Australia 127 & 381Pakistan 333 & 139 (38.0 ov)Australia won by 36 runsAustralia beat Pakistan by 36 runs in Sydney Test also wining the Test series by 2-0.Kamran Akmal dropped four catches depriving Pakistan from wining a match against Aussies after 14 years.The match ended when Pakistan failed to meet its second innings target of 176. They were all out 139 late on the 4th day. Pakistan had squandered a huge first innings lead of 206.Nathan Hauritz did the damage, taking 5-53 off 12 overs. Kangaroos started the 4th day game with 286-8. Michael Hussey not out at 138 while Peter Siddle made 38 and Dough Bollinger got out at duck. Muhammad Asif and Danesh Kaneria took the wickets.The national team got a target of 176 runs.Openers could make 34 runs with Imran Farhat and Salman Butt 22 and 21 runs respectively.Muhammad Yousuf fell on 21 while Umar Akmal was claimed at 49.Misbahul Haq zero, Faisal Iqbal 7 and Kamran Akmal 11. It was the 11th consecutive failure on part of Pakistan against Aussies in the Test cricket.Micheal Hussey was declared Man of Match.Inzamam blames Pakistan for failureFormer captain of national team Inzamaul Haq, while talking to Dunya News, observed that Pakistan lost the series due to its poor performance and irresponsible batting, besides sloppy fielding in the last innings.Team lacks planning sense: Basit Ali Former Test cricketer Basit Ali, while talking to Dunya News, opined that Australia did not win it was Pakistan which lost the match. He noted that there was extreme lack of planning in the national team and blamed the coach Intikhab Alam for the failure.
