Australia vs Pakistan, 3rd Test at Sydney, Jan 03 2017 - Ball by Ball Commentary

3.10pm Australia celebrate with each other, line up and shake hands with the Pakistan players. It has been a series thoroughly dominated by the hosts, Pakistan were good for chunks but not long enough to trouble the Australians. It's been a sensational series, good proper Test cricket. You often get such series' when two proud sides clash against each other. Australia just had more with contributions from almost all quarters, something Pakistan struggled with as the series wore on.

Presentation time.

Steven Smith is the Man of the Series: "These last three, that's what we're about, we want to score big runs, bowl well, we've held our catches. All the bowlers have done a terrific job. A lot of credit to Pakistan, they'e played some very good cricket this series."

David Warner is the Man of the Match: "A fantastic comeback, it was Hobart that kicked it off. Unfolded into a comprehensive 3-0 whitewash. Always fun to come out in front of your home crowd.

Misbah-ul-Haq: "It was a tough series, credit to Australian side. Outplayed us in every department. Utilised the conditions very well. A lot of youngsters in our team performing. That experience will lift them. Some good positives. The way we played at the Gabba gave us self-belief. We were really hurt in the MCG, difficult to take, you get demoralised by those sort of defeats. Overall, a lot of positives for Pakistan. A great place to learn a lot as an Asian side."

Steve O'Keefe: Fourth Test, my first win. Set up by the batters, I'll enjoy the moment. Coach Lehmann summed it up well, stay patient and you'll get lucky on a fifth day surface. A great sense of synergy among the guys. Worked really hard on my fitness. I'm hungry and thirsty, just want to get back in the sheds."

Peter Handscomb: "The crowd has been amazing all day. The two spinners worked really well in tandem today. It feels amazing, I've been luck to get in a series in my home turf. Takes a lot to get Wadey off the ground, for him to go off was a shame, but it wasn't too bad although I missed a couple (with the gloves).

Mitchell Starc: It's been tough work but that's what Test cricket is. Fantastic effort through the series. We've come through the ranks together, Josh has been awesome. Allowed me to bowl fast and be aggressive from the other end. Test match for Australia, you find a way to get up."

The new ball has been taken. Hazlewood.

Just in case you haven't forgotten 2016 yet, you can read our team reviews of the year Pakistan and Australia.

Long-on and deep midwicket come up

A silly point comes in

Imran Khan. Australia one away from a whitewash

Around the wicket

Steven Smith will have an over before the new ball

Osman Samiuddin and Melinda Farrell are as excited about #PoliteEnquiries as the SCG crowd is about the substitute fielder Mickey Edwards. Tweet us with the hashtag

Mark: "If it's "tough to explain" and you are trying to explain away frame lag etc then surely that speaks to doubt. Part of the problem is umpires trying to decipher technology that they probably have very little skill with. There is no such thing as 'exact' technology. Everything works within tolerances, probabilities and margins of error. If an umpire has several things (hot-spot, lack of noise, lack of deviation) that don't show an edge and just one thing that 'may' indicate an edge then I'd suggest that is 'evidence' that would never stand up in a court."

Dion: "Heard somewhere that the noise is often delayed on Snicko if the batsman has made a large stride because of the distance of the noise from the stump mike. Michael Slater on channel 9 also just said that the hotspot has been found not to show up on hot days "