Khawaja vigil keeps on keeping Pakistan under control

 In one more attritional meeting of play, Australia walked on to 332 for 4 at the National Stadium in Karachi, with Usman Khawaja playing out his fourth meeting in succession securely against Pakistan.

On a pitch that kept on leftover sluggish, despite the fact that with a few turn and lopsided skip now, Australia refuted the couple of odd dangers that came their direction, losing a single wicket of nightwatcher Nathan Lyon.

Lyon, who was dropped in the keep going over on Day 1, endure a couple of close possibilities even on Sunday - two leg-before requests and a dropped opportunity - yet played an ambitious knock of 38 preceding getting tidied up by Faheem Ashraf over an hour into the subsequent day's play. During his visit, he hoped to take the assault to the Pakistani bowlers, taking on Shaheen Afridi's bouncer and playing it for a limit, similar as clearing Nauman Ali for a four. He was the main run-getter in the fourth wicket stand that expanded to 54 runs.

Usman Khawaja, then again, went on with a methodology that received him benefits on the first day of the season. The southpaw, who had continued his innings on 127, added just 28 rushes to his short-term score. So smaller and guaranteed he was in the center, that Pakistan couldn't scarcely track down motivation to advance against him - whether for a potential legbefore or a got behind.

Travis Head however had an early allure against him yet the umpire properly managed him not out with the ball hitting his cushions outside the offstump. Towards the final part of the meeting, Australia dialed back impressively and went to the break having added 81 runs in two hours of morning play. Head stayed unbeaten on 14.

Brief Scores: Australia 332/4 (Usman Khawaja 155*, Steve Smith 72; Faheem Ashraf 2-47, Hasan Ali 1-45,) versus Pakistan