Australia v Pakistan: first Test, day two – live!

5th over: Australia 23-0 (Warner 7, Burns 12) Shaheen is the one not getting it right now. Just enough width for Warner to steer it away behind point, his most productive shot in Test cricket, for three runs. Then down leg side, and Burns doesn’t hit it with the bat but gets some thigh pad on it, four leg byes.

4th over: Australia 14-0 (Warner 3, Burns 11) Imran Khan still isn’t quite right to Burns, straying onto the pads to allow a single to fine leg. But he gets it right to the left-handed Warner thereafter, angling the ball across. Beats Warner with a beauty that has the whole slip cordon up, but the bowler shakes his head. No edge. Warner nails an off-drive, but Azhar Ali at mid-off dives full length to stop it getting straight of him. Good fielding.

“Morning Geoff,” writes Brian Withington. “Lovely to see a return to your usual preambling form. All power to your marrows and assorted cucurbits.”

3rd over: Australia 12-0 (Warner 2, Burns 10) Another boundary for Burns, safe enough but not controlled, pushing at Shaheen gently enough that the edge rolls to third man rather than flying through the air. Burns follows up in true opening batsman style by just pressing a run to midwicket. Warner covers his stumps for the rest of the over.

2nd over: Australia 6-0 (Warner 1, Burns 5) A busy first over of work for Joe Burns, who isn’t settled. First ball he’s cramped for room against a short ball but flays at it anyway, and under-edges it on the bounce through to Rizwan. Imran Khan is annoyed that the keeper was so far back. Then Burns takes on the next ball with a pull, clobbering it into short leg’s shin pad for a ricochet single. Warner takes his first run with a push to cover, then Burns hits short leg again and is setting off, but a brilliant bit of fielding from Shan Masood under the helmet sees the ball hit him on his right side, then the fielder grabbing the rebound with his left hand as it bounces behind his back. On the spin, Shan backhands at the stumps, and would have run out Burns had he hit. Then Imran bowls Burns a shorter wider one, and Burns carves a boundary. No shortage of shots.

1st over: Australia 0-0 (Warner 0, Burns 0) Shaheen Shah Afridi with the ball, and Warner to face the first delivery. More often than not he prefers to start at the non-striker’s end, but he wants an immediate start. Shaheen is tall, left arm, bowls with pace and swing. And he starts with both, on the off stump, throwing in a bumper. Warner plays with circumspection and watches out a maiden.

“G’day Geoff. Had a great day at the Gabba yesterday, but am back in the office today, so looking forward to your updates. Will the Australians fare any better than Pakistan did?”

Thanks for the email, Murray Henman. That’s exactly the question. Warner and Burns are walking to the middle. Warner had a shocking Ashes in England, as most of you would know. Burns has finally got another chance after being harshly dealt with before that series. Both have a point to prove and some good bowlers to deal with…

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If you want something to read in the meantime, England are still batting, just, over the fence in New Zealand. I’ll yell any messages across if you have any.

If you want a bit more detail, here is the wires summary of the first day’s play.