♏Mitchell Starc snapped up three wickets to help Australia take complete control against a tired Pakistan side on the third day of the second test on Monday.
🌸Pakistan, replying to Australia's huge first-innings total of 556-9 declared, was bowled out for just 148 after having spent more than two days toiling in the field.
🎃Australia, touring Pakistan for the first time since 1998, then decided not to enforce the follow-on as it raced to 81-1 in 17 overs by the close — a lead of 489 runs.
𒊎Marnus Labuschagne was unbeaten on 37 and first-innings centurion Usman Khawaja was not out on 35.
🎃Earlier, last-wicket pair Nauman Ali (20 not out) and Shaheen Afridi (19) shared a stand of 30, the highest of Pakistan's innings, before debutant Mitchell Swepson (2-32) trapped Afridi lbw with a full delivery.
🙈Starc didn't take a wicket on a lifeless pitch in the drawn first test in Rawalpindi, but this time Pakistan was undone by some superb reverse swing from the left-arm fast bowler.
🎉Captain Babar Azam (36) top-scored before holing out at long off against leg-spinner Swepson.
𝕴Australia was brilliant in the field. Labuschagne hit the stumps to run out Hasan Ali while Swepson did likewise to remove Abdullah Shafique.
🔯Starc removed Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam with successive deliveries, and also made a successful television referral against Sajid Khan after he edged to the wicketkeeper.
🌃Pakistan lost six wickets between lunch and tea for just 62 runs.
🅘Pat Cummins (34 not out) helped add a rapid 51 runs at the start of the day after Australia resumed on 505-8.
ಌDespite losing Starc (28) to the second ball, which gave Afridi his only wicket, Cummins and Swepson (15 not out) scored freely against spinners Nauman and Sajid Khan.
🔯Cummins lofted two sixes off left-armer Nauman, who ended up with 1-134 from 48 overs. Sajid took 2-167 from 57 overs.
