Australia were dismissed for 390 in the last over of the day's play. The 33-year-old Waugh scored a delightful 117 as Australia, who resumed in the morning at 130 for one, set Pakistan a challenging target of 419 to win.

Pakistan, who trail 1-0 in the series after losing the first Test at Rawalpindi by an innings and 99 runs, have never chased such a high target. The highest they have achieved is 315 against Australia at the same ground four years ago when they won by one wicket.

Waugh was in prime form after struggling earlier in the series. His innings was punctuated with nine boundaries and a six off 232 balls after 335 minutes of batting.

Waugh, who scored his 15th century in 81 Tests and second against Pakistan, finally departed when he was beaten in the air by debutant Shakeel Ahmad for an easy stumping by MoinKhan.

Shakeel, wicketless in the first innings, finished with impressive figures of four for 91 from 29.3 overs. Arshad Khan bowled 56 overs in Australia's second innings to capture the wickets of Australia's openers, conceding 141 runs he bowled 97 overs in the match for his five wickets.

Waugh, who also got his best against Pakistan, was involved in three half-century partnerships.

Waugh added 56 runs for the fourth wicket with his twin brother Steve (28), 76 for the fifth wicket with Darren Lehmann (26) and 63 for the seventh wicket with Gavin Robertson.

But it was the seventh-wicket partnership which ended Pakistan's faint hopes of levelling the series as Gavin Robertson frustrated the Pakistani bowlers for two hours before being the last man out.

Scoreboard

Australia (1st innings) 280.

Pakistan (1st innings) 252.

Australia (2nd innings): M Slater c Yohanna b Arshad 11, M Taylor b Arshad 68, J Langer run out 51, M Waugh st Moin b Shakeel 117, S Waugh c Moin b Shakeel 28, DLehmann c Ijaz b Akram 26, I Healy c afridi b Akhtar 3, G Robertson c Akram b Shakeel 45, C Miller c Afridi b Shakeel 0, S MacGill run out 10, G McGrath not out 4; Extras (b4, lb8, nb15) 27.

Total: 390.

Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-136, 3-152, 4-208, 5-284, 6-294, 7-357, 8-357, 9-369.

Bowling: Wasim Akram 22-2-60-1, Shoaib Akhtar 17-3-37-1, Arshad Khan 56-14-141-2, Shahid Afridi 18-3-49-0, Shakeel Ahmad 29.3-3-91-4.