| Pakistan 313 (Rizwan 88, Jamal 82; Cummins 5-61) & 115 (Hazlewood 4-16) |
| Australia 299 (Labuschagne 60, M Marsh 54; Jamal 6-69) & 130-2 (Labuschagne 62*, Warner 57) |
| Australia gained by eight wickets; win sequence 3-0 |
| Scorecard |
Australia beat Pakistan by eight wickets in David Warner’s closing Check match to seal a 3-0 sequence clear sweep.
Opening batter Warner struck 57 because the hosts comfortably chased 130 to win on the fourth day in Sydney.
An emotional Warner was given a guard of honour by Pakistan and added 119 for the second wicket with Marnus Labuschagne, who made an unbeaten 62.
“I would prefer to be remembered as thrilling, and entertaining,” mentioned 37-year-old Warner.
“I hope I put a smile on everybody’s face with the best way I performed and hopefully the younger youngsters on the market can observe in my footsteps.
“This workforce, they’re energetic, they’re world class they usually’re an excellent bunch of fellows.”
Earlier, Pakistan had been skittled for simply 115 having began the morning on 67-7, seamer Josh Hazlewood ending with 4-16.
Usman Khawaja fell for a duck within the first over however Warner and Labuschagne comfortably negotiated the chase on a sporting pitch earlier than the previous was lbw to spinner Sajid Khan with Australia 11 runs shy of their goal.
Warner, enjoying on his dwelling floor, batted along with his attribute aggression, reaching his half-century from simply 56 balls and placing seven boundaries.
Pakistan, who had been aggressive within the first two Assessments regardless of the outcomes, fell to their seventeenth consecutive Check defeat in Australia as solely 4 batters handed double figures of their fourth innings.
Australia captain Pat Cummins was named participant of the sequence for his 19 wickets within the three Assessments.
‘He will be arduous to switch’
| Assessments | Runs | Common | 100s/50s | Excessive rating |
| 112 | 8786 | 44.59 | 26/37 | 335* |
Warner ends his profession as Australia’s most prolific opener, and the fourth-most profitable opener of all-time when it comes to runs scored, behind England’s Sir Alastair Cook dinner, India’s Sunil Gavaskar and South Africa’s Graeme Smith.
Warner performed 161 one-day internationals and in addition introduced his retirement from that format throughout this sequence, however will proceed to play T20s.
However his profitable profession has additionally been intertwined with controversy.
In 2018, he was Australia’s vice-captain and was banned from enjoying all types of worldwide cricket for a 12 months over his involvement within the ‘sandpaper-gate’ ball-tampering scandal.
He was additionally completely banned from holding a management place in Australian cricket groups.
Warner returned from his ban in 2019 and re-established himself as one of many world’s finest openers, which leaves Australia with the tough process of discovering his substitute.
“It may be arduous to switch him,” mentioned Cummins. “He is principally performed each sport for the final dozen years.
“He is an enormous character, he actually units the sport up with the best way he performs each time he walks out.
“He will be big to switch. We’ll take pleasure in him for the following day or so whereas we have nonetheless obtained him round.”