10.32am Some stat from Sampath Bandarupalli: Only other instance of Australia declaring both their innings in a Test match in Asia was during the famous 1986 Chennai Test vs India.
10.25am And Australia declare. That was sooner than expected. So Khawaja remains not out on 44 and Labuschagne's average takes a small hit. Cummins pulls the pin to give Australia 172 overs to take 10 wickets. Pakistan need 506 runs for the greatest fourth innings chase in Test history.Hasnain : "506 in 170 overs. Gettable!!"Marco: "Anyone have 6 overs in the betting pool for the declaration?"Yashaswini : "Marnus' dismissal is a lesson for the Pak batters. Even if you are set, you are always better off playing straight! (unless the ball is extremely short!) "
M Labuschagne b Shaheen Shah Afridi 44 (75m 49b 5x4 1x6) SR: 89.79
Around the wicket
Arnie: "@Asher, both things can be true. I always felt Khawaja was first to be dropped and didn't get as much leeway as others. Having said that he has had notable failures which haven't helped his case. However watching him bat now just makes me sad that we weren't able to get the best of him earlier. Not sure there is any one person to blame, but just a reality"
END OF OVER:22 | 1 Run | AUS: 97/1
- Usman Khawaja44 (70b)
- Marnus Labuschagne44 (46b)
- Hasan Ali7-0-23-1
- Shaheen Shah Afridi6-0-21-0
Ozair Amin: "Is it really a speed issue or its about line and length of the bowlers " I think Pakistan's lines and lengths have been pretty solid. The speed does make a big difference on a slow pitch like this.
Fez: "As a Pom, I wish we had a few more players who average above 40, patchy or not!"
END OF OVER:21 | 2 Runs | AUS: 96/1
- Usman Khawaja44 (65b)
- Marnus Labuschagne43 (45b)
- Shaheen Shah Afridi6-0-21-0
- Hasan Ali6-0-22-1
wasi: "ball is swinging only when Australians bowling?" Shaheen is reversing it. Just not at 145kph