02/01Result
3rd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 3-7 2017
Australia won by 220 runs
Player of the Match
David Warner
David WarnerAustralia
02/01Result
3rd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 3-7 2017
Australia won by 220 runs
Player of the Match
David Warner
David WarnerAustralia

Day 5

Report
2688dThe Report by Daniel Brettig

Hazlewood wraps up 3-0 whitewash

The fast bowler took three wickets to wrap up Australia's 12th successive Test win -- and a fourth successive whitewash -- over Pakistan on home soil.

2688dOsman Samiuddin at the SCG

The whitewash that few saw coming

It appeared like Pakistan had a good squad, led by a strong captain, before they came to Australia. But it all unravelled very quickly

1897dBrydon Coverdale at the SCG

Australia still have unanswered questions

In the midst of beer and smiles, bigger challenges await this Australian side, who still have some gaps to plug in their side ahead of their tour of India

2688dOsman Samiuddin at the SCG

Fair bit of time to decide on future - Misbah

The Pakistan captain wishes to make use of the break he has - they play their next Test in March-April - to decide whether he wants to play on or move on

Day 4

Day 3

1897dBrydon Coverdale in Sydney

Wade returns to hotel with illness

Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade kept wickets for only two overs on the third day before returning to the team hotel with an illness

1897dBrydon Coverdale at the SCG

Lyon finally does it at the SCG

Of all grounds in Australia, the designated spinner's wicket at the SCG was where Lyon had found least success before this Test

2689dBharath Seervi

Younis completes unique set

Younis Khan struck his maiden hundred in Australia and in the process became the first player to score a hundred in all 11 nations that have hosted Tests

Day 2

1897dBrydon Coverdale in Sydney

Calm Handscomb remains balanced after early success

Despite the stellar start to his career, Peter Handscomb is quick to dispel the notion that Test cricket is easy for him and readily acknowledges the benefit of playing the first few games at home

1897dOsman Samiuddin in Sydney

Mopey Yasir Shah losing his shine

The Pakistan legspinner has looked defeated, bowling without expectation or vision on a chastening tour down under

Day 1

1897dOsman Samiuddin at the SCG

Wahab finds a line and length

At the SCG, on a day of pure carnage, the Pakistan fast bowler showed he could be more than just the grunt who bowls bouncers

1897dBrydon Coverdale at the SCG

'I was trying not to keep up with him'

Matt Renshaw, who ended day one of the Sydney Test batting on 167, said he tried "not to keep up" with his opening partner David Warner, who blazed his way to a century before lunch

1897dBrydon Coverdale at the SCG

The hare and the turtle create history

The hundreds scored by David Warner and Matt Renshaw at the SCG on Tuesday were a study in contrasts and were both invaluable to Australia's cause in the short and long term

Others

2692dDaniel Brettig

Australia bat first at the SCG

Australia's captain Steven Smith won the toss and chose to bat first against Pakistan in the New Year's Test match at the SCG

Another whitewash

4

No. of consecutive whitewashes for Pakistan in Australia, including this. They have lost 3-0 in each of the last 4 series Down Under since 1999-00.

Not Yet

9977

Younis's career aggregate, after getting out for 13 in this inns. He doesn't complete 10,000 runs here.

Big task

287

Highest target successfully chased at SCG, by the hosts vs SA in 2006. No touring team has won chasing more than 200 here. Pak are set 465 to win, in about 114 overs.

Blazing fifty

23

No. of balls in which Warner reached his fifty - the 2nd-fastest in Tests. Fastest is by Misbah in 21 balls v Aus in 2014-15. Previous fastest for Aus: Yardley 29 balls.

Unique set

11

No. of countries in which Younis Khan has scored Test centuries, including UAE - first player to do so. Dravid is the only other to score 100s in all ten full-member nations.

Misbah's low

7.60

Misbah's average in this series - his worst in any series. His scores: 4, 5, 11, 0, 18. His previous worst was 11.50 against the same oppositions in 2002-03.

Quick wickets

5/43

Score in the last 11 overs of the second session. Aus lost 3 for 27 in 4 overs and Pak 2 for 16 in 7 overs. Only 5 wkts had fallen in first 131 overs of the match.

Four in Four

2

No. of Australia players to make at least one 50+ score in each of their career's first 4 Tests - Herbie Collins and Peter Handscomb.

Double blast

2002

Last time both Aus openers scored 100s in the same inns at SCG, before this - Langer and Hayden vs SA. Warner and Renshaw have done it in this inns.