Australian team defeated Pakistan convincingly by 8 wickets with the help of a brilliant bowling effort from their skipper Pat Cummins who took a five-wicket haul (5/61) in the first innings. Similarly, Josh Hazlewood delivered a stunning spell by ending with a bowling figures of 4/16 in 9 overs in the second innings to bundle out Pakistan for just 115 runs. David Warner in his final Test innings ended up scoring a fifty (57 runs).
Numbers and Stats from AUS vs PAK 3rd Test match:
3 - Pat Cummins won the Player of the Series award for the third time in his Test career.
Instances of Pat Cummins winning Player of the Series award in Test cricket:
- vs Sri Lanka in 2019 (H)
- vs India in 2020/21 (H)
- vs Pakistan in 2023/24 (H)
Pat Cummins as captain recorded his seventh five-wicket haul in Test cricket.
4 - Aamer Jamal has recorded his highest-ever score in First-class cricket in this Test match.
Read More: Check out records created by Aamer Jamal in the first innings here
13 - Australia have remained unbeaten in their last 13 Test matches on home soil.
Australia in Test cricket on home soil:
- won by a 4-0 (5) margin vs England in 2021/22
- won by a 2-0 (2) margin vs West Indies in 2022
- won by a 2-0 (3) margin vs South Africa in 2022/23
- won by a 3-0 (3) margin vs Pakistan in 2023/24
The last time Australia lost a Test match on their home soil was against India at Gabba in 2021
13 - Australia have remained unbeaten in their last 13 Test matches at Sydney venue.
Australia team results in Test cricket at Sydney:
- Beat India by inns & 68 runs in 2012
- Beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in 2013
- Beat England by 281 runs in 2014
- Drawn against India in 2015
- Drawn against West Indies in 2016
- Beat Pakistan by 220 runs in 2017
- Beat England by inns & 123 runs in 2018
- Drawn against India in 2019
- Beat New Zealand by 279 runs in 2020
- Drawn against India in 2021
- Drawn against England in 2022
- Drawn against South Africa in 2023
- Beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in 2024
17 - Australia have won 17 consecutive Test matches against Pakistan on their home soil since 1999.
AUS vs PAK in Test cricket on home soil:
- AUS won by a 3-0 (3) margin in 1999
- AUS won by a 3-0 (3) margin in 2004/05
- AUS won by a 3-0 (3) margin in 2009/10
- AUS won by a 3-0 (3) margin in 2016/17
- AUS won by a 2-0 (2) margin in 2019
- AUS won by a 3-0 (3) margin in 2023/24
The last time Australia lost a Test match against Pakistan on their home soil was way back in 1995.
18 - Aamer Jamal has taken 18 wickets in his Test career so far.
Most wickets for a Pakistan bowler in the first three Test matches:
- Abrar Ahmed - 23
- Aamer Jamal - 18
- Shabbir Ahmed - 17
- Danish Kaneria - 16
- Yasir Shah - 16
Pakistan bowlers to take two five-wicket haul in first three Test matches:
- Fazal Mahmood in 1952
- Wasim Akram in 1985
- Danish Kaneria in 2001
- Abrar Ahmed in 2022
- Aamer Jamal in 2023/24
1552 - David Warner has recorded 1552 runs against Pakistan in Test cricket.
Most runs for AUS vs PAK in Test cricket:
- Allan Border - 1666 (36 inns)
- Greg Chappell - 1581 (27 inns)
- David Warner - 1552 (22 inns)
- Ricky Ponting - 1537 (26 inns)
- Mark Taylor - 1347 (20 inns)
Warner has scored 1552 runs at a batting average of 73.9 with five fifties and six centuries to his name against Pakistan.
