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Dubai: Pakistan have taken a firm grip on the first Test in Dubai with a 151-run lead on the first innings after Australia were bowled out for 303 midway through the final session of day three.
Pakistan's batsmen played 13 overs and they were 38/0 at stumps, overall lead by 189.
A stirring century from David Warner anchored Australia's total but the opener did not receive enough support from his fellow batsmen. Warner and Chris Rogers put on 128 for the opening wicket, and Warner added another 48 with Steve Smith.
Six of Australia's other top-eight batsmen made at least 22, yet only Warner was able to push on for the big score needed to reel in the Pakistan first innings of 454. After Warner's 133, the next top score was fellow opener Rogers' 38, indicative of not only the deteriorating nature of the pitch, but some loose shots from Australia's batsmen.
Warner was bowled by the third ball after lunch, a ripping leg-break from debutant spinner Yasir Shah that spun sharply out of the footmarks, fizzed past the outside edge and pushed back the middle peg.
The left-hander was furious with himself as he stalked from the ground, thudding the toe of his bat into the turf despite having 133 next to his name.
His dismissal meant Australia had lost two wickets in ten balls on either side of the lunch break, both to Shah's leg-spin. Warner was undone by a good ball, but Steve Smith will regret his loose stroke that saw him gift an easy catch to backward point.
Smith had looked to be in good nick, as he has done throughout the VB Tour of the UAE, moving his feet well to the spinners and playing some imperious drives and cuts. But when offered a short and wide ball from Shah (2-55), he cut aerially and departed for 22.
Marsh may have gone wicketless in his first innings as a Test cricketer, but his all-round ability was on show as he and Brad Haddin put together a 42-run partnership that was undone by the second new ball.
Imran Khan struck in the first over, but Haddin (22) would have wished he could have his shot back after aiming a loose swing at one that straightened enough to take the inside edge and bowl him.
Marsh had a reprieve on 26. Given out caught behind, he appeared to be ready to walk until Mitchell Johnson intervened.
He called his namesake back and a review was called for. It showed Marsh had hit his bad and there was clear daylight between bat and ball.
Warner's effort put him in exclusive company for an Australian Test cricketer. Warren Bardlsey (1909-10), Charlie Macarnety (1926), Arthur Morris (1947), Don Bradman (1948) and Adam Gilchrist (2005) had all previously completed the feat of three consecutive innings. Jack Fingleton stands alone among Australians with four centuries in a row in 1936.
Chris Rogers (38) had played a patient innings but struggled to score on day three, adding seven before he played on.
Alex Doolan was run out for five, and would regret changing his angle into the crease to avoid the bowler Zulfiqar Babar. The single was always going to be tight after Doolan pushed to mid-on, but the slightest change in angle saw the direct hit catch him short of his ground by the slimmest of margins.
Michael Clarke, still short of time in the middle after a double failure in the warm-up game, made only two here before he inside-edged Zulfiqar (2-77) onto his pad to pop a catch to the close fielder.
Brief scores
Pakistan - 454 (Sarfraz Ahmed 109, Younis Khan 106, Asad Shafiq 89, Johnson 3-39) and 38/0
Australia - 303 (Warner 133, Yasir Shah 3-66)
Status - Pakistan lead by 189 runs
