Pakistan vs Australia 3rd Test Day 3 highlights: Australia take lead after Cummins, Starc run riot

Pakistan vs Australia 3rd Test Day 3 Highlights: Pat Cummins took five while Mitchell Starc took four as Pakistan went from 214/2 to being all put for just 268 runs.

Pakistan vs Australia 3rd Test Day 3 Highlights: Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc ran through the Pakistan batting order in the third session of Day 3 as the hosts were all out for 268 runs, thus handing a lead of 123 runs. Pakistan were looking set to surpass Australia's total but visiting captain Cummins and Starc triggered a spectacular collapse in which the hosts went from 214/2 to being all out for 268 runs. Abdullah Shafique and Azhar Ali earlier struck resolute half-centuries on Wednesday as Pakistan delivered a strong response to Australia's first-innings total of 391. Pakistan captain Babar Azam then scored 67 off 131 balls before the collapse began. 

Cummins took five wickets while Starc took four.(AP)

 

Playing XIs:

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (c), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Naseem Shah, Sajid Khan, Hasan Ali, Nauman Ali, Shaheen Afridi

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