From the big century innings of Marnus Labushen (185) and David Warner (154), Australia managed to hold on to the match by taking three wickets for 64 runs in the second innings after scoring 580 runs in the first innings on the third day of the first Test on Saturday. Strengthened. Pakistan's first innings was limited to 240 runs, which gave Australia a lead of 340 runs.
Pakistan will have to score more 276 runs to avoid an innings defeat. At the time of stumps, Shaan Masood was batting on 27 and Babar Azam was on 20 runs. Mitchell Starc gave Pakistan two blows in the third and fifth overs of the innings in the last hour of the day. He lobbed opener and captain Azhar Ali (five) after losing Haris Sohail (eight) behind Tim Paine. Got caught
Pat Cummins, running in a brilliant rhythm, sent Asad Shafiq after this without opening the account. Labushen converted his first century in a big score, but he missed a double century in his home ground Gaba. After joining the Test team in place of the injured Steve Smith during the Ashes series, he confirmed four consecutive half-century innings.
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