Sydney: It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Australia didn’t win the second test against Pakistan but Pakistan lost it! Pakistan, given a target of 176 to win their first test against Australia in 15 years, were bundled out for 139, giving Australia a 36 runs victory and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three match series.

After dominating the match for the first three days, the tourists just completely lost the plot on the fourth day as Nathan Hauritz picked up his second five wicket haul in as many matches. Hauritz finished with figures of 5 for 53.

Earlier, resuming on Day 4, Michael Hussey hit a brilliant 134 not out to set up the win for the Aussies. He and Peter Siddle shared a ninth wicket stand of 123 runs to take Australia to 381 in their second innings, a target of 176 for Pakistan. Danish Kaneria, with five for 151, was the most successful bowler for Pakistan in the second innings.

But as it turned out, it was the ninth wicket partnership that proved to be the deciding factor in the game. With this win, Australia became only the sixth team in test match history to win a game after trailing by 200-plus runs in the first innings.

Chasing 176, the visitors got off to a decent start, with openers Imran Farhat and Salman Butt notching up 34 runs from the first seven overs. But Doug Bollinger then struck for the hosts, removing Farhat, and Mitchell Johnson picked up two in quick succession to push the Pakistanis on the backfoot.

From 34 for one, the tourists slumped to 51 for three and were then tottering at 77 for five. Umar Akmal was the lone Pakistan player who showed some stomach to fight hitting 49 runs. He was the eighth wicket to fall and the hosts just took 19 more deliveries to wrap up the match.

Match Summary:

Australia 127 and 381 (Hussey 134*, Kaneria 5-151) beat Pakistan 333 and 139 (Umar Akmal 49, Hauritz 5-53, Johnson 3-27) by 36 runs

Man of the Match: Michael Hussey

Tagged with: Australia, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Pakistan, Peter Siddle, Sydney, Umar Akmal

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