Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd Test Stats Review: Australia’s third and historic series victory in Pakistan and other stats

Australia spinner Nathan Lyon spun his web to snare a five-wicket haul to register an emphatic and historic series victory for his team in Pakistan. After two dull Test matches in the series finally came a result and the Aussie side led by Pat Cummins recorded their first series win in Asia since 2011. The Kangaroos last visited these shores 24 years back in 1998 and had won the series by the same 1-0 margin.

Speaking about the fifth and final day of the third Test, Pakistan were chasing a target of 351 runs to clinch the series. Imam-ul-Haq and skipper Babar Azam notched up half-centuries. Star wicketkeeper batter Mohammad Rizwan bagged a duck as Fawad Alam also failed to contribute by scoring just 11 runs. Both the batters were dismissed LBW by Australian captain Pat Cummins. Babar brought up his second fifty of the match to keep fighting for his side. But once Lyon got him out, the floodgates were opened and the visitors sensed a victory.

The tail-enders were cleaned up by Cummins and Lyon as Australia defeated the home side by 115 runs to achieve a historic and memorable win in Lahore. Lyon bowled a marathon spell of 37 overs in which he took five wickets for 83 runs with eight maidens. Australian skipper Cummins was declared the Player of the Match for his eight wickets contribution in the game and Usman Khawaja Player of the Series for scoring a staggering 496 runs which included two tons and two fifties with a stellar average of 165.33.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from Pakistan vs Australia, 3rd Test:

8010 – Steven Smith completed 8000 runs in Test cricket and became the fastest player to do so. He reached the landmark in 151 innings breaking Kumar Sangakkara’s record of 152 innings.

7021 – Azhar Ali reached the milestone of 7000 Test runs. He became the fifth Pakistani player to achieve the feat.

165.33 – Usman Khawaja finished the series with 496 runs in five innings with two centuries and two half-centuries and a stellar average of 165.33.

2 – With 496 runs, Khawaja registered the second-most runs by an Australian batter against Pakistan in a Test series in Pakistan. Mark Taylor scored 513 runs in the 1998 series.

5 – Marnus Labuschagne got dismissed by Shaheen Afridi for the fifth time in Tests, the most he has been got out against. England duo of Jack Leach and Mark Wood have dismissed Labuschagne thrice each.

2011 – Australia won their first Test series in Asia since the year 2011. They defeated Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka by a margin of 1-0 (3).

12 – Smith scored 12th half-century in the World Test Championship (WTC) cycle. He is now at the joint-top spot with Labuschagne and Joe Root who have notched up as many fifties.

3 – Australia registered their third series win against Pakistan in Pakistan out of the nine played.

2 – Abdullah Shafique has now the second-most runs (547) by a Pakistani batter after the first nine innings in Tests. Javed Miandad mustered 588 runs after as many innings.

1998 – Australia won the Test series by a 1-0 margin on their last visit to Pakistan in 1998. They won the current series by the same margin of 1-0.

6 – With six five-wicket hauls, Pat Cummins is now joint-third with James Anderson and Hasan Ali for most Test five-fers by pacers since 2018.

1 – With a 165.33 average, Khawaja has now the highest Test average by a visiting batter against Pakistan in Pakistan.

2016 – The Kangaroos also won their first series overseas since the year 2016.

15 – With twin fifties in the match, Babar Azam surpassed Ben Stokes (13) and is now at the fourth spot for most 50 plus scores in the WTC.

547 – Shafique has now amassed 547 runs in nine innings of his Test career so far. He has smashed one century and four fifties with an average of 68.38.

1 – Khawaja has the best average (61.44) amongst the Non-Asian batters with a minimum of 500 runs against Asian teams in the sub-continent since 2015. Smith is at second position for a 51.95 average.

5 – Australia has now won five and lost none out of the eight Tests under the captaincy of Pat Cummins. Three matches have been drawn.