Australia v Pakistan 3rd Test

Pakistan tour of Australia - 2009 (2009/10) · Bellerive Oval, Hobart · 14 January 2010

Australia won by 231 runs

Australia won by 231 runs. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 209 for Australia.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Pakistan tour of Australia - 2009 (2009/10)
Ground: Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Dates: 14 January 2010 to 18 January 2010
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 231 runs
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting
Captains: Ricky Ponting (Australia), Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan)
Debut: Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pakistan)
Umpires: EAR de Silva and RE Koertzen
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. It was Sarfaraz Ahmed's first Test.

Australia batted first and made 519 for 8 declared. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 209 off 354 balls, and Michael Clarke made 166. Danish Kaneria took 3 for 189 for Pakistan. The innings was built on a 352-run stand for the fourth wicket between Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, 68% of the total. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Bellerive Oval, 357 across 5 Tests.

Pakistan replied with 301 all out. Salman Butt top-scored with 102 off 234 balls, and Shoaib Malik made 58. Simon Katich took 3 for 34 for Australia. The innings was built on a 129-run stand for the fifth wicket between Shoaib Malik and Salman Butt, 43% of the total. Australia led by 218 on first innings.

Australia made 219 for 5 declared in their second innings. Simon Katich top-scored with 100 off 138 balls, and Ricky Ponting made 89. The innings was built on a 191-run stand for the second wicket between Ricky Ponting and Simon Katich, 87% of the total.

Set 438 to win, Pakistan made 206 all out. Khurram Manzoor top-scored with 77 off 239 balls. Peter Siddle took 3 for 25 for Australia.

Australia won by 231 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Bellerive Oval across the 14 Tests in our archive.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 519 FOR 8 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Shane Watson	c Imran Farhat b Umar Gul	29	52
Simon Katich	lbw b Mohammad Asif	11	16
Ricky Ponting	c Mohammad Yousuf b Mohammad Amir	209	354
Michael Hussey	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir	6	12
Michael Clarke	b Danish Kaneria	166	328
Marcus North	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Mohammad Asif	21	46
Brad Haddin	c Umar Gul b Danish Kaneria	41	34
Mitchell Johnson	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Danish Kaneria	8	8
Nathan Hauritz	not out	12	14

Did not bat: Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger

Extras 16 · Total 519 for 8 declared

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Mohammad Asif	36	8	104	2
Mohammad Amir	31	7	97	2
Umar Gul	25	4	98	1
Danish Kaneria	42.5	2	189	3
Shoaib Malik	8	0	27	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-28 (Simon Katich, 6.6 ov), 2-52 (Shane Watson, 15.6 ov), 3-71 (Michael Hussey, 20.2 ov), 4-423 (Michael Clarke, 122.6 ov), 5-443 (Ricky Ponting, 129.1 ov), 6-498 (Brad Haddin, 138.3 ov), 7-499 (Marcus North, 139.1 ov), 8-519 (Mitchell Johnson, 142.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Simon Katich (11) and Shane Watson (16)	28	42
second	Ricky Ponting (11) and Shane Watson (13)	24	54
third	Ricky Ponting (13) and Michael Hussey (6)	19	26
fourth	Ricky Ponting (173) and Michael Clarke (166)	352	623
fifth	Ricky Ponting (12) and Marcus North (8)	20	37
sixth	Brad Haddin (41) and Marcus North (12)	55	56
seventh	Marcus North (1) and Mitchell Johnson (0)	1	4
eighth	Nathan Hauritz (12) and Mitchell Johnson (8)	20	22

PAKISTAN, FIRST INNINGS: 301 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Imran Farhat	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	38	68
Salman Butt	c Michael Clarke b Simon Katich	102	234
Khurram Manzoor	c Ricky Ponting b Peter Siddle	0	4
Mohammad Yousuf	run out (Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin)	7	24
Umar Akmal	run out (Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin)	8	13
Shoaib Malik	c Doug Bollinger b Nathan Hauritz	58	144
Sarfaraz Ahmed	c Michael Clarke b Simon Katich	1	6
Mohammad Amir	c Shane Watson b Simon Katich	4	19
Umar Gul	not out	38	56
Danish Kaneria	c Ricky Ponting b Nathan Hauritz	8	16
Mohammad Asif	c Michael Hussey b Nathan Hauritz	29	52

Extras 8 · Total 301 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Doug Bollinger	15	6	35	0
Peter Siddle	20	8	39	2
Mitchell Johnson	20	2	76	0
Nathan Hauritz	33.4	9	96	3
Shane Watson	7	2	17	0
Simon Katich	10	3	34	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-63 (Imran Farhat, 22.2 ov), 2-63 (Khurram Manzoor, 22.6 ov), 3-74 (Mohammad Yousuf, 28.6 ov), 4-84 (Umar Akmal, 33.3 ov), 5-213 (Salman Butt, 78.3 ov), 6-215 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 80.5 ov), 7-219 (Shoaib Malik, 81.6 ov), 8-227 (Mohammad Amir, 86.6 ov), 9-248 (Danish Kaneria, 91.2 ov), 10-301 (Mohammad Asif, 105.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Imran Farhat (38) and Salman Butt (24)	63	134
second	Salman Butt (0) and Khurram Manzoor (0)	0	4
third	Mohammad Yousuf (5) and Salman Butt (4)	11	35
fourth	Salman Butt (0) and Umar Akmal (8)	10	27
fifth	Shoaib Malik (53) and Salman Butt (74)	129	271
sixth	Shoaib Malik (1) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (1)	2	14
seventh	Shoaib Malik (4) and Mohammad Amir (0)	4	7
eighth	Umar Gul (4) and Mohammad Amir (4)	8	30
ninth	Danish Kaneria (8) and Umar Gul (13)	21	26
tenth	Mohammad Asif (29) and Umar Gul (21)	53	86

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 219 FOR 5 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Shane Watson	c Mohammad Yousuf b Mohammad Amir	1	5
Simon Katich	c Shoaib Malik b Danish Kaneria	100	138
Ricky Ponting	c Sarfaraz Ahmed b Shoaib Malik	89	122
Michael Hussey	not out	13	21
Brad Haddin	run out (Mohammad Amir)	8	3
Mitchell Johnson	c Imran Farhat b Shoaib Malik	0	2

Did not bat: Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle, Doug Bollinger

Extras 8 · Total 219 for 5 declared

Bowler (Pakistan)	O	M	R	W
Mohammad Asif	9	0	48	0
Mohammad Amir	12	2	46	1
Umar Gul	10	0	45	0
Danish Kaneria	14	2	56	1
Shoaib Malik	3.4	0	16	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-1 (Shane Watson, 1.2 ov), 2-192 (Simon Katich, 43.1 ov), 3-202 (Ricky Ponting, 46.4 ov), 4-213 (Brad Haddin, 47.4 ov), 5-219 (Mitchell Johnson, 48.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Simon Katich (0) and Shane Watson (1)	1	8
second	Ricky Ponting (83) and Simon Katich (100)	191	250
third	Ricky Ponting (6) and Michael Hussey (4)	10	21
fourth	Michael Hussey (3) and Brad Haddin (8)	11	6
fifth	Michael Hussey (6) and Mitchell Johnson (0)	6	6

PAKISTAN, SECOND INNINGS: 206 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Imran Farhat	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	14	31
Salman Butt	b Doug Bollinger	8	16
Khurram Manzoor	c Brad Haddin b Nathan Hauritz	77	239
Mohammad Yousuf	lbw b Shane Watson	23	28
Umar Akmal	lbw b Shane Watson	15	15
Shoaib Malik	c Brad Haddin b Peter Siddle	19	34
Sarfaraz Ahmed	c Michael Clarke b Nathan Hauritz	5	27
Mohammad Amir	not out	30	109
Umar Gul	c Michael Clarke b Nathan Hauritz	0	2
Mohammad Asif	b Mitchell Johnson	0	4
Danish Kaneria	b Peter Siddle	1	14

Extras 14 · Total 206 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Doug Bollinger	13	4	31	1
Peter Siddle	15.2	7	25	3
Mitchell Johnson	21	4	59	1
Shane Watson	17	4	38	2
Nathan Hauritz	17	6	30	3
Simon Katich	3	1	10	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-11 (Salman Butt, 4.6 ov), 2-29 (Imran Farhat, 9.6 ov), 3-61 (Mohammad Yousuf, 19.1 ov), 4-83 (Umar Akmal, 25.2 ov), 5-104 (Shoaib Malik, 36.1 ov), 6-123 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 47.1 ov), 7-189 (Khurram Manzoor, 78.5 ov), 8-191 (Umar Gul, 80.4 ov), 9-192 (Mohammad Asif, 81.4 ov), 10-206 (Danish Kaneria, 86.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Imran Farhat (3) and Salman Butt (8)	11	30
second	Imran Farhat (11) and Khurram Manzoor (6)	18	30
third	Mohammad Yousuf (23) and Khurram Manzoor (8)	32	55
fourth	Khurram Manzoor (7) and Umar Akmal (15)	22	37
fifth	Shoaib Malik (19) and Khurram Manzoor (2)	21	65
sixth	Khurram Manzoor (7) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (5)	19	66
seventh	Khurram Manzoor (47) and Mohammad Amir (15)	66	190
eighth	Umar Gul (0) and Mohammad Amir (2)	2	11
ninth	Mohammad Asif (0) and Mohammad Amir (1)	1	6
tenth	Danish Kaneria (1) and Mohammad Amir (12)	14	29

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