BRISBANE: Asad Shafiq scored an exciting century as Pakistan set up an energetic imperviousness to Australia on Sunday, disappointing the hosts' endeavors to wrap up the main Test with a day to save.
Shafiq dashed for three keeps running off a cut shot in the last over of the fourth day to achieve his tenth Test century off 140 balls in the day-night coordinate at the Gabba.
The voyagers, who have lost their last nine Tests in Australia, declined to clasp in spite of the loss of key batsmen Younis Khan, Azhar Ali and captain Misbah-ul-Haq.
At the nearby on a tempest hit day, with Shafiq driving the way, Pakistan had only two wickets left and were 382 for eight.
They trail the home side by 107 runs heading into Monday's last day.
Play was stretched out by an additional half-hour to look for an outcome yet the sightseers held firm.
Steve Smith dropped a two-gave chance at second slip when Shafiq was 72 off Mitchell Starc's rocking the bowling alley with three direction overs left in the day.
Shafiq gave tantamount to he got and drove the resistance with an antagonistic thump including 10 fours and a six.
Mohammad Amir, in the main year of his arrival to global cricket taking after a five-year boycott for spot-settling, hit his most noteworthy Test score in a stiff-necked 92-run seventh-wicket association with Shafiq.
Amir's past best was 39 not out against England at The Oval in August, however he fell late in the session for 48 off 63 balls with five fours.
The Australian bowlers persevered through a long pound, with a three-hour last session finishing just at 10:09 pm, after a wild tempest lashed the ground just before tea.
The bowlers, who devastated Pakistan by taking seven wickets for 24 in the primary innings, were disappointed by an absence of help from the pink ball under lights in the second.
Australia are shielding an unbeaten keep running of 27 Tests at the Gabba. Their last annihilation here was in 1988 on account of the West Indies.
The hosts went into the last night session requiring five wickets for triumph and evacuated the main innings best scorer Sarfraz Ahmed for 24.
Starc scattered his stumps with an inswinger in the 88th over, his third wicket, and Jackson Bird had Amir gotten behind in the 107th over.
Younis Khan had additionally kept the bowlers under control yet was out to a rash shot 30 minutes before the supper break.
The 112-Test campaigner tumbled to a badly judged invert clear off spinner Nathan Lyon, the ball expanding off the back of his bat for Smith to take a simple catch.
Misbah was gotten behind off Bird for five to finish a low-scoring match after his four in the principal innings and Younis took after only 18 minutes after the fact.
Starc continued with a short-pitched arrangement following a hour and a half tempest delay at tea.
It at last paid off when Azhar Ali attempted to flick a rising ball down to fine leg, just to edge to Matthew Wade.
Azhar confronted 179 balls for his 71 and put on 91 for the third wicket with Younis.
Younis, out for a first-ball duck in the main innings, took 20 balls to get off the check with a streaky shot through the slips cordon to the limit.
