{"id":3651,"date":"2022-03-16T20:23:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=204083"},"modified":"2022-03-16T20:23:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T14:53:55","slug":"pak-vs-aus-2nd-test-babar-azam-and-mohammad-rizwans-centuries-guide-pakistan-to-a-gripping-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/pak-vs-aus-2nd-test-babar-azam-and-mohammad-rizwans-centuries-guide-pakistan-to-a-gripping-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak vs Aus 2nd Test: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan\u2019s centuries guide Pakistan to a gripping draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan managed to draw the second Test versus Australia at the National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan both scored centuries. Pakistan played 171.4 overs in their second innings, scoring 443 for 7. Rizwan remained undefeated on 104. Babar Azam, Pakistan\u2019s captain, was bowled for 196 by Nathan Lyon on Day 5 of the second Test, falling short of a well-deserved double century. Lyon then breathed new life into the game by dismissing Faheem Ashram for a wicket on the first ball and Sajid Khan for a wicket a few overs following. Pakistan batted their hearts out while chasing a 506-run mark.<\/p>\n<p>At the National Stadium, the hosts were on the rear foot after succumbing for 148 in reaction to Australia\u2019s enormous first innings total of 556-9.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s record win target was never within sight, but Babar\u2019s 228-run partnership with\u00a0Abdullah Shafique (96) held them in the game.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After a massive third-wicket partnership between Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique, Babar and Mohammad Rizwan put up a good partnership. Lyon claimed four wickets for Australia, while Pat Cummins grabbed two wickets.<\/p>\n<p>Following the dismissal of Marnus Labuschagne on 44, Australia concluded their second innings on 97 for two. Usman Khawaja, the first innings centurion, stayed undefeated on 44 runs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A thrilling stalemate in Karachi \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>It ebbed and flowed in the final session but Pakistan, led by centuries from Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, have managed to draw the second Test.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WTC23?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WTC23<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lcSa2P7Q3l\">https:\/\/t.co\/lcSa2P7Q3l<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KiSCEEaDIO\">pic.twitter.com\/KiSCEEaDIO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ICC (@ICC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1504078020923080709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babar Azam\u2019s 196-run captain\u2019s innings helped Pakistan draw the second Test against Australia at Karachi\u2019s National Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":26714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[298,1241,988,1005],"class_list":["post-3651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-babar-azam","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-nathan-lyon","tag-test-series"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}