Australia captain Steve Smith has told his players to start formulating strategies on how they will conquer India in order to give themselves as much time as possible to mentally and physically adjust to the alien conditions of the subcontinent.
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“We’ve played some really good cricket over the last four Test matches”, Khawaja said.
Two of the young batsmen brought into the line-up made a quick transition to the Test arena.
Pakistan was bowled out for 244, shortly before tea on the final day, falling well short of the target of 465.
Few overs later, Hazlewood further dented Pakistan as he trapped Babar Azam (9) in front of the wickets.
The Bangladesh team is scheduled to visit Pakistan and UAE for a two-Test series, after which Misbah’s men will travel to West Indies for another couple of Tests as part of their tour.
With the series victory, Australia have consolidated their second position in the Test rankings, gaining four points and moving up to 109 points. “That’s an art and we could not do that and that mainly cost us the series”.
“We’ve obviously turned the results around and we’ve been able to get some values into the group and things for the guys to sort of live by and everyone’s done that since they’ve come in and it’s been great”. David Warner was declared “Man of the match”.
So often a reliable performer for his country, Misbah managed just 76 runs in six innings against Australia.
“We’ve introduced it in non-first class cricket in Australia and it seemed to be successful and I think it’s something that needs to be looked at very seriously by the ICC”.
“But when I leave the field and ultimately retire this is my wish”.
“It’s not about that I’m near 10,000 runs which will be a big achievement as a Pakistani”.
The veteran skipped down the pitch to Lyon but skied an edge to Hazlewood instead of clearing the rope, falling 23 runs short of boosting his Test career tally to 10,000. Azhar Ali (11) and Yasir Shah (3) were at the crease when umpires ended the day’s play.
Asad Shafiq had looked good for his 30 before some bad foot movement allowed Mitchell Starc to bowl the right-hander.
Australia secure a series clean sweep with an emphatic 220-run win over Pakistan in the third Test in Sydney on Saturday.
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Sarfraz then joined his captain in a partnership of 52 runs. ‘That’s why we were so behind in every game’.
