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Melbourne: Australia have claimed four Pakistan wickets for just 109 runs and are once again on top. The visitors still trail by 345 runs. The wicket of Yousuf right at the end proved to be the icing on the cake for the home team.
The seam bowlers were excellent and Watson in the end got the ball to reverse swing. Pakistan batted for 49 overs and only managed to get 109 at a low run rate of 2.22.
Australia's bowlers vindicated Ricky Ponting's bold first innings declaration with a disciplined and aggressive display on the second day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Shane Watson and Nathan Hauritz followed their enterprising half-centuries with a top-order wicket apiece.
The major blow was landed by Peter Siddle on the stroke of stumps when Mohammad Yousuf, the Pakistan captain, was ruled by Billy Doctrove not to have edged a to Brad Haddin, only to have the decision overturned by the video umpire.
Earlier, Michael Hussey (82) and Hauritz (75) took Australia's unconverted century tally to an unflattering 20 for the summer, but not before they had propelled the hosts into a position of dominance. Like Watson, Simon Katich and Ponting before him, Hussey appeared in superb touch on a flattening Melbourne pitch.
Strong on the cut shot and off his pads, the veteran left-hander provided further reason to believe the worst of his extended form trough was behind him as he registered his 19th Test half-century with a degree of fluency and poise all but absent in his batting for much of 2009.
Brief scores
Australia: 454 for 5 dec (Katich 98, Watson 93, Hussey 82, Hauritz 75, Ponting 57)
Pakistan: 109 for 4 (Butt 45)
Status: Pakistan trail by 345 runs
