LAHORE :Australia beat Pakistan by 115 runs in the final session of the deciding third test in Lahore and clinch the three-match series 1-0 on Friday.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon took five wickets which included the prized wickets of Imam-ul-Haq, Azhar Ali and Babar Azam to end Pakistan s resistance and finished with figures of 5-83 in Pakistan s second innings.
Fast bowler Pat Cummins provided ample support by picking up three wickets as Pakistan folded for 235 on the final day of the test match at the Gaddafi Stadium, chasing a target of 351.
Pakistan captain Babar, who saved the hosts from the jaws of defeat in the second test in Karachi with a 196 in the second innings, made 55.
Cummins dismissed Fawad Alam and wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan, who also struck an unbeaten 104 in the second innings of the drawn Karachi test, in successive overs with both batters falling leg before wicket.
Television replays, however, showed Rizwan would have survived if he had asked for a review of the umpire s decision.
Australia also erred by not reviewing a not-out decision for catch against Babar with replays showing the hosts batting mainstay had got a glove to a Lyon delivery which was taken at slip by Steve Smith.
Lyon should have picked up Babar on 45 just before tea but Travis Head failed to hold on to the catch at deep midwicket.
The first two tests in the series — the first between the sides in Pakistan since 1998 — were drawn.
