Pakistan vs. Australia, 2nd Test, Day 2: Highlights, Scorecard and Report

Pakistan batted Australia into submission on the second day of the Abu Dhabi Test match on Friday as they eventually declared after tea on 570-6 in their first innings.

The Aussies then lost the wicket of Chris Rogers early on as they batted a handful of overs in the evening before bad light stopped play with the tourists on 22-1 and trailing by 548 runs.

It moves Pakistan ever closer to confirming victory in the two-match series after winning the opener convincingly.

With Pakistan having been 304 for the loss of just two wickets overnight, Azhar Ali and Younis Khan—both in the 100s—started where they had left off as they returned to the crease at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.

In an eventful morning session, David Warner put down a relatively easy catch in the gully to dismiss Younis before the opening batsman had to take over from wicketkeeper Brad Haddin who injured his shoulder in a diving stop.

Total	(6 wickets dec; 164 overs)	570
Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls
Ahmed Shehzad	lbw b Lyon	35	64
Mohammad Hafeez	c †Haddin b Johnson	45	89
Azhar Ali	c Warner b Starc	109	250
Younis Khan	b Siddle	213	349
Misbah-ul-Haq*	c & b Smith	101	168
Asad Shafiq	b Starc	21	32
Sarfraz Ahmed†	not out	19	22
Yasir Shah	not out	1	14
Extras	(b 10, lb 11, w 1, nb 4)	26
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Johnson	25	7	59	1
Starc	27	3	86	2
Siddle	31	8	75	1
Lyon	37	1	154	1
Marsh	12	2	32	0
Maxwell	16	2	78	0
Clarke	6	0	24	0
Smith	10	0	41	1

No sooner had Warner taken the gloves than he missed a very good stumping chance from Nathan Lyon's bowling.

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However, the 28-year-old finally had some success when Azhar edged a Mitchell Starc delivery down the leg side for Warner to take the catch behind the stumps, and Pakistan's No. 3 had to go for an excellent 109.

Misbah-ul-Haq made his way to the middle and was clearly in no mood to take things slow, the skipper reaching 50 before lunch, while Younis continued to accumulate as well. 

The tourists needed something to happen after the lunch break but, while a clearly struggling Haddin returned to the field of play, there was to be no early breakthrough as a packed house watched on, per Cricket Australia's Dave Middleton:

Younis moved serenely to his fifth double-century in the afternoon session with some masterful batting, showing great style as the Australians could only stand and admire.

Misbah threw in some unorthodox strokes, per Cricket Australia, and he eventually reached a terrific 100 with a reverse sweep for four:

Against the run of play, Misbah then lobbed a soft one back to bowler Steve Smith and had to go after a fantastic 101 just before tea.

Having reached 517-4 it seemed inevitable that a declaration was coming from Pakistan but Younis finally fell before that happened, bowled by Peter Siddle for a wonderful 213.

Pakistan were clearly not satisfied at that point, however, and they lost Asad Shafiq also to Starc before finally declaring at 570-6.

Total	(1 wicket; 5.2 overs)	22
Batsman	Dismissal	Runs	Balls
Warner	not out	16	18
Rogers	c †Sarfraz Ahmed b Imran Khan	5	8
Lyon	not out	1	6
Extras		0
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Imran Khan	3	0	18	1
Mohammad Hafeez	2	0	4	0
Zulfiqar Babar	0.2	0	0	0

That gave Australia 12 overs to bat out in the fading light, and they were not hanging around, Warner hitting the first two balls of the innings for four in a 12-run opening over.

But Pakistan made the vital evening breakthrough as Australia's other opener, Chris Rogers, fell to Imran Khan in the fifth over. That left them at 22-1 when stumps was called a little early due to bad light on Day 2.

Australia have an absolute mountain to climb and are effectively out of the match after just two days, as the tourists need to win to level the series.

However, Pakistan deserve massive credit as they have batted superbly and overwhelmed Australia to take them to the verge of a first Test series victory over this opposition since 1994.