First Take a look at: Australia on high after dismissing Pakistan for 271 in first innings

Pat Cummins confirmed that Australia will bat once more and will not implement the follow-on.

Opener Imam-ul-Haq top-scored for Pakistan with 62 runs in 199 balls with the assistance of 4 boundaries.

Abdullah Shafique scored 42, in the meantime captain Shan Masood added 30 runs.

Pakistan have been 122-1 at one stage however then misplaced their subsequent 9 wickets for 149.

Nathan Lyon was the choose of the bowlers for Australia with figures of 3-66. He now has 499 Take a look at wickets and can look to get his five hundredth scalp within the subsequent innings.

Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc claimed two wickets every.

First session

Australia have been on high at lunch on third day because the guests reached 203-6 in Perth on Saturday.

Pakistan, who dismissed Australia for 487, nonetheless path by 284 runs within the first innings.

Pakistan had resumed their first innings at 132-2 with Imam-ul-Haq and nightwatchman Khurram Shahzad on the crease. Nevertheless, they have been pushed on the backfoot after shedding 4 wickets within the first session of the day.

Other than Shahzad (7) and Imam (62), Babar Azam (21) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (3) additionally made their method again to the hut.

Shahzad, on his debut, lasted simply two balls earlier than Pat Cummins took out his center stump within the first over with a full and straight supply.

Mitchell Marsh eliminated dangerman Babar Azam and Nathan Lyon claimed his 498th Take a look at wicket as Pakistan suffered a mini collapse.

Sarfaraz Ahmed (3) lasted simply six balls, no match to Mitchell Starc, whose swinging supply despatched the stumps flying.

The final time Pakistan received a Take a look at Down Underneath was in late 1995 when almost half of the present aspect weren’t even born, and in Pat Cummins-led Australia they face the reigning world Take a look at champions.

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Aamer Jamal, Khurram Shahzad