29 December,2023 07:10 AM IST | Melbourne | AP
Mitchell Marsh. Pic/AFP
Australia lost their first four wickets for 16 runs in the second innings but a 153-run stand between Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh had the hosts in a good position with two days to play in the second Test against Pakistan.
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Marsh was out for 96 and Smith for 50 to leave Australia at 187-6 at stumps on Thursday and with a 241-run lead going into the fourth day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Marsh fell just short of his fourth Test century after Salman Ali Agha hung onto a spectacular diving catch in the slips. Smith battled his way to his first Test 50 since the Ashes from 176 balls, the second-slowest half-century of his career.
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