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COLOMBO, Friday (Reuters) Australia took command of the second test against Pakistan on Friday, although a late fightback by Faisal Iqbal and Rashid Latif left the "home" side on course to avoid the follow-on.

After losing their last five wickets for 14 runs to post a total of 467, Australia tore into the Pakistan top order to leave them reeling at 116 for five.

However, with the follow-on target of 268 looking a long way off, Faisal and Rashid produced an unbeaten partnership of 94 in just 84 balls as Pakistan recovered to 210 for five when play ended early because of bad light.

Faisal ended the day on 78 not out, the best score of his short test career, with Rashid unbeaten on 30. Their runs were much-needed after Australia's bowlers had quickly made amends for their earlier batting failures.

Glenn McGrath trapped Imran Nazir lbw for nought in his first over and Jason Gillespie, with his first ball, had Taufeeq Umar caught by Ponting at first slip for another duck.

Shane Warne then chipped in with the wickets of Abdur Razzaq and Misbah-ul-Haq while Brett Lee got Younis Khan, who had resisted well for 58.

AUSTRALIA - 1ST INNINGS
(overnight 330 for five)

J. Langer c Latif b Abdur Razzaq		 72
M. Hayden c Nazir b Waqar Younis		  4
R. Ponting c Khan b Waqar Younis		141
M. Waugh c & b Saqlain Mushtaq		 55
S. Waugh c Khan b Saqlain Mushtaq		 31
D. Martyn c Waqar b Saqlain Mushtaq		 67
A. Gilchrist not out 			 66
S. Warne c F.Iqbal b Shoaib Akhtar		  0
B. Lee b Shoaib Akhtar			  2
J. Gillespie b Shoaib Akhtar			  0
G. McGrath lbw b Saqlain Mushtaq 		  4
Extras (B-4 NB-5 LB-16)			 25
TOTAL (all out, 116.5 overs)			467

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-5, 2-188, 3-273, 4-302, 5-329,
6-457, 7-458, 8-462, 9-462.

BOWLING: Waqar Younis 16-2-86-2, Shoaib Akhtar 21-5-51-3 (NB-3),
Mohammad Sami 20-3-93-0 (NB-1), Abdur Razzaq 17-0-78-1,
Saqlain Mushtaq 40.5-6-136-4 (NB-1), Taufeeq Umar 2-1-3-0.

PAKISTAN - 1ST INNINGS

Imran Nazir lbw b McGrath			  0
Taufeeq Umar c Ponting b Gillespie 		  0
Abdur Razzaq c Gilchrist b Warne		 11
Younis Khan c Langer b Lee 			 58
Misbah-ul-Haq c M.Waugh b Warne		 17
Faisal Iqbal not out			 78
Rashid Latif not out  			 30
Extras (NB-3 LB-6 B-7)			 16
TOTAL (for five wickets, 46 overs)		210

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-2, 2-4, 3-45, 4-75, 5-116.

TO BAT: Waqar Younis, Mohammad Sami, Saqlain Mushtaq,
Shoaib Akhtar.

BOWLING: McGrath 9-0-29-1, Gillespie 12-2-55-1,
Lee 7-3-37-1 (NB-3), Warne 15-5-56-2, M.Waugh 3-0-20-0.

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