AUSTRALIA V PAKISTAN SECOND TEST DAY THREE
SCORE: Australia 2-278 after Pakistan declared on 9-443.
MAN OF THE MOMENT: Azhar Ali. It could just as easily have been David Warner, whose freewheeling 144 gave Australia the late momentum. But the Pakistan opener's superb 205no - the second-highest innings by a visiting batsman at an MCG Test - will live on as one of the all-time great knocks at the ground.
KEY MOMENT: Wahab Riaz finally looks to have the breakthrough for Pakistan, clean-bowling Warner on 81. But the delivery is adjudged a no-ball because the seamer overstepped his mark, something that proves to be an issue for him throughout the innings.
STAT OF THE DAY: Four - The number of visiting batsmen, including Azhar, to have made a double-century in a Test match at the MCG.
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SUMMARY: Pakistan's morning couldn't have gone much better, with Azhar's magnificent knock and a sensational Sohail Khan cameo helping the visitors to build their total. But Warner and Usman Khawaja's 198-run partnership saved Australia from disaster and left the match hanging in the balance.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Getting a double hundred at the MCG is a big occasion in my life ... it's something I can remember for a long, long time." - Azhar on his super innings.
