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Australia vs South Africa: Marco Jansen was delighted after completing his first year with the Proteas. He has already played 13 matches at the international level.
Pakistan vs England: Harry Brook scored his third Test hundred and made sure that the visiting team took a lead of 50 runs after the first innings in Karachi.
Pakistan vs England, 3rd Test: Harry Brook scored his 3rd Test hundred and became his country’s leading Test run-scorer on Pakistan soil.
Pakistan was 268 all out against the persistent pace of Australia captain Pat Cummins and impeccable reverse swing of Mitchell Starc to concede a massive 123-run lead on Wednesday in the third and final test. In a sensational collapse after tea on Day 3, Pakistan lost seven wickets for 41 runs (the last four wickets without adding a run) as Cummins finished with 5-56 and Starc took 4-36. Australia had stretched its lead to 134 runs by reaching 11-0 by stumps with Usman Khawaja not out on 7 and David Warner unbeaten on 4.
Pakistan and Australia head into a winner-take-all third and final test from Monday as test cricket returns to Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium for the first time since the 2009 attack by gunmen on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team. Top teams have largely shunned Pakistan since the attack that killed six policemen and two civilians with Australia visiting the country for the first time in 24 years. The test will also be a first for Pakistan captain Babar Azam in his home city.