Australia heap on the runs regardless of losing openers

Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali took a wicket each in the early evening meeting yet Australia kept on heaping on the runs in a Test match where just six wickets have fallen up to this point. The guests were 222/2 at Tea on Day 3.

Pakistan started the second meeting with the speed turn pair blend of Shaheen Afridi and Sajid Khan. Shaheen was indeed very noteworthy yet didn't get the compensation for his determination. He even prompted Khawaja to squeeze out an edge. In any case, amazingly, he played with delicate hands as the ball dashed away to the third man fence. Eventually, Sajid made the underlying cut as Warner endeavored to slice the spinner just to miss it and wind up watching the stumps being broken.

Marnus Labuschagne, who supplanted Warner, started with an optimistic outlook by crunching a cover drive off Naseem Shah. The No.3 player kept on incurring significant damage while confronting a blundering Naseem as he utilized the slice and look to great impact. At the opposite end, Khawaja crushed Sajid for two or three limits as he got into the 90s. Exactly when maybe the southpaw would finish his Test hundred, he gloved an endeavored invert clear off Nauman to short leg. At first, the on-field umpire turned down the uproarious allure, just for Pakistan to upset it by means of the DRS framework.

Steven Smith, who supplanted Khawaja, likewise looked occupied at the wrinkle, and in the organization of Labuschagne controlled Australia to the break. Very much like the initial six meetings of the Test, the bat overwhelmed the ball for most piece of the morning meeting of Day 3. The main time of play where Pakistan appeared to be in the chase to take wickets was when Naseem and Shaheen bowled lively spells forthright. Afridi additionally verged on receiving the benefit for his persistent effort when he instigated Khawaja to play a free drive, however Fawad Alam at gorge dropped a simple opportunity.

In the middle, Warner and Khawaja additionally kept the scorecard ticking over with drives and even bat shots on the two sides of the wicket against the speed pair. Whenever the spinners - Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan - were presented, Khawaja broke the space, turn around clear and slice to return the strain on the couple. Warner too participated in the go about as he gathered three limits in a solitary over off Iftikhar Ahmed. Both the players likewise arrived at their particular fifties.

Brief scores: Pakistan 476/4 decl. (Azhar Ali 185, Imam Ul Haq 157, Imam-ul-Haq 157; Pat Cummins 1-62) lead Australia 222/2 (Usman Khawaja 97, David Warner 68; Nauman Ali 1-32) by 254 runs.