Australia declared their innings just six overs into the first session of Day 4. Australia captain Pat Cummins called his batters back right after the dismissal of Marnus Labuschange chopped on a delivery from Shaheen Shah Afridi into the stumps.
Declaring at 97/2, Australia set Pakistan up with a mammoth target of 506 runs, with close to 180 overs to be played. Pakistan would now look to survive for two days against an attack that wiped them off in just 53 overs in the first innings of the game.
It would surely be difficult for Pakistan considering the way Australian pacers bowled in the first innings, and the fact that the pitch has several rough spots and cracks emerging at the moment threatening the off stump of the left handers.
At the time of writing, Pakistan had not scored a single run from four overs of play, with Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc maintaining relentless lines and lengths against openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq. Earlier in the Test match, Australia were able to pile on 556 runs, courtesy, a stunning 160 runs from Usman Khawaja, who also stayed not out in the second innings of the game, scoring 44 runs off 70 balls. Alongside Khawaja, keeper Alex Carey had a fantastic outing, hitting a brilliant 93 runs before falling victim to a Babar Azam delivery.
Coming to bat after a big toil of two days, Pakistan were found wanting against the reverse swing of the Australian pacers and fell like a pack of cards.