Perth: Australian bowlers crushed Pakistani batters in second innings of the first test as later only three batsmen crossed double digits and whole team bowled out a meager score of 89 runs while chasing the target of 450 runs on Sunday.
Australian batsman Mitchel Marsh declared player of the match for his superb batting and bowling by scoring 91 runs in first innings and 63 unbeaten in second one as well as taking one wicket in first innings.
Australian bowlers who dented the Pakistani batting line Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood picked three wickets each.
On the other hand Nathan Lyon got two wickets while Pat Cummins took one wicket.
Facing a daunting chase, they got off to a horror start with Abdullah Shafique out for two in the first over, nicking an unplayable Starc ball to Alex Carey behind the stumps.
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Captain Shan Masood, in his first Test in charge, did not last much longer, edging to Carey off Hazlewood to leave his team in dire straits at 17-2.
Starc also accounted for Imam-ul-Haq, trapping him lbw for 10, before Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel put up some resistance.
But that crumbled when Azam got an edge to Cummins on 14, with Carey again collecting.
When they returned from tea, Sarfaraz Ahmed lasted just six balls before he was caught by Marsh at gully off Starc, and Agha Salman was needlessly run out.
Lyon then worked his magic before Hazlewood cleaned up the tail.
Earlier in the day Australia had resumed at 84-2, with Khawaja on 34 and Smith 43.
It was hard going at the start with cracks appearing on the pitch, with Pakistan’s pace bowlers beating the bat and causing problems.
Impressive debutant Khurram Shahzad got a breakthrough in the fourth over of the day, trapping Smith lbw for 45 with a ball that nipped back.
Enter the aggressive Travis Head, who stroked a straight drive boundary off the second ball he faced to signal his intent.
But he lived dangerously and a misjudged drive off Aamer Jamal went straight to Haq at cover, out for 14.
Both Marsh and Khawaja survived reviews in the same eventful Jamal over as Pakistan ratcheted up the pressure.
Marsh hit sixes off Jamal then spinner Salman to keep the scoreboard moving, before a huge escape on 23 when Masood dropped a sitter at mid-off.
At the other end, Khawaja kept grinding away to make a 25th Test half-century off 151 balls, accelerating after he reached the mark.
Marsh cracked a thunderous drive off Shaheen Shah Afridi to bring up his second 50 of the match as both men attacked the bowling after lunch.
Khawaja raced to 90 with some audacious boundaries before his luck ran out going for another big shot, caught by Azam off Afridi, which brought about the declaration.
They now head to Melbourne for the Boxing Day Test before the series wraps up in Sydney.
