Australia crush Pakistan by innings and 48 runs in 2nd test, Warner Player of The Series

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Patna : Australia defeated Pakistan by an innings and 48 runs in the second test on Day 4 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia, on December 2, 2019, to sweep the two-match test series 2-0. Australian opener David Warner, 33, was declared both the Player of The Match as well as Player of The Series. Australia won both the tests by an innings. Pakistan have now lost their last 14 test matches in Australia since 1999. Warner scored 489 runs in two innings in the series..

Electing to bat after winnings the toss, Australia had declared their first innings at 589/3 in 127 overs with opener David Warner scoring an unbeaten 335 with 39 fours and a six, his first triple century in tests, and Marnus Labuschjagne scoring 162with 22 fours. Pakistan scored 302 in 94.4 overs in their first innings with Yasir Shah scoring 113 and Babar Azam scoring 97. Australia enforced follow on and Pakistan were all out for 239 in 82 overs in their end innings with opener Shan Masood scoring 68, Asad Shafiq 57, Mohammad Rizwan (wk) 45 runs.

For Australia, Spinner Nathan Lyon took 5/69 in 25 overs while Josh Hazlewood took 3/63 in 23 overs. Mitchell Starc took 1/47 in 16 overs. Strac took 7 wickets in the match.