It was a disappointing day for Pakistan when it got here to fielding as they missed a number of catches on Day 1 of the primary Test match in opposition to Australia in Perth on Thursday. Warner was dropped by Khurram Shahzad simply after reaching his hundred and he even survived a stumping likelihood when Sarfaraz Khan failed to gather the ball correctly. However, the one miss that attracted lots of consideration on-line was when Abdullah Shafique missed an absolute sitter to dismiss Usman Khawaja. Shafique misinterpret the catch fully and the ball fell on his hand earlier than rolling to the boundary for a 4.

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WTF bcci put in a chip within the ball#AUSvsPAK pic.twitter.com/xoNuaUK3s9

— (@Broken_ICTIAN) December 14, 2023

Veteran opener David Warner hammered a gritty 164 to silence the critics and steer Australia to 346-5 in opposition to an inconsistent Pakistan assault.

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— Abdul haseeb Yousafzai (@HaseebYusafzai) December 14, 2023

The 37-year-old batted for a lot of day one earlier than lastly departing to Aamer Jamal, two balls after smashing the debutant for six.

At stumps, Mitchell Marsh was unbeaten on 15 and Alex Carey not out 14.

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— Tauseef Satti (@TazzSatti) December 14, 2023

Pakistan have by no means received a Test collection in Australia and have did not win a Test within the nation since 1995, with Shan Masood‘s aspect once more going through a frightening job.

Their bowlers confirmed flashes of brilliance and had been rewarded with the wickets of Usman Khawaja (41), Marnus Labuschagne (16), Steve Smith (31) and Travis Head (40).

But till Jamal struck, they’d no reply to a near-flawless Warner who smashed 16 fours and 4 sixes in an impressive 211-ball innings.

He padded up below strain to attain runs with an emotional goodbye from Test cricket on the third Test in Sydney in entrance of his hometown followers his said purpose.

In the lead-up, former Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson questioned whether or not Warner deserved a hero’s farewell given his current poor red-ball kind and involvement within the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.

With his again in opposition to the wall in his one hundred and tenth Test, Warner responded in usually swashbuckling vogue.

“People make comments, but you get one with it. You have to just go out there and score runs and today I did that,” mentioned Warner. “I don’t feel any extra pressure, any other points I have to prove.

“If persons are out to get you or make a headline out of your title, so be it. I am unable to fear about that, I’ve bought to fret about what I do for the staff.”

After Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat, Warner took a confident single off his first ball in an opening over from Shaheen Shah Afridi that leaked 14 runs and never looked back.

On a pitch offering bounce, he quickly settled in to bring up his half-century off just 41 balls with a boundary from Faheem Ashraf.

His strike rate slowed after lunch as he moved towards a 26th Test ton, reaching three figures with an uppercut boundary off Jamal, celebrating with his trademark leap and putting his finger to his mouth.

“It was a pleasant, little quiet shush,” Warner said of his celebration, referring to the criticism.

It was his first century since a battling 200 against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground a year ago.

(With AFP inputs)