LAHORE (AFP): Pakistan were bowled out for 268 in their first innings on the third day of the third and deciding Test in Lahore on Wednesday, in reply to Australia’s 391.
Australian skipper Pat Cummins finished with 5-56 and pace partner Mitchell Starc took 4-33 as Pakistan lost their last nine wickets for just 98 runs, giving the visitors a lead of 123.
Opener Abdullah Shafique (81), Azhar Ali (78) and Babar Azam (67) were the main run-scorers for Pakistan.
The three-match series is tied at 0-0 after the first two Tests — in Rawalpindi and Karachi — ended in draws.
PAKISTAN VS AUSTRALIA THIRD TEST SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard on the third day of the third and final Test between Pakistan and Australia in Lahore on Wednesday:
Australia 1st innings 391 (U. Khawaja 91, C. Green 79, A. Carey 67, S. Smith 59; Naseem Shah 4-58, Shaheen Shah Afridi 4-79)
Pakistan 1st innings (overnight 90-1)
Abdullah Shafique c Carey b Lyon 81
Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Cummins 11
Azhar Ali c & b Cummins 78
Babar Azam lbw b Starc 67
Fawad Alam b Starc 13
Mohammad Rizwan b Starc 1
Sajid Khan b Cummins 6
Nauman Ali lbw b Cummins 0
Hasan Ali c Smith b Cummins 0
Shaheen Shah Afridi not out 0
Naseem Shah b Starc 0
Extras: (b5, nb6) 11
TOTAL: (ALL OUT; 116.4 OVERS) 268
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Haq), 2-170 (Shafique), 3-214 (Azhar), 4-248 (Alam), 5-256 (Rizwan), 6-264 (Sajid), 7-268 (Nauman), 8-268 (Hasan), 9-268 (Azam), 10-268 (Naseem)
Bowling: Starc 20.4-6-33-4, Cummins 24-8-56-5 (nb3), Green 14-4-37-0 (nb2), Lyon 40-10-95-1, Swepson 18-2-42-0 (nb1)
Australia 2nd innings
U. Khawaja not out 7
D. Warner not out 4
TOTAL: (FOR NO LOSS; OVERS 3) 11
Still to bat: M. Labuschagne, S. Smith, T. Head, C. Green, A. Carey, P. Cummins, M. Starc, M. Swepson, N. Lyon
Bowling: Shaheen 2-0-11-0, Naseem 1-1-0-0
