Australia's Smith ruled out of Pakistan white ball matches
MELBOURNE : Australia batsman Steve Smith will miss the one-day and T20 matches against Pakistan to manage a left elbow injury, the team said on Saturday.
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Pakistan vs Australia: Steve Smith Takes Crucial Low Catch In Slips To Send Back Babar Azam. Watch
Pakistan eventually succumbed in front of the world's top Test side, as they suffered yet another middle and lower order collapse to hand Australia a 115-run win in the third and final Test match in Lahore, which gave Pat Cummins and his team a Test series win on Pakistani soil after 24 years. Nathan Lyon picked up a five-wicket haul on a pitch that had suffered a lot of wear and tear through the five days, while skipper Cummins chipped in with 3 wickets.
Lyon takes five to spin Australia to series-clinching win
:Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took five wickets to help Australia beat Pakistan by 115 runs in the final session of the deciding third test in Lahore and clinch the three-match series 1-0 on Friday.
Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd Test: Lyon takes five to spin Australia to series-clinching win
Lyon took five wickets to help Australia beat Pakistan by 115 runs in the final session of the deciding third Test in Lahore and clinch the three-match series 1-0 on Friday. The 34-year-old took the prized wickets of Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Babar Azam to end Pakistan's resistance and finished with figures of 5-83 in Pakistan's second innings. Fast bowler Pat Cummins provided ample support by picking up three wickets as Pakistan folded for 235 on the final day of the Test match at the Gaddafi Stadium, chasing a target of 351. As it happened: Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd TestPakistan captain Babar, who saved the hosts from the jaws of defeat in the second Test in Karachi with a 196 in the second innings, made 55. Cummins dismissed Fawad Alam and wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, who also struck an unbeaten 104 in the second innings of the drawn Karachi Test, in successive overs with both batters falling leg before wicket. Television replays, however, showed Rizwan would have survived if he had asked for a review of the umpire's decision.
Cummins and Lyon put Australia on course for series-clinching win
:Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon put Australia on course for a series-clinching victory against Pakistan on Friday, with the touring side needing five wickets to wrap up the win in the final session of the deciding third test in Lahore.
Watch: Pakistan's Azhar Ali Left Furious After Being Ruled Out In Close DRS Call Against Australia
Pakistan resumed their second innings on day 5 of the third Test against Australia at the score of 73 for no loss, chasing a target of 351 runs for victory. The hosts soon lost Abdullah Shafique for 27 and that brought the experienced Azhar Ali to the middle. Ahar looked his composed self at the crease, until he was sent back at the score of 17 in what looked like an excellent review taken by the Australian team.
Pakistan dream of historic win in Lahore Test after Australia's 'brave declaration'
Australia kept the door open for a dramatic finish in the third test against Pakistan in Lahore, declaring early on Thursday and giving the hosts a tantalising target of 351.
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