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- Updated: December 30, 2016
Tea Pakistan 9 for 443 dec and 5 for 91 (Azhar 34*, Lyon 3-21) trail Australia 8 for 624 dec (Smith 165*, Warner 144, Khawaja 97) by 90 runs Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
A trio of wickets to Nathan Lyon gave Australia a glimmer of hope for victory over a bedraggled Pakistan as the Boxing Day Test veered into the home stretch on day five at the MCG.
Lyon is under immense pressure for his place in the Australian side, but his dismissals of Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq in the space of three balls, followed up by that of Asad Shafiq, put the hosts within five wickets of an unlikely win with Pakistan still well short of the tally required to make them bat again. Pete Handscomb took a pair of excellent catches at short leg to dismiss Younis and Shafiq.
Much responsibility now rests with the first-innings centurion Azhar Ali if the tourists are to reach …
