Cricket
Australia sweep series
2010-01-18 06:57
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Hobart - Australia beat Pakistan by 231 runs on the final morning of the third and final Test in Hobart on Monday, sweeping the series 3-0.
Khurram Manzoor delayed the inevitable with a dogged 239-ball 77 - hist third Test half-century.
Resuming on 103 for four, Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals as Nathan Hauritz systematically picked off the batsman.
Manzoor and Mohammad Aamer did put up a little bit of resistance with a 66-run seventh-wicket partnership, but once Manzoor was dismissed with the score on 189, it was all one-way traffic.
The visitors lost their last four wickets for 17 runs to be all out before tea for 206.
Peter Siddle and Hauritz took three wickets apiece.
Teams:
Australia: SR Watson, SM Katich, RT Ponting (capt), MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke, MJ North, BJ Haddin (wk), MG Johnson, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle, DE Bollinger.
Pakistan: Imran Farhat, Salman Butt, Khurram Manzoor,
Mohammad Yousuf (capt), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria, Mohammad Asif.