Australia, in the ongoing Test Series against Pakistan, have been able to comeback from losing positions. In the First Test, they have dominated Pak but in the second one, Pak had chances to win. Australia won both the Tests and won the series. In the third one, Pakistan have been able to bowl out Aus for 299. They ended up with a lead of 14 runs.
Even though the lead is not huge, they could have tried to bat Australia out in their second innings. With good 250-260 runs target, they could have put Aus batters under huge trouble in the last innings. With David Warner retiring, team would have been under pressure to give him a memorable send-off with a huge win. Pakistan have lost this position due to middle-order collapse.
Earlier, Marnus Labuschagne(60), Mitchell Marsh(54), Alex Carey(38) and Steven Smith(38) pushed Australia score to 289/6. They lost 4 wickets for next 10 runs. Aamer Jamal took 6 wickets for 69 runs in 21.4 overs. Agha Salman(2/43), Mir Hamza(1/53) and Sajid Khan(1/73) took wickets. Pakistan got a shock as they lost first wicket, Abdullah Shafique(0) in the first over in their second innings.
They immediately lost their captain Shan Masood(0) as well. From 1/2, Babar Azam(23) and Saim Ayub(33) tried to put up a partnership. But Josh Hazlewood took three middle-order wickets in the penultimate over. Pak have been reduced to 68/7 in 26 overs. Australia would be looking at chasing down less than 150 runs to win.