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- Updated: December 29, 2016
Australia 4 for 395 (Smith 61*, Maddinson 7*) trail Pakistan 9 for 443 dec by 48 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Usman Khawaja fell three runs short of a century for the second time this summer but Australia’s captain Steven Smith and the emerging No. 5 Peter Handscomb took the hosts to within sight of Pakistan’s first innings on the fourth morning of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.
The threat of rain remains present in Melbourne, but the morning session at last was untouched by it. Whether either side is inclined to creativity to set-up a final-day run chase is another …
