Pakistan Vs Australia 2nd Test Live Stream

Fast bowler Mohammad Sami staged his comeback with a bang as he devastatingly bowled to grab all three wickets which Australia lost in the first hour’s play after captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first on the rain-affected opening day of the second Test against Pakistan at the SCG.

Play started a while after lunch in overcast conditions on a pitch with plenty of grass on it.
Shane Watson opened the innings with Phillip Hughes coming in for the injured Simon Katich but they could not resist against the devatating bowling by Mohamamd Asif and Sami.

Hughes was dropped by Umar Akmal in the gully off Sami’s very first ball but soon he was dismissed on duck, caught in the slips by Faisal Iqbal and then Ponting got first ball duck.

However, Sami could not get hat-trick as his appeal for lbw was rejected after referral was called. The replay showed that Watson was struck outline the of off and he was playing a shot.

Later, Watson, fresh from making his maiden Test century in Melbourne, also departed caught behind by Kamran Akmal gain off Sami.

Australia are now struggling at 25 for three with Michel Hussey and Michael Clarke batting on 13 and 3, respectively.

Sami has so far taken three wickets for 11 runs from seven overs, four of which were maiden. He is being assisted by Asif and Umar Gul.

Australia made one change in their team with Phillip Hughes at the top of the order while Pakistan made three changes with bowlers Sami, Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria replacing injured Mohamamd Aamer, Abdul Rauf and Saeed Ajmal.

Jacques Kallis hits ton after England set early pace

Jacques Kallis hit his 33rd century in Tests as South Africa recovered from 127-5 to reach 279-6 on day one of the third Test against England.

Kallis made a chanceless unbeaten 108, and featured in an 89-run stand with Mark Boucher (51) for the sixth wicket.

James Anderson and Graeme Swann each took two wickets for England, who opted to field first on winning the toss.South Africa dropped Makhaya Ntini for Friedel de Wet in the only change made by either side at picturesque Newlands.

After England won the toss and put South Africa in to bat, the focus in Cape Town quickly switched to how South Africa could overturn their 1-0 deficit in the series.And that they still had a reasonable chance to do so when stumps were drawn was all because of Kallis.

This three-figure score put him fifth on the all-time list of Test century-makers as he went ahead of Steve Waugh, and one ton shy of Brian Lara in fourth place.

De Villiers now pounced on a couple of shorter balls from Swann to hit boundaries but had not made good his escape when justice was done for England. Attempting to clip a ball through the on-side he tamely chipped a catch to Strauss at short mid-wicket and England celebrated wildly as they ended an important 76-run partnership.

There was more joy to come from the very next ball when JP Duminy got a thin edge and Prior did the rest, leaving South Africa in strife with half their wickets gone and 150 not yet on the board.

Boucher, one of the South Africans whose position in the side has been questioned, responded to the situation with some positive cricket, including three consecutive fours in a rare poor Swann over.

By tea, Kallis had reached his half-century and South Africa were 183-5, but there was reverse swing on offer now for England's bowlers.

Eventually, Broad capitalised with a delivery that curved back into Boucher, removing the right-hander lbw.

South Africa pushed Dale Steyn two places up the order from his customary number 10 berth, and he responded solidly as Kallis reached his century by driving a wide full-toss from Kevin Pietersen to the extra-cover fence.

It had been a masterful innings from the 34-year-old whose most alarming moment came when he top-edged a pull shot over the slip cordon.

If there was only one really memorable shot played, a dreamy on-drive for four off Onions, it was a classic example of how building an innings in Test cricket is all about high-quality defence and putting away the bad ball.