Australia staggered to the lunch interval at 7-117 on Sunday’s final day of the first Test against Pakistan chasing a world-record total of 438 to win.

Michael Clarke’s side had resumed on 4-59 and lost the wickets of Chris Rogers (43), Mitchell Marsh (three) and Brad Haddin (duck) on Sunday morning.

Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar has claimed 4-38 including two of the three wickets to fall in the morning session.

Legspinner Yasir Shah has 2-21.

Steve Smith on 31 and Mitchell Johnson on seven appear Australia’s last hopes of somehow surviving for another two sessions on a pitch which is favouring spin.

Smith has shown a willingness to use his feet against the spinners and has batted for almost two-and-a-half hours, hitting no boundaries in a battle of wits.

First-innings century-maker David Warner, Alex Doolan, Clarke and nighwatchman Nathan Lyon all fell to spin late on Saturday’s fourth day of play.

Clarke, who made five runs in the match, elected not to call for a video review of his second-innings lbw dismissal although there was some doubt over whether it was pad-bat or bat-pad.

“It was certainly an error on my part looking back at the replay,” Clarke said.

Determined opener Rogers batted for almost three hours before he was bowled by debutant quick Imran Khan with Australia at 5-92.

Rogers hit one boundary in his 131-ball innings.

Marsh was out three overs later, caught at silly mid-off for three against the bowling of three-Test veteran Zulfiqar.

Zulfiqar bowled Haddin with a straight one, despite Clarke’s warning overnight to his batsmen about playing for spin that wasn’t there.

“The spin is a little bit inconsistent and I think that’s probably what has caught us out,” Clarke said on Saturday night.

“Guys have played for spin and a lot of us have been out to balls that actually haven’t spun too much.”

Australia’s concerns ahead of Thursday’s second Test in Abu Dhabi would include the double failure of Doolan (5 and 0) and the lack of penetration from spinners Steve O’Keefe and Nathan Lyon.

Debutant O’Keefe claimed match figures of 4-219 and Lyon took 2-220.

Pakistan declared on 2-286 in their second innings after centuries from Ahmed Shehzad (131) and Younis Khan (103 not out).

The host team had three century-makers in the match including Sarfraz Ahmed’s 109 in their first innings.