Babar Azam misses a maiden Test hundred

Oct 18, 2018

Australia's bowlers were in for another long day in Abu Dhabi •Getty Images

Asad Shafiq was the other man involved in that brainfade and he tried to make amends, scoring 44 off 90 balls•AFP

Nathan Lyon picked up a four-wicket haul in the match for a second time as Australia were set 538 to win the Abu Dhabi Test•Getty Images

They did have some luck though with Azhar Ali run-out as he was busy talking to his non-striker in the middle of the pitch, mistakenly believing he'd hit the ball to the boundary •Getty Images

Babar Azam cruised to 99 and then got lbw, missing out on a maiden Test-match century •Getty Images

They had 12 overs to bat out in the day and lost Shaun Marsh to a beauty from left-arm quick Mir Hamza. With 180 overs left to play, Australia will have to put on another blockathon to save the series•Getty Images

Sarfraz Ahmed added a further 81 runs to his first-innings 94 to grind down the Australian attack•Getty Images