Melbourne, Australia and Pakistan are playing the three test matches series in Australia in which two matches have been played. Australia won the first test match at Brisbane and now Australia won the second test match at Melbourne by an inning and 18 runs. Australia is leading the series by 2-0 of the three test matches.
Pakistan played first and scored 443 runs in the first inning and it declared the inning when 9 players were bowled out. Azhar Ali played the responsible inning and he scored 205 runs and remained not out. Sohail Khan scored 65 runs and Asad Shafique scored 50 runs and no other batsmen reached to the 50 runs. Then Australia started their first inning and made 624 runs and it declared the inning when eight players were bowled out. Two big tons were included in the Australian inning as Warner scored 144 runs and Smith scored 165 runs. Usman Khawaja remained unlucky when he was bowled out at 97 runs and he did not complete his century with the short of three runs. Mitchell Starc scored 84 runs. Australia gained 181 runs lead on Pakistan and Pakistan had to make this score to level the score but all of the team was bowled out at mere 163 runs, 18 runs behind the Australian total score.