Pakistan lost the third Test with a big margin of 231 runs as Australia completed a clean sweep of the three-Test series, for four times in a row against our team.
This was also Pakistan’s 12th successive defeat in a Test against the Aussies since 1999 and 27th overall in 55 Tests so far played between the two countries. Pakistan beat Australia for only eleven times, while 17 matches ended in a draw.
Australia equalled the record for the most consecutive Test wins by any side over any other team, matching the 12-game streak currently held by Sri Lanka over Bangladesh.
Australia’s victory at Hobart’s Bellerive Oval came after lunch of the fifth and final day, when they broke through some stubborn batting to bowl the tourists out for 206.
Prior to this series, Pakistan had leveled the three-Test series against New Zealand and early in 2009 played a drawn Test and an incomplete Test against Sri Lanka at home, which was marred by an incident of terrorists attack on the visitors’ bus.
Pakistan recorded only a solo Test victory in the past two years.
What is the problem with the present Pakistan cricket team, as it has no dearth of talent and experience, then what are the factors behind this deteriorating performance?
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