Rain and runs at the MCG

Dec 27, 2016

Azhar Ali dives for safety to avoid being run-out at the non-striker's end. When you're seven short of a hundred, you tend to turn into a natural acrobat•Getty Images

Asad Shafiq eased to a half-century as well•AFP

Not all cricket at the MCG was stopped by the rain•AFP

Mohammad Amir entertained with an unbeaten cameo before a second rain interruption forced early stumps•Getty Images

Azhar toasts a Boxing Day Test ton. Steven Smith is not as pleased•AFP

Rain stole everyone's thunder, though. The umpires took an early lunch expecting the weather to sour, and sour it did•AFP

Shafiq was taken out soon after play resumed, before Safraz Ahmed became Josh Hazlewood's 99th Test wicket•Getty Images

Mickey Arthur checks in with the groundstaff•Getty Images and Cricket Australia

Both Pakistan wickets to fall on the day were to edges to the slip cordon•Getty Images and Cricket Australia