Australia beat Pakistan by 39 runs in first Test

Hosts go 1-0 up against visitors in the three-match series

Australia captured Pakistan's last two wickets to win the first day-night test in Brisbane by 39 runs before tea on day five on Monday but the touring side won huge admiration for their dogged fourth innings chase.

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Paceman Mitchell Starc proved the game-breaker, ending a stubborn 71-run partnership between Asad Shafiq and Yasir Shah with a searing delivery that dismissed Shafiq for 137.

Yasir Shah was the last Pakistan wicket to fall when he was run out by Steve Smith with a direct hit for 33. Pakistan managed to score 450 in 145 overs, the highest-ever fourth innings score in Australia.

This is now the highest-ever 4th innings total on Australian soil going past 445 by India in Adelaide in 1978.

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Earlier on day four, Shafiq completed his record ninth ton at the number six position to bring Pakistan closer to the 490-run target.

He was assisted by Mohammad Amir for the 92-run seventh-wicket partnership. Shafiq then accompanied Wahab for a 66-run and in the end Yasir joined him for a 71-run partnership.

Australia take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.