Match Details
Arya: After a fascinating Test series, it is the visitors Australia who hold their nerves and comes out triumphant, beating Pakistan by runs to take the series 1-0. When the final day started, all four results were possible. Pakistan had the belief in themselves that they could chase this down but on a surface like this, it was never going to be easy to score runs at a good pace. Eventually, the Australian bowlers were too good for the Pakistan batters as they skittled out the hosts for runs.
Pakistan began the day’s play on 73/0 with overnight batsmen Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq starting proceedings. Shafique was dismissed pretty early on in the day as he nicked an outswing delivery from Cameron Green straight to the keeper. Azhar Ali batted stoically for a while before perishing to Nathan Lyon. Imam and Babar shared a good little partnership before Imam proded at one and ended up giving an easy catch to the silly point fielder.
Fawad Alam's struggles continued in the series as he was again dismissed by an incoming delivery from Pat Cummins. Mohammad Rizwan could have gone for the review would have saved him as the banana swinging delivery from Pat Cummins came back sharply but struck him well outside the line.