Australia stayed in control of the first test against Pakistan despite an early stutter in the second innings after it didn바카라t enforce the follow-on on Saturday. Steven Smith and Usman Khawaja carried Australia to a watchful 84-2 in the last session on Day 3 for an overall lead of 300 after collapsed to 271 all out at the stroke of tea and conceded a 216-run lead. (Streaming | )
Smith was unbeaten on 43 and needed a brief on-field treatment after he was struck on the shoulder by a sharp 바카라s ball late in the day with Khawaja not out on 34.
바카라Obviously getting used to the pace and the bounce of this wicket, it was a little bit hard,바카라 Pakistan batting coach Adam Hollioake said. 바카라Their bowling attack is arguably one of the best fast bowling attacks that we바카라ve seen in recent history, so they bowled well (and) they put the ball in good areas.바카라
grabbed 3-66 and was just one wicket away from the elusive landmark of 500 test wickets as Pakistan바카라s resistance faded in the first two sessions. Australia pacers bowled at a disciplined line and length and Lyon also squeezed the batters on a wicket which gave him some assistance.
Allrounder Mitchell Marsh took the prize-wicket of in the first session to go along with his spirited knock of 90 in Australia바카라s formidable first innings score of 487.
, who scored a century in the first innings, and Marnus Labuschagne both fell in an impressive opening spell of debutant fast bowler Khurram Shahzad as Australia slumped to 2-5 early in the last session.
Warner went without scoring as he holed out at midwicket off Shahzad바카라s short-pitched ball while Labuschagne also got a top edge against the pacer before Smith and Khawaja played out Pakistan pacers cautiously and put the home team in the driver바카라s seat in the opening test of the three-match series.
Earlier, Australian pace trio of Mitchell Starc, captain Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood combined well with Lyon and broke Pakistan바카라s resistance in the first two sessions after Pakistan resumed on 132-2.
The visitors lost nightwatchman Shahzad for 7 in the first over to Cummins (2-35) after he survived a close run-out off the first ball when Travis Head missed the stumps at the non-striker바카라s end.
Babar and the Imam-ul-Haq combined to steady Pakistan as the Pakistan skipper opened his account with his trademark cover driven boundary.
The pair had seemingly blunted Australia바카라s vaunted bowling attack for most of the first session, until Marsh (1-34) was given the ball and teased Babar (21) into edging behind with his fifth ball of the day to end the stubborn 48-run partnership off 17 overs.
The star batter바카라s demise triggered a flurry of wickets in the final overs before lunch as Pakistan lost three wickets for 14 runs and went to lunch at 203-6.
Lyon ended Imam바카라s impressive and patient innings at 62 off 199 balls, having the opener stumped by Alex Carey for his 498th test wicket.
바카라They got four world class bowlers (and) they can get you out at any time,바카라 Hollioake said. 바카라That바카라s the hard thing and that바카라s probably why they are the No. 1 side in the world. We바카라ve got to try and find a way of counteracting that. I thought they did that well at the beginning, but when we tried to accelerate, it was hard.바카라
It was the ninth half-century in tests for Imam and came with four boundaries, but the left-hander finally ran out of patience after staying at the wicket for well over 5-1/2 hours.
Starc (2-68) then claimed his second wicket of the innings, bowling Ahmed (3) through the gate with a ball that came back at the right-hander and uprooted the off stump.
Australia continued to press Pakistan바카라s middle-order with the second new ball after lunch as Saud Shakeel (28) fended to Hazlewood바카라s sharp bouncer and ballooned a simple catch to Warner in the slips and Faheem Ashraf (9) was brilliantly snapped low at square leg by Khawaja.
Lyon then had Aamer Jamal (10) got stumped before Travis Head kept the offspinner waiting for elusive milestone when he wrapped up the innings by having No. 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi, who offered a simply catch to Khawaja at mid-on.
On Friday바카라s second day of the three-match series, Pakistan fast bowler Jamal grabbed 6-111 in his debut test as Australia was bowled out for 487 on the back of Warner바카라s first century in almost a year in his farewell test series and Marsh바카라s 90.
Opening pair of Abdullah Shafique and Imam then thwarted the host바카라s attack for 36 overs before Lyon got Shafique for 42. Starc then removed captain Shan Masood for 30 late in the day.
The Australians are the world test champions. Pakistan hasn바카라t won a test match in Australia since 1995.
