Pakistan became as soon as 268 all out against the continual tempo of Australia captain Pat Cummins and impeccable reverse swing of Mitchell Starc to concede a huge 123-drag lead on Wednesday within the third and final test.
In a sensational collapse after tea on Day 3, Pakistan lost seven wickets for 41 runs — the final four wickets without adding a drag — as Cummins accomplished with 5-56 and Starc took 4-36.
Australia had stretched its lead to 134 runs by reaching 11-0 by stumps with Usman Khawaja no longer out on 7 and David Warner unbeaten on 4.
Pakistan had been in full lend a hand an eye fixed on, until Australia launched their tempo attack. The guests are in to bat now, and all eyes would possibly be on Day 4. #BoysReadyHain l #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/iIICRGdo6V
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 23, 2022
In-create opening batter Abdullah Shafique (81) and old fashioned Azhar Ali (78) had carried Pakistan to 170-1 and denied Australia a leap forward within the critical session after resuming on 90-1 prior to the guests took lend a hand an eye fixed on of the series-deciding test.
Nathan Lyon (1-95), who dried up the runs with his marathon spell of 30 overs on Day 3, supplied the opening when he figured out the skin edge of Shafique’s bat after lunch to end a affected person 150-drag stand.
Shafique’s prolific drag within the series has considered the opening batter rating his maiden test hundred within the drawn first test in Rawalpindi prior to his affected person 96 in Karachi led Pakistan to force a draw.
Shafique defied Australia with another affected person knock off 228 balls which featured 11 fours prior to Lyon struck within the fifth over after lunch and efficiently overturned umpire Aleem Dar’s no longer out decision thru a tv referral.
With the 2d unique ball only seven overs frail, Cummins took a spectacular return engage to push aside Azhar in his homecoming test match as Pakistan became as soon as restricted at 227-3 at tea.
Azhar, taking part in in his 94th test match but for the critical time in his fatherland of Lahore, became the fifth Pakistani batter to full 7,000 test runs when he reached 74 by sweeping involving at Lyon to deep square leg for a single.
Aged test captains Younis Khan (10,099), Javed Miandad (8,832), Inzamam-ul-Haq (8,829) and Mohammad Yousuf (7,530) are thoroughly different Pakistan batters to rating bigger than 7,000 test runs.
But Pakistan folded against Cummins and Starc after tea, shedding the final six wickets off 40 balls.
What a skill to shut the day #BoysReadyHain l #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/FafG8lkVTT
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) March 23, 2022
Starc, who bowled only two overs with the 2d unique ball, returned within the final session and knocked support the off stumps of Fawad Alam (13) and Mohammad Rizwan (1) with Pakistan batters struggling to address the reverse swing.
Pakistan’s prolonged tail did now not final prolonged with captain Babar Azam making a 67 off 131 balls. The home team had dropped all-rounder Faheem Ashraf to plod along with an additional quick bowler after drawing the critical two test matches.
Cummins hurried the collapse by claiming the wickets of Sajid Khan, Nauman Ali and Hasan Ali interior two overs to register his first five-wicket haul against Pakistan in a test match.
Starc wrapped up Pakistan’s innings by trapping Babar leg prior to wicket off a delivery which formed into the skipper and then natty bowled No. 11 batter Naseem Shah off a searing rotund pitched delivery.
