Hafeez hits hundred as Pakistan browbeat Australia

DUBAI: Opener Mohammad Hafeez capped his lapse to Test cricket with a shining century as Pakistan reached 199-0 during tea on a opening day of a initial compare opposite Australia in Dubai on Sunday.

Hafeez, a late inclusion in a patrol after a double hundred in a domestic match, was dominant on 113  while associate opener Imam-ul-Haq was 75 not out after Pakistan won a toss and motionless to bat on a prosaic Dubai Stadium pitch.

Hafeez, whose final of 50 Test appearances came in England dual years ago, brought adult his tenth Test century with dual bounds off Mitchell Starc before pulling spinner Jon Holland for two.

He was given a life on 74 when Mitchell Marsh could not reason on to a tough possibility on a range off a bowling of Holland after covering some 20 yards in a outfield.

Imam gathered his second Test half-century with a assist of 7 bounds and dual sixes as Australia’s pace-cum-spin conflict toiled tough in dual wicketless sessions.

Australia captain Tim Paine brought on off-spinner Nathan Lyon in a ninth over though nothing of a bowlers found any assistance from a pitch.

Australia handed Test caps to Aaron Finch, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne while Pakistan enclosed off-spinner Bilal Asif for his initial Test during a age of 33.—AFP

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