Australia 127 (44.2 ov) 1st day of second test full score board

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Innings break - Day 1

• Pakistan in Australia Test Series - 2nd Test
• Test no. 1945 | 2009/10 season
• Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
• 3,4,5,6,7 January 2010 (5-day match)

	Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Sami	6	39	24	1	0	25.00
	7.6 caught behind! back to a good length delivery, Watson is playing it awkwardly from the crease, gets an outside edge high on the bat as the ball swings and the ball is collected cleanly by the wicket-keeper 10/3
	PJ Hughes	c Faisal Iqbal b Mohammad Sami	0	15	10	0	0	0.00
	3.4 caught! drives at a full of a length delivery, gets a thick outside edge that carries to second slip where a very smart catch is taken by Faisal Iqbal on his knees low to the ground. The end of a very unconvincing innings by Hughes. 2/1
	RT Ponting*	c Umar Gul b Mohammad Sami	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	3.5 caught! short ball, Ponting hooks it out in the air out to deep square leg, but there's a fielder out there in place for the hook shot and it's duly collected by Umar Gul diving forward to take an excellent catch. 2/2
	MEK Hussey	c Misbah-ul-Haq b Mohammad Asif	28	96	52	4	0	53.84
	21.5 another wicket falls, short of a length angled across and Hussey goes for the pull and gets the top edge high in the air over the slips and Misbah moves back and judges it well and takes a good catch. Australia 5 down for 51. Asif picks up his second wicket, extra effort from him. 51/5
	MJ Clarke	b Mohammad Asif	3	50	30	0	0	10.00
	17.2 fuller length delivery outside the off stump and cuts back in as Clarke pushes forward for the drive, gets beaten and knocks the top of the middle stump. Excellent delivery to get Clarke. 36/4
	MJ North	c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif	10	24	17	2	0	58.82
	21.6 two in two for Asif, good ball from short of a length and angled across and North feels for it and gets the edge through to Akmal. Asif picks up his third wicket, and he is on a hat-trick next over. 51/6
	BJ Haddin†	c Mohammad Yousuf b Mohammad Asif	6	18	9	0	0	66.66
	25.1 132.1 km/h, on a good length and Haddin looking to go down the ground, gets a leading edge and the ball goes in the air to the left of Yousuf at mid-off, who takes the catch. Four wickets for Asif and a big wicket. Australia are 7 down for 62, in dire straits. 62/7
	MG Johnson	c Imran Farhat b Mohammad Asif	38	23	57	5	1	66.66
	39.5 caught! full length delivery, Johnson seeks to loft over extra cover but only manages to spoon it up in the air for a straight-forward catch to Imran Farhat in that position 117/9
	NM Hauritz	b Mohammad Asif	21	7	37	3	0	56.75
	37.4 bowled! pitched full outside off, Hauritz seeks to drive down the ground but the ball cuts back in a long way, nipping between bat and pad, through the batsman's defence and into off stump 106/8
	PM Siddle	not out	1		13	0	0	7.69
	DE Bollinger	b Umar Gul	9		19	2	0	47.36
	44.2 pitches on a good length and comes in and goes through between the bat and pad and knocks the stumps, that ends the Australian innings. 127/10
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)	5
	Total	(all out; 44.2 overs)	127	(2.86 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Hughes, 3.4 ov), 2-2 (Ponting, 3.5 ov), 3-10 (Watson, 7.6 ov), 4-36 (Clarke, 17.2 ov), 5-51 (Hussey, 21.5 ov), 6-51 (North, 21.6 ov), 7-62 (Haddin, 25.1 ov), 8-106 (Hauritz, 37.4 ov), 9-117 (Johnson, 39.5 ov), 10-127 (Bollinger, 44.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Mohammad Asif	20	6	41	6	2.05
	17.2 to Clarke, fuller length delivery outside the off stump and cuts back in as Clarke pushes forward for the drive, gets beaten and knocks the top of the middle stump. Excellent delivery to get Clarke. 36/4 21.5 to Hussey, another wicket falls, short of a length angled across and Hussey goes for the pull and gets the top edge high in the air over the slips and Misbah moves back and judges it well and takes a good catch. Australia 5 down for 51. Asif picks up his second wicket, extra effort from him. 51/5 21.6 to North, two in two for Asif, good ball from short of a length and angled across and North feels for it and gets the edge through to Akmal. Asif picks up his third wicket, and he is on a hat-trick next over. 51/6 25.1 to Haddin, 132.1 km/h, on a good length and Haddin looking to go down the ground, gets a leading edge and the ball goes in the air to the left of Yousuf at mid-off, who takes the catch. Four wickets for Asif and a big wicket. Australia are 7 down for 62, in dire straits. 62/7 37.4 to Hauritz, bowled! pitched full outside off, Hauritz seeks to drive down the ground but the ball cuts back in a long way, nipping between bat and pad, through the batsman's defence and into off stump 106/8 39.5 to Johnson, caught! full length delivery, Johnson seeks to loft over extra cover but only manages to spoon it up in the air for a straight-forward catch to Imran Farhat in that position 117/9
	Mohammad Sami	12	4	27	3	2.25	(1nb)
	3.4 to Hughes, caught! drives at a full of a length delivery, gets a thick outside edge that carries to second slip where a very smart catch is taken by Faisal Iqbal on his knees low to the ground. The end of a very unconvincing innings by Hughes. 2/1 3.5 to Ponting, caught! short ball, Ponting hooks it out in the air out to deep square leg, but there's a fielder out there in place for the hook shot and it's duly collected by Umar Gul diving forward to take an excellent catch. 2/2 7.6 to Watson, caught behind! back to a good length delivery, Watson is playing it awkwardly from the crease, gets an outside edge high on the bat as the ball swings and the ball is collected cleanly by the wicket-keeper 10/3
	Umar Gul	10.2	0	38	1	3.67	(1w)
	44.2 to Bollinger, pitches on a good length and comes in and goes through between the bat and pad and knocks the stumps, that ends the Australian innings. 127/10
	Danish Kaneria	2	0	18	0	9.00

	Pakistan team

Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Yousuf*, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal†, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Asif, Danish Kaneria, Umar Gul

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat

Player of the match tba

Umpires EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka) and BR Doctrove (West Indies) TV umpire RE Koertzen (South Africa) Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire BNJ Oxenford

Match notes

Day 1 Wet Ground: Australia - 0/0 Rain: Australia - 0/0 Lunch: Australia - 0/0 Rain: Australia - 0/0 Over 3.6: Referral by Pakistan, Umpire - BR Doctrove, Batsman - SR wattson (Struck down) Over 10.6: Referral by Australia, Umpire - EAR de Silva, Batsman - MJ Clarke (Upheld) Australia Innings: 11th over - 7 balls; (Umar Gul, called by Umpire EAR de Silva) Drinks: Australia - 25/3 in 14.0 overs (MEK Hussey 13, MJ Clarke 3) Over 19.1; Referral by Australia, Umpire - BR Doctrove, Batsman - MJ North (Upheld) Australia: 50 runs in 20.5 overs (128 balls), Extras 4 Tea: Australia - 67/7 in 27.0 overs (MG Johnson 7, NM Hauritz 2) Rain: Australia - 67/7 in 27.0 overs (MG Johnson 7, NM Hauritz 2) Australia: 100 runs in 36.5 overs (224 balls), Extras 5 Drinks: Australia - 117/9 in 39.5 overs (PM Siddle 0) Australia Innings: 43rd over - 7 balls; (Umar Gul, called by Umpire EAR de Silva) Innings Break: Australia - 127/10 in 44.2 overs (PM Siddle 1