his defensive skills against spin were found wanting in each innings. Too crooked across a straight delivery from Babar on day three, he was now too hard-handed against the same bowler, shooting the ball off the bat straight into the lap of silly point.

Though raised on slower, spinning pitches in New South Wales, Brad Haddin's method has never been particularly suited to the natural variations of subcontinental pitches. His firm hands and penchant for driving at the line of the ball can look imperious, but here it was inadequate as a Babar straight ball zipped between bat and pad to strike leg stump.

All the while Smith fought and fidgeted, but gradually lost momentum as wickets began to fall. Not a single boundary was hit in the morning session. There was more intent when Smith and Johnson resumed in the afternoon, their efforts to score a little more often spreading Misbah's field.

After a while, the fifty stand arrived, and Pakistan began to show signs of tension. No fewer than four chances went down from the bowling of Babar - Smith surviving a stumping chance on 37, then dropped by Misbah on 44, albeit from a fiercely struck cover drive. Johnson's patience was tested, and when he was on 23, Ahmed Shehzad at deep midwicket turfed a slog-sweep that should have been taken. 

When Johnson was on 25, Yasir Shah misjudged a top-edged Johnson sweep at backward square leg and could only get one hand to it.

Smith passed 50 and could glimpse tea, but Yasir's return to the attack brought a half-volleyed flick to short leg. It was a blur of pitch, ball and bat, but replays confirmed a fair catch and Smith trudged off. Johnson and Siddle fought their way through the second new ball, and maintained faint hope at tea.

Few alarms were raised in the early minutes of the evening session, Australia daring to hope they might emulate some of the escapes made by South Africa and England in earlier years when they showed the best teams are as capable of wriggling to a draw as galloping to a win.

But Yasir found some variety out of the rough to Johnson, who had begun playing in a slightly more defensive vein. A review for an lbw when he padded up was rejected, but a straighter delivery in the same over beat the outside edge and had Sarfraz Ahmed screeching in the sort of stumping appeal shared by quick-witted wicketkeepers.

Replays seemed to show some of Johnson's boot behind the line, but the third umpire Nigel Llong concluded that none of it was grounded. His decision was the cue for Pakistani jubilation - and a thunderous glare from Darren Lehmann in Australia's viewing area. Johnson departed glumly.

That moment more or less finished the match. Siddle eluded an lbw appeal and review by Babar the following over, but a hearty inside edge gave the left-arm spinner a deserved five-wicket haul in his next. Pakistan now cannot lose the series. Australia, Ashes and all, cannot win it. 

1st Test Day 1 ZIM V BAN

Bangladesh 27 for 1 trail Zimbabwe 240 (Raza 51, Shakib 6-59) by 213 runs

Shakib Al Hasan exploited the significant bounce and turn on offer on a first-day pitch in Mirpur to take six wickets on his comeback from a two-and-a-half month disciplinary suspension imposed by the BCB. 

His performance - the highlight of which was a relentless accuracy - helped Bangladesh dismiss Zimbabwe for a below-par total, and underlined his value to a team that has not won a Test or one-day international in 2014.

Before Shakib resumed his familiar starring role for Bangladesh, however, 19-year old debutant Jubair Hossain, the first specialist legspinner to play Test cricket for the country, had displayed a bag full of variations. 

His two top-order scalps, and left-armer Taijul Islam's one, took the spinners' wicket tally to nine. Batting was a constant struggle - a few deliveries stayed low, most bounced sharply, there was always a degree of spin, and the ball never came on to the bat - and Zimbabwe played their shots to get what they could before being dismissed in the last hour of the day.

Given that Bangladesh are likely to bat last on this surface, a first-innings lead will be crucial to their chances of winning, but they lost Tamim Iqbal cheaply to a short-of-a-length delivery that rose sharply from Tinashe Panyangara, who was also returning to the Zimbabwe team after an expulsion for disciplinary reasons. Tamim fended the lifter to slips and it was left to the inexperienced second-wicket pair of Shamsur Rahman and Mominul Haque to see their team through to stumps.

Despite Bangladesh's wretched form this year, they began this series as favourites, a view that was strengthened when fast bowler Shahadat Hossain struck off the fifth ball of the match, drawing an edge from Vusi Sibanda with a delivery that moved late. 

The crowd at the Shere Bangla National Stadium was sparse at the start but cheered vociferously when Shakib came on to bowl the eighth over. 

He began with two maidens and when Hamilton Masakadza tried to break free in the spinner's third over, the attempt at clearing the straight boundary landed in Jubair's hands at mid-off.

At 31 for 2, Brendan Taylor's decision to bat seemed to be backfiring, but he played a part in steadying the innings. Realising the importance of Taylor's wicket, Bangladesh reviewed a bat-pad decision that went against Shakib but replays indicated no edge.

Zimbabwe's other opener Sikandar Raza also had his moments, stepping out to a flighted delivery to lift Shakib over cover, and using the depth of his crease to turn the strike over. He had some luck, though, when a top-edged pull fell short of the fielder at fine leg.

Jubair had bowled the last over before lunch and in his first after the break, he ended the third-wicket stand on 52. The flighted delivery dipped sharply and Taylor scooped it straight to mid-off, leaving Zimbabwe 83 for 3. 

For a teenager with only two first-class matches worth of experience, Jubair bowled an accurate length around off stump, and mixed legbreaks with the occasional googly that turned significantly. One googly pitched outside off and spun to hit Elton Chigumbura on the back pad, but the turn was so much that the ball would have missed leg stump by a long way.

Raza had become more watchful after lunch and he brought up his second half-century in his second Test by sweeping Shakib for four. He did not push on though and was done in by a dipping legbreak from Jubair that he spooned to cover. Shakib had Chigumbura caught soon after - Mominul Haque diving forward at silly point to reduce Zimbabwe to 142 for 5.

Craig Ervine, playing his first international game since March 2013 because he had made himself unavailable to Zimbabwe when offered only a winter contract, put on 50 with Regis Chakabva, but both batsmen fell in quick succession. 

Taijul had not bowled in the second session and he struck in his first after tea, having Ervine caught at bat-pad. Shakib then had Chakabva caught off a delivery that spun and bounced viciously, lobbing off the glove to slip.

When Panyangara top-edged a sweep to deep backward square leg, Shakib completed his first five-wicket haul against Zimbabwe, giving him a five-for against every team he's played. He has not yet faced Australia in a Test. 

1st Test Day 4 PAK V AUS

Australia 303 and 59 for 4 need 379 more to beat Pakistan 454 and 286 for 2 dec (Ahmed Shehzad 131, Younis Khan 103*)

An Australian television promo for this series has cribbed from the film poster for Lawrence of Arabia. After four days of the Dubai Test match a suddenly mighty Pakistan have pushed Australia into a position where the avoidance of defeat seems even less likely than the taking of Aqaba.

David Warner, Alex Doolan and the captain Michael Clarke all demonstrated different symptoms of Australia's deeply entrenched malady against spin. The loss of Nathan Lyon completed a rush of four wickets for five runs, and left Chris Rogers clinging on at stumps in the company of Steve Smith. Ninety overs tomorrow seem far too many for a team so utterly and unexpectedly humiliated.

So far, the loss of Saeed Ajmal has barely seemed to matter to Pakistan, so skilful have his proxies proven to be. Zulfiqur Babar and Yasir Shah ran rings around the Australian top order in the final session, much as Younis Khan and Ahmed Shehzad had done against their pacemen and spinners while establishing a gaping, 437-run advantage.

Younis became Pakistan's most prolific Test century-maker and also the first batsman in more than 40 years to post twin centuries against Australia - not since Glenn Turner did the trick in 1974 had a batsman saluted a century in each innings in the face of 11 baggy greens. The rarity of the feat was in line with the scarcely believable indignities being piled upon the same team that won the Ashes at home last summer before besting South Africa away.

Shehzad had also soared to three figures before Younis completed his second of the match, at which point Misbah-ul-Haq declared. Steve O'Keefe claimed the only Pakistani wickets of the day, isolated moments of joy for Clarke's tiring team.

Australia's bowlers struggled once more to pose significant dangers with either pace or spin. The lack of wickets or even appeals from the Australians has contrasted notably with their time at the batting crease in both innings, when Pakistan's use of reverse swing and spin brought regular questions before the umpires Marais Erasmus and Richard Kettleborough.

Mitchell Johnson occasionally beat the bat or struck the body, but neither batsman allowed these moments to affect them. Shehzad and Younis accelerated steadily after lunch, choosing the right moments to attack while also frustrating Australia's bowlers with patient defence in between.

It said much for the comfort of the batsmen that Clarke chanced an lbw referral for a Peter Siddle delivery that struck Younis well outside off stump and may have also hit the bat first. From there Shehzad sprinted towards his century, clattering four sixes along the way.

But the shot of the day belonged to Younis, a low, skimming drive to the cover boundary from the bowling of Johnson. If Australia's spearhead was unable to break through, the No. 1 spinner was barely used - Clarke ignored Lyon for much of the session in favour of O'Keefe. It had become a matter of damage limitation.

After tea Shehzad perished attempting a reverse sweep at O'Keefe, but Younis was more successful in using the stroke against Lyon, on the way to a hundred that brought every spectator to their feet. Warner and Rogers began brightly against a token two overs of pace, but the introduction of Mohammad Hafeez and then Zulfiqur drew numerous false strokes.

Even so, Roger's reprieve from an incorrect caught behind decision seemed likely to get Australia through to stumps unscathed. Little more than half an hour's play remained when Warner danced fatally past a Zulfiqur delivery that carried on with the arm, and his exit opened up the wound.

Doolan was transfixed on the crease and lbw for a duck, Clarke unable to get his bat out in front of pad against Yasir's canny use of line and pace, and Lyon completing a dismal match by falling in similar fashion. There was the scantiest consolation in the fact that Smith twice eluded freak run outs after advancing down the pitch. Tomorrow he and Rogers must cross the sun's anvil. 

1st Test Day 3 PAK V AUS

Pakistan 454 and 38 for 0 lead Australia 303 (Warner 133, Yasir Shah 3-66) by 189 runs

Same predicament, different country. Pakistan encircled Australia on the third day in Dubai, preying on batting weaknesses glimpsed on countless previous occasions, whenever Michael Clarke's men have been confronted by a dry surface and diligent bowlers.

At one point in the afternoon, Australia's coach Darren Lehmann could be seen with a hand shielding his face from the cricket in the middle and the Cricket Australia laptops in front of him. He had seen it all before, as recently as the tourists' defeat in their only warm-up match, but seemed unable to prevent the unfolding of a familiar script. 

Brilliantly as Australia performed at home and then in South Africa last summer, they seem unable to transcend their antipathy for reverse swing, spin and sluggish pitches.

Starting on a promising 113 without loss, Australia were rounded up for a mere 303. Only an ebullient 133 from David Warner, his third century in consecutive innings, gave any spine to the scorecard. But Warner's effort was the exception that proved the rule, as a succession of batsmen failed to get comfortable, allowing a recently tentative Pakistan to take unexpected control.

Rahat Ali, Zulfiqar Babar and Yasir Shah were names unfamiliar to Australia before this series. All delivered quality spells, with Rahat finding reverse swing to dismiss Chris Rogers and becalm Alex Doolan, and Babar varying his flight and spin in a way Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe could not on the way to deceiving a hesitant Clarke and the debutant Mitchell Marsh.

Yasir struck pivotally on either side of lunch, coaxing Steve Smith into an airy cut just when he appeared to be set, then bowling Warner when the opener misread the degree of turn. Brad Haddin tried to muscle the second new ball but dragged Imran Khan onto the stumps, and Marsh was lbw to Babar after successfully reviewing a caught behind verdict in favour of Rahat.

The tail could summon no miracles, and when bad light ended play, Ahmed Shehzad and Azhar Ali had glided to 38 for 0 and an advantage of 189. The loss of two wickets for seven runs in the first half-hour of the Test now feels a distant memory, as does the suspension of Saeed Ajmal. 

On the evidence of day three, it is just as well for Australia he isn't playing.

Misbah-ul-Haq began the day with Rahat and Hafeez in tandem, and Rogers was soon troubled by the old ball moving through the air and lower bounce than he preferred. Shaping to cut Rahat, he was cramped by a delivery angling back at him, and chopped it onto the stumps.

Doolan's innings was strangely diffident, recalling his statuesque innings in similarly dry, slow and reversing conditions against South Africa in Port Elizabeth earlier in the year. Unable to puncture a ring field or rotate the strike, he fretted over five runs and 34 balls before chancing a single from a ball struck firmly to mid-on and was found short when Rahat aimed unerringly.

Clarke's hands were firm and his footwork uncertain, his brief stay ending when he squeezed Babar to short leg. And while Smith looked almost as comfortable as Warner in a stand of 48, he fell prey to mental error by slicing Yasir to backward point. 

Smith leaned angrily on his bat when the catch was taken, and the importance of his wicket was emphasised in the first over of the afternoon. Yasir then deceived Warner with a quicker delivery angled in from around the wicket, earning the Twittersphere praise of Shane Warne in the process.

Haddin and Marsh hinted at a pivotal union when the wicketkeeper lofted Yasir into the stands as he sought to wrest back some momentum, but Imran and Rahat both moved the second new ball enough to cause misjudgments: Haddin's edge onto the stumps went someway to levelling up his liberal allocation of good fortune during last summer's Ashes. 

Marsh used his long reach to play the spinners with composure, but played around a straight delivery from Babar to fall lbw on review, causing his father Geoff to angrily motion a forward defensive in the stands.

Peter Siddle, oddly sent in ahead of the more accomplished batsman O'Keefe, was soon lbw to Hafeez. Mitchell Johnson and O'Keefe scrounged 32, but Johnson succumbed to a hook, and when the spinner skied a slog at Yasir, Australia had fallen a third short. Pakistan's path towards victory is broadening, Australia's is narrow and arduous. 

2nd ODI NZ V SA

SA 282/9 beat NZ 210 by 72 runs

Hashim Amla's scored a century as South Africa recorded a 72-run victory over New Zealand in their second One-Day International.

Having been kept on the field for longer than intended, South Africa eventually saw off their opponents at the Bay Oval to win the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead.

South Africa were asked to bat first after losing the toss, and Amla quickly found his form on the way to a crucial knock of 119 from 135 balls.

The opener was well supported by Faf du Plessis, who struck a fluent 67, while AB de Villiers contributed with 37 from just 25 deliveries.

Amla's dismissal in the 45th over opened the door for the Kiwis as the hosts fought back to restrict the Proteas to 282-9 from their 50 overs.

However, New Zealand struggled in the early stages of their reply as their top six all departed without reaching 30 in Mount Maunganui.

Imran Tahir and Dale Steyn both took two wickets, while De Villiers claimed his first two victims in ODI cricket to pile further misery on the hosts.

Luke Ronchi - who was chasing down a maiden hundred - offered some resistance by clocking up 79 runs, until eventually slicing the ball which allowed De Plessis to collect a well-judged catch.

The sides face off once more on Sunday in the third ODI.

1st Test Day 2 PAK V AUS

Australia 113 for 0 (Warner 75*) trail Pakistan 454 (Sarfraz Ahmed 109, Younis Khan 106, Asad Shafiq 89, Johnson 3-39) by 341 runs

Australia haven't been this confounded by a Sarfraz since the feisty Nawaz introduced them to reverse swing at the MCG in 1979. Sarfraz Ahmed's 80-ball century hurtled Pakistan to a first innings of 454, chastening Australia's bowlers and ensuring the first Test will have to be fought to the finish on a parched and dusty Dubai pitch.

David Warner and Chris Rogers made the best of their time in the final session, adding a busy 113 with only the occasional hiccup, but there is still some way to go after Australia's bowlers were left looking bereft for much of the day. The platform set by Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq allowed Sarfraz to launch into an innings every bit as joyful as the celebration he unleashed upon cresting three figures.

If Australia's bowlers had been forewarned by Sarfraz's recent Test form - scores of 74, 5, 48, 55, 52*, 103 and 55 - before this match, they were disarmed by long hours in the field and a pitch utterly foreign to them. What followed was a display that allowed Pakistan to more than double their first day tally inside two sessions. Warner and Rogers lifted the day two total to 348, the most scored at the DSC in a single Test match day.

Well as Mitchell Johnson bowled for standout figures of 3-39 from 31 overs with no fewer than 18 maidens, Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe returned combined figures of 4 for 255 from 67 overs. An early chance dropped by Alex Doolan, following another by Rogers on day one, took on critical dimensions as Pakistan's first innings grew.

Pakistan had needed to search more readily for runs when play began, Australia more pointedly for wickets. Lyon's first ball of the day should have reaped the desired breakthrough, as a sharp off break skewed off Shafiq's bat and pad to short leg. But Doolan dropped it, and from there the batsmen took the initiative.

Misbah sallied forth to loft Lyon for six over midwicket, while Shafiq used his feet where the previous night he had thrusted his pad. Their stand grew the total far more quickly than anything on the opening day, and Lyon's opening spell of the morning leaked runs at five per over.

The attack on Lyon was critical, for his off breaks seemed most likely to claim a wicket. Though Mitchell Johnson retained his pace and threat, none of Peter Siddle, Mitchell Marsh or Steve O'Keefe could attain the sort of deviation in the air or off the pitch to force a false stroke.

Michael Clarke was moved to try Smith's leg breaks, and his combination of sharp spin and looseners drew Misbah into a heave that sailed only as far as Johnson, posted halfway to the long on boundary. That wicket brought some momentary relief, but Sarfraz's intentions to attack were clear in the same over the wicket had fallen, and by lunch he already had a sprightly 27.

Shafiq had been the dominant Pakistani batsman for most of the morning, but as play resumed he reverted to a role in support of Sarfraz, who offered a starburst of strokes all round the ground as Clarke's brow furrowed. All bowlers were scored off, the spinners most of all, and in what seemed no time at all the total had zoomed past 400.

Both batsmen appeared destined for centuries, but Shafiq perished when he tried to slog sweep O'Keefe, the top edge landing in the hands of his fellow debutant Marsh behind square leg. Sarfraz was undeterred, and cuffed Marsh impudently over the slips for his second Test hundred and the second of the innings.

If he had appeared limited against Pakistan's batsmen, O'Keefe is accomplished at winkling out the tail, and soon he also drew a top edge from Yasir Shah. Johnson struck the left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar a nasty blow on the hand, drawing blood, and on the stroke of tea Sarfraz failed to regather his ground when missing a tired-looking sweep at Lyon.

The innings lasted only two more balls after tea due to Zulfiqar's retirement on account of his bandaged right fingers, leaving Warner and Rogers to face more than 30 overs in the evening. Mohammad Hafeez was handed the new ball as a nod to Rogers' previous difficulties against Graeme Swann, and his first few balls were played with something less than assurance.

But Warner has been on a Test match hot streak of his own to match that of Sarfraz, and he built up steadily in the shadows of late afternoon. There were some straight drives of rare brutality, and a reverse sweep from the debut leg spin of Yasir to pass 50 for the sixth Test innings in a row. Warner looked primed for a long stay on the morrow when stumps were drawn. After Sarfraz's effort, he will need one. 

1st Test Day 1 PAK V AUS

Pakistan 219 for 4 (Younis Khan 106, Misbah 34*, Johnson 3-22) v Australia

Twelve years ago, Younis Khan played in Pakistan's only previous Test match meetings with Australia in the UAE. A 3-0 sweep for Steve Waugh's side included one Sharjah match that lasted only two days. When he walked to the centre of the Dubai International Stadium at 7 for 2 in the fourth over, Younis could have been forgiven for post-traumatic flashbacks to Pakistan's tallies of 59 and 53.

There have been other things on Younis' mind too, notably his omission from the ODI squad mere months from next year's World Cup. By day's end the Australians were ruing his inclusion, as a chanceless innings of 106 lifted Pakistan out of the early mire and showed that the team of Michael Clarke remains decidedly mortal on a slow surface.

Mitchell Johnson was a threat in every session, topping and tailing the day with a pair of new-ball lbws, and Peter Siddle showed typical discipline and also increased pace since he was dropped in South Africa. But the spinners Nathan Lyon and debutant Steve O'Keefe went wicketless, as did the allrounder Mitchell Marsh. Ryan Harris was sorely missed, and Shane Watson's changes of pace and reverse swing may have come in handy.

Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq offered useful support to Younis, the former helping in the addition of 108 to establish a foundation after early losses, and the latter shrugging off Australian talk of targeting the captain by compiling his runs with typical understatement. A tally beyond 350 on day two will test Clarke's men, for the pitch is the same strip used for the earlier ODI and Twenty20 fixtures, and is already dusting up considerably.

Pakistan had announced two debutants, the right-arm pace bowler Imran Khan and the legspinner Yasir Shah. Australia also handed out dual debuts. Marsh's baggy green cap was presented by his father, Geoff Marsh, who was also on hand to do the same for his older son Shaun Marsh when he debuted in Sri Lanka in 2011. Dean Jones presented O'Keefe's cap.

Johnson started out as if to continue last summer's reign of terror, pushing Mohammad Hafeez onto the back foot before pinning his front with a fast and swerving yorker. Smarting from what was at the very least a badly bruised foot, Hafeez reviewed the lbw verdict of Marais Erasmus but need not have bothered.

At the other end Siddle showed he had regained the snap required of him by Australia's coach Darren Lehmann, consistently topping 140kph while maintaining a tight line. One such delivery seamed back at Ahmed Shehzad, who left leg stump exposed to harm and was duly bowled.

Neither Younis nor Azhar looked entirely comfortable to begin with, but after the early swing subsided there was little in the pitch for Johnson, Siddle or Marsh. O'Keefe was tidy without gaining any turn, and when Lyon joined the attack he was dissuaded from bowling over the wicket into Johnson's footmarks by a single-swept boundary from Azhar.

Johnson was used in short bursts by Clarke, and three overs before lunch he harangued Azhar with a few verbals. The unsubtle tactic had the required effect, coaxing an intemperate drive out of the batsman, but Chris Rogers was unable to claim a low chance as he dived forward from cover.

Thus reprieved, Azhar and Younis carried on into the afternoon, marginally raising their tempo with a handful of boundaries from the spin of Lyon and O'Keefe. Lyon was slow to settle into a rhythm, switching between over and around the wicket, and a bottom-edged sweep brought Azhar his fifty.

Younis weathered a fine post-lunch spell from Johnson, where more than one ball was slung past the outside edge, and followed Azhar beyond 50 as the stand crested 100. But Johnson returned in the final half-hour of the session to defeat Azhar, a similar stroke to his earlier reprieve this time settling into the hands of Alex Doolan at short cover.

Misbah had enough time to be presented with an intimidatory field of four slips and a short leg before the interval, but survived into the evening and accompanied Younis as his fluency grew. Together they formed a sturdy union, against bowling that was steady rather than striking.

Australia's spin and seam support maintained a reasonable command of line and length but lacked the sort of invention required to prise out set, experienced batsmen on a slow surface. 

Lyon's loop seemed the most likely to draw an error but often he bowled too straight - only the occasional delivery tossed wide enough to invite a cover drive. Misbah missed an attempted sweep and Clarke reviewed for a possible catch off glove, before replays showed the ball had brushed wrist band instead.

Hard as O'Keefe and Marsh toiled meanwhile, they were lacking in variation. O'Keefe's length was read without too much difficulty, while Marsh's pace dropped as the day went on. Johnson and Siddle were saved up for the second new ball, but before it was available Younis advanced to swing Lyon into the stadium seats for his first century against Australia and 25th overall.

The umpire Richard Kettleborough checked the light meter as Johnson limbered up for the 81st over, and his second ball arrived well ahead of Younis' schedule, bending back to strike the centurion in front. For the second time in the day, a Pakistani batsman reviewed a ball destined only for the stumps.

In the final over Lyon located the right line, and Asad Shafiq survived a pair of concerted appeals as he shaped to pad balls away. But Kettleborough demurred on both occasions, leaving Pakistan in a far better position than they had any right to expect in the first half-hour of the day. There will be no repeat of Sharjah 2002; Younis was the man to thank for that. 

CLT20 Semi Finals

Chennai Super Kings 182 for 7 (Bravo 67, Awana 4-30) beat Kings XI Punjab 117 (Patel 31, Nehra 2-9) by 65 runs

Seven. That is the number of times Kings XI Punjab had been bowled out before tonight. None of them has been for below 100. Their revamped top six seemed to have cracked Twenty20 batting. Tonight though, their firepower was doused by a relentless bowling performance from Chennai Super Kings. 

There were four ducks, only five batsmen could muster double-figures and the match turned out to be a brutally one-sided affair that culminated in Super Kings making their seventh final.

Their trophy cabinet had last been updated three years ago and MS Dhoni wanted his side to convert the opportunities they create. He was just as conscious of wanting his batsmen to assess the pitch and react accordingly. 

Dwayne Bravo took his captain's words to heart.

He did not have a solid base to work from, having come in with the score at 41 for 3. Steadying the innings was the priority and that was taken care of by a 65-run partnership with Faf du Plessis.

Then Kings XI forced the innings to repair with Parvinder Awana's hat-trick, that was capped with the wicket of MS Dhoni for a first-ball duck in the 17th over. 

The score was a healthy 141 but a major source of acceleration had been muted and Bravo was left with much of the finishing duties too. He changed his game to suit that need as well. He slashed, drove, cut and flicked to score 67 of only 39 balls and was the primary reason Super Kings managed 182 for 7.

Kings XI would not have been perturbed by that target. George Bailey, their captain, had said the pitch was "beautiful." It received similar plaudits ahead over the evening game as well. But when play got underway, it showed itself to be on the slower side. 

Strokeplay would not be unduly difficult though and Kings XI have hunted 180-plus totals nine out of 11 times. However, adding to that tally is difficult when you lose four wickets inside the Powerplay.

Ashish Nehra and Mohit Sharma delivered a telling spell. They did not threaten with undue pace. There was barely any swing on offer. The only thing they could do was be accurate. Their efforts were underpinned by a ruthless display on the field. Brendon McCullum dived low to his left to pull off a screamer to knock over Virender Sehwag for nought. 

Du Plessis, having been teased twice before, successfully tracked down a skier from the other opener Manan Vohra. Wriddhiman Saha wore a nasty hit on the helmet before losing his off stump. And Glenn Maxwell feathered a short ball down the leg side.

Kings XI tumbled from 24 for 4 to 34 for 6 in the eighth over. David Miller was left to tackle an abominable equation of 149 needed off 75 balls. It was far too much of an ask, especially with Super Kings' wealth of spinners and Kings XI were bowled out for their second-lowest total.

"It was the complete game," Dhoni said. He, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith and Suresh Raina had totaled only 26 runs between them. By the end of the night that only highlighted how strong Super Kings had been. 

Kolkata Knight Riders 141 for 3 (Kallis 54*, Pandey 40) beat Hobart Hurricanes 140 for 6 (Malik 66*) by 7 wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders took their winning streak to 14, the joint second-highest in Twenty20 history, and made it to their first Champions League T20 final after the spinners reduced Hobart Hurricanes to 140 for 6. Having lost captain Tim Paine to a stomach bug, Hurricanes had to contend with 16 overs of spin, including the opening spell of Yusuf Pathan. 

They couldn't break free of their chokehold, reaching 140 thanks only to Shoaib Malik's late surge. Knight Riders, however, made a bit of heavy weather of the chase, with Jacques Kallis and Yusuf getting stuck in the end, bringing the equation up to 21 off 13 before finishing it off with five balls to spare.

Knight Riders stuck to their winning formula after the stand-in Hurricanes captain Xavier Doherty chose to bat on what looked like a flat hard pitch. By the time Yusuf sent down the first over, it was obvious it was a pitch slower than expected. 

Andre Russell provided the first breakthrough by latching on to a tough leading edge off his own bowling, with Dom Michael being undone by the slowness of the surface. In the next over, Hurricanes' batsman of the tournament, Aiden Blizzard got a rough decision, given lbw off a thick inside edge.

From then on it was going to be a catch-up game for Hurricanes. 

Knight Riders made sure they didn't take too many liberties by bringing on their two attacking spinners, Sunil Narine and Kuldeep Yadav, one after the other. As a result, Hurricanes had to be watchful, crawling to 54 for 3 in 10 overs, their lowest 10-over score of the tournament. Ben Dunk did majority of the scoring in the first half, but Kuldeep accounted for him.

It was down to Malik, their best player of the spin, to provide them some sort of fighting total. Malik obliged, taking 21 runs off the 19th over, bowled by Kuldeep, but the support from the other side was hard to come by. Take out 105 from 75 balls scored between Malik and Dunk, you have precious nothing from the rest of the team.

However, the rest of the team was spirited in defence of the small target. The fast bowlers, Ben Hilfenhaus and Doug Bollinger, got stuck into Gautam Gambhir and had him early. An adventurous shot off Doherty accounted for Robin Uthappa, and Knight Riders were 44 for 2 off 44 legal deliveries. Kallis then provided the solidness, and Manish Pandey gave them the impetus by peppering his favourite wide long-on area. Hurricanes didn't help their own case with three missed run-outs, and Pandey's wicket off a no-ball.

The free hit went for four, followed by another, bringing the equation down to 49 off 42. When Pandey holed out to long-on in the 16th over, he left Knight Riders just 34 off 28. The next 15 balls were mostly yorkers, conceded just 13, drew some frustrated shots from Yusuf and Kallis, and the game was in the balance with 21 required off 13. Ben Laughlin then failed to execute his yorker with the last ball of the 18th over, and Yusuf crashed it through extra cover.

Doherty was now left with a big decision. He and Bollinger had an over each left, and he went against the conventional wisdom to bowl the 19th himself. Kallis stepped out first ball, and crashed him for a six first up. That was game done for all practical purposes, but Hilfenhaus provided the finishing touch by parrying off the first ball of the 20th over for a six after having misjudged a catch.