Pakistani team holds the record for losing the test series in Australia since the cricket begins. The away team disappointed with the performance and lost all three matches poorly. First match was quite easy for home team as the green shirts has never been in the game in whole match. They fight will in 2nd test but the batters miss the trick in the 2nd innings and they lost. In the 3rd test, Pakistan also has a chance to comeback in the game as they were 80 runs ahead in the 2nd innings but once again their batting order can’t resist. Only positive thing of the series for team green is Aamir Jamal. Who awarded Man of the Match in the 3rd test because of his brilliant all-round performance. David warner has played his last test match.
Pakistani Performances:
Babar flops in whole series as he can’t scores a single fifty. He is facing a massive criticism. Rizwan played some fighting knocks with some fifties as well. Skipper Shan Masood also played attacking cricket in whole series which is a positive sign for Pakistani team. Shaheen struggles to find his rhythm back after the knee injury. Imam completely fails after a slow start in 1st test match and got swap with young Saim Ayyub. Debutant Khurram Shehzad got injured after first test match. Sarfraz Ahmad was completely failed in both innings of the 1st test match.
Australian Performances:
David Warner leads from front as he played his last test series. He scored beautiful innings and take Aussies to victory. Skipper bowls extra ordinary in the whole series and awarded Man of the Series. Mitchel March also played very well with the bat and he also took key wickets including the wicket of Babar. Starc as usual bowled according to the expectations. Travis Head disappoint with the bat who was man of the match of world cup final 2023.
1st Test Match Summary:
Australia: 487 & 233/5d
Pakistan: 271 & 89
Australia won by 360 runs (Player of the match Mitchell Marsh)
2nd Test Match Summary:
Australia: 318 & 262
Pakistan: 264 & 237
Australia won by 79 runs (Player of the match Pat Cummins)
3rd Test Match Summary:
Pakistan: 313 & 115
Australia: 299 & 130/2
Australia won by 8 wickets (Player of the match Aamer Jamal)
History:
The poor form by Pakistani batters in Australia is not new as they never one a test series in Australia since the cricket begins. Even they can’t win a single test match in Australia from two decays. Last time green shirts won a test match was in 1995-96 led by Great Wasim Akram. It was a historical moment for the team. Although they were 2-0 down in a 3 test match series but they secured the victory with the great spell of captain himself and leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmad. Both bowlers bowl really well and took 9 wickets combine in the first innings. With the crucial innings of Inzamam-Ul-Haq, team green set a target of 247 in 2nd innings. While defending 247, once again Wasim & Mushtaq took 3 wickets each and bowled out home team on 173. Mushtaq Ahmad was awarded man of the match for his nine wickets.