Oz romp to emphatic win for series sweep

Sydney : Australia ended Pakistan’s resistance before the scheduled tea break on the final day of the third Test to claim an emphatic victory by 220 runs and a 3-0 series sweep on Saturday.
Two months after being plunged into crisis and overhauling their side in the wake of a series humiliation at the hands of South Africa, Australia reasserted their dominance of home tracks in some style.
The tourists had shown great fight at various points of the series but, handed a Test record victory target of 465 to chase, wilted in the Sydney Cricket Ground sunshine and lost their final nine wickets for 189 runs.
Paceman Josh Hazlewood led the way with three for 29, striking with two early wickets and again to remove final batsman Imran Khan with the new ball as Pakistan were dismissed for 244. It was also a 12th straight defeat for Pakistan over four series in Australia in the last two decades. — Reuters
Scoreboard
Australia 1st innings 538/8 d
Pakistan 1st innings 315
Australia 2nd innings 241/2 d
Pakistan 2nd innings (Overnight: 55/1; Target: 465 runs)
A Ali c&b Hazlewood 11
S Khan c Warner b Lyon 40
Y Shah c sub b O’Keefe 13
B Azam lbw b Hazlewood 9
Y Khan c Hazlewood b Lyon 13
Misbah-ul-Haq c Lyon b O’Keefe 38
A Shafiq b Starc 30
S Ahmed not out 72
W Riaz c Wade b O’Keefe 12
M Amir run out (O’Keefe, Wade) 5
I Khan c sub b Hazlewood 0
Extras (NB-1) 1
Total (all out, 80.2 overs) 244
Fall of wickets: 1-51 2-55 3-67 4-82 5-96 6-136 7-188 8-202 9-224 10-244
Bowling
M Starc 17-2-57-1
J Hazlewood 18.2-7-29-3
N Lyon 27-6-100-2
S O’Keefe 17-4-53-3
S Smith 1-0-5-0