Australia's Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith smashed 90 and 50 runs, respectively on Thursday and helped Australia to take a lead by 241 runs against Pakistan at the end of day three. After dismissing Pakistan for 264 runs, the Aussies were struggling with 16 runs for four wickets. But Marsh and Smith took control and smashed a 153-run partnership.

On day three of the second test, Australia were 187 for the loss of six wickets. The unorthodox Australian batsman Steve Smith lost his wicket in Shaheen Shah Afridi's over. Pakistan's Abdullah Shafique dropped a catch when Marsh was on 20. Marsh was just shy of four runs by completing his well-deserved hundred. He lost his wicket to Mir Hamza's over with Salman Ali Agha taking a stunning one-hander.