Australia is 14 runs behind Pakistan as the hosts faltered after tea.<\/p>\n
On the third day of the third Test in Sydney on Friday, fast bowler Aamer Jamal’s six wicket haul assisted Pakistan in dismissing Australia for 299 in the first innings.<\/p>\n
After tea, Australia fell behind Pakistan by 14 runs, losing four wickets for ten runs, with pacer Aamer Jamal taking 6-69.<\/p>\n
With more than two days remaining, the result of the Test match is in doubt due to the dry and crumbling Sydney Cricket Ground pitch.<\/p>\n
On the third day of the third Test in Sydney on Friday, Mitchell Marsh scored his fourth half-century of the series to push Australia towards a first-innings lead over Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Australia went to tea at 289-6, with Marsh unbeaten at 50 and trailing Pakistan by just 24 runs, having lost the wicket of Alex Carey for 38 in the last over.<\/p>\n
Following two Tests in which he scored 90, 63 not out, and 96, Marsh maintained his impressive run of form.<\/p>\n
Sajid Khan bowled Carey, who was playing forward to the spinner and the ball brushed his sweater, causing the leg bail to come loose.<\/p>\n
At Sydney Cricket Ground, the pair had put on a stand of 84 runs to salvage the innings after Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, and Travis Head had been dismissed earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
After being ruled lbw to Aamer Jamal for ten, Head lost a review and was unable to move forward again.<\/p>\n
Head scored 40, 14, 17, and 0 in the first two Tests of the series, which the hosts won. Head was one of the heroes of Australia’s victory over India in the World Cup final this year.<\/p>\n
Marsh had a pivotal moment at number seven when Saim Ayub dropped him off Agha Salman’s bowling in a difficult low chance.<\/p>\n
When he was on 31, the large all-around player dubbed “the Bison” also made it through an examination for lbw against Hasan Ali.<\/p>\n
In the long morning session, Pakistan had taken the crucial wickets of Labuschagne and Smith in the span of six balls to seize the momentum before it was taken away.<\/p>\n
Before a breathtaking late double-wicket breakthrough, Smith and Labuschagne, who both average over 70 in Tests at the SCG, appeared to be well set.<\/p>\n