Off-spinner Nathan Lyon picked up another five-wicket-haul as Australia defeated Pakistan by an innings and 48 runs on Day 4 of the second Test and clean swept the series 2-0 on Monday at the Adelaide Oval.
Lyon starred with the ball and accounted for the wickets of half-centurions Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq, as hosts wore down a stubborn Pakistan.
The visitors resumed day four of the pink ball Test on a precarious 39 for three with Masood on 14 and Shafiq not-out eight after being bowled out for 302 in their first innings and forced to follow on. It followed Australia’s mammoth 589 for three declared, built around David Warner’s sensational 335 not out – the 10th highest Test score of all time.
Needing another 248 to force the Aussies to bat again and avoid a second successive innings defeat, Pakistan had a decent crack but were eventually bundled out for 239.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Australia’s win:
Two-nil! #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/dmnheS9ISi
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 2, 2019
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Lost (last)#AUSvPAK— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 2, 2019
Player of the Match and Player of the Series is David Warner.#AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/KPlkGnt5OH
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 2, 2019
Most consecutive Test defeats in a country:
14* – Pakistan in Australia [1999-Present]
13 – Bangladesh in Bangladesh [2001-2004]No other team lost 10 successive Test matches in a specific country. #AUSvPAK
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 2, 2019
Persistence paid off for Nathan Lyon. 👏👏 #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/fia2ucepJ0
— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) December 2, 2019
Pakistan have lost 14 consecutive Test matches in Australia, dating back to 1999. That's a world record for the most consecutive losses in one country in Test history #AUSvPAK #Cricket
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) December 2, 2019
Pakistan have created a new world record of losing the most number of consecutive test matches in a county. 14 in Australia dating back to 1999. Congratulations. #AusvPak #Cricket
— Raafay (@raafayawan) December 2, 2019
Nathan Lyon who earlier in his career was part of the ground staff at the Adelaide Oval, has just picked up his 50th Test wicket at the venue. Only Shane Warne has more Test wickets (56) here.#AUSvPAK #PAKvsAUS
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 2, 2019
Travis Head's (home) Test:
Did not bat
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Did not make a run outWinning beers
Perfect game @gradecricketer? #AUSvPAK
— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket) December 2, 2019
Post the minnow bashing, India and Australia should move over to play proper opposition!#PAKvAUS #AUSvPAK
— ஆனந்த் आनंद আনন্দ Anand (@aThakkali) December 2, 2019