David Warner was allowed only a single over with the bat on the opening day of his final match as Pakistan’s tail defied Australia before being bowled out for 313 in the third Test on Wednesday.
Australia captain Pat Cummins took a five-wicket haul for the third successive innings but Pakistan’s lower order refused to fold in the face of the confidence-charged home attack after their top order had failed at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Mohammad Rizwan hit 88 in a sixth-wicket partnership of 94 with Agha Salman (53) before an inspired Aamir Jamal put together a stand of 86 with Mir Hamza for the final wicket.
All-rounder Jamal, playing his maiden Test series, kept Warner and the crowd waiting for nearly two hours with his superb 82 from 97 deliveries in the unequal partnership with Hamza, who finished on seven not out.
Warner would not be denied his moment, however, and a crowd of 34,000 rose as one in the late afternoon gloom when he came out to open the batting in his 112th test with his childhood friend Usman Khawaja.
Having discarded the new baggy green cap he was given after his went missing in transit from Melbourne for a helmet, Warner shared a hug with Khawaja on the boundary rope before getting down to work.
