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Shahid Afridi was banned for two Twenty20s after being caught on camera biting the ball during the final ODI in Perth. Disbelief and jokes followed

A sun-stroked Perth resident enjoys Nathan Hauritz's all-round display and admires the beach-ball hitting skills of another spectator

Pakistan had a chance but blew it, and overall Australia completely dominated in all aspects in the three-Test series which ended in another whitewash for the visitors

There is not a cricket-playing country in the world as backward and as resistant to not just modernity but simple, natural progression as Pakistan

Salman Butt has intrinsically the mind to play a Test innings, but most always finds himself needing to secure his spot

On a day when Pakistan offered him a second chance, Ricky Ponting turned to his trusted ally - the pull shot - to take him to safety

Stats preview to the Hobart Test, where Australia have never lost in eight Tests and Pakistan have lost two in two

For all the pulsating, crowd-pleasing action they generate, fluctations in Test matches are beyond one-innings matches that remain limited in more than just the number of overs available

There were plenty of harsh questions for Pakistan's captain after the Sydney loss

Never at any point did Pakistan believe they could win this Test and for that alone they deserved the sorry fate that befell them at the SCG

Australia's thrilling 36-run victory over Pakistan was only the sixth instance in Test history of a team winning after trailing by 200-plus in the first innings

Pakistan are close, very close, to something very big. But in Australia you are never over the line until you are over the line

So close, so commanding, so gripping

The Australian bowlers had watched the success of the Pakistanis but did not bother to copy their method

In each and every spell of Mohammad Asif's there remains a threat, a leg-before appeal, a play and a miss, an edge. He carries the sense every ball that something very clever he has been working on is just about to, or has almost come off

For a good hour on a gloomy, memorable day, Mohammad Sami suddenly was again what he promised long, long ago: Pakistan fast bowling's next big thing

The Australian captain's decision to bat on a testing surface was a result of an overestimation of his team's abilities

Stats preview to the second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney

The side is not inexperienced, just the development of many has been stunted from a lack of Tests

Shane Watson has fought many struggles and his maiden century at the MCG will bring him enormous relief