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Australia spinner Steve O'Keefe has admitted that "there's a few things" he'd like to change with his bowling, after being hit for 219 runs on his difficult debut in the Dubai Test

Shane Watson and Mitchell Marsh might end up playing in the same Test XI this summer after Marsh's emergence as a valuable member of the top six in the UAE

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq credited his side's belief and work ethic for the 2-0 series win in the Tests against Australia

Michael Clarke has conceded that Australia appear not to have learnt from their crushing 4-0 defeat in India last year after losing 2-0 to Pakistan in the UAE

Australia are hopeful that Brad Haddin will not only be fit for the first Test against India at the Gabba next month, but also for part of the ODI series against South Africa that precedes it

The last five wickets belonging to Michael Clarke's befuddled team tumbled for eight runs in 46 balls after lunch, rather summing up the gulf between the two sides in a series Australia had expected to win

After scoring a record hundred, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said that he had played to help the side score as many runs as possible in quick time while giving No. 3 batsman Azhar Ali a chance to score his second century of the Test

Conceding that his team had been totally outplayed in the series, Australia coach Darren Lehmann bemoaned the lack of runs provided by their top order, and said that he was working on getting the right balance for the upcoming Tests against India

Pakistan's UAE flattening of Australia entered totally unprecedented dimensions on day four in Abu Dhabi, as Misbah's second century of the match occupied just 56 balls, equalling Viv Richards' record

Pakistan got themselves comfortably into a position to enforce follow-on, with a lead of 309, but chose not to

Pakistan swept through Australia on day three in Abu Dhabi, with Mitchell Marsh offering the only resistance in an innings that more or less sealed the series for Misbah-ul-Haq's men

There may be debates over whether he is Pakistan's greatest Test batsman, but Younis Khan wants to be remembered as a team man whose performances made his country proud

Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq helped Pakistan put up a dominant 570 for 6, taking a position of absolute power over Australia on the second day of the Abu Dhabi Test

Australia's wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is believed to have suffered an injury to the AC joint in his right shoulder after landing awkwardly while diving for a catch

Alex Doolan's inertia at the crease in Dubai cost him his place for the second Test in Abu Dhabi, according to Australia's coach Darren Lehmann

Younis Khan and Azhar Ali shepherded Pakistan to a dominant 304 for 2 on day one of the second Test in Abu Dhabi

Misbah-ul-Haq is very keen to add to Pakistan's list of home-venue Test series victories against Australia, when the second match in Abu Dhabi gets underway

Pakistan can glimpse a first series win over Australia for more than 20 years, while Australia will seek to strike back in conditions they do not enjoy

Australia captain Michael Clarke has said that while the loss in the first Test to Pakistan was disappointing, it was important not to get carried away with the defeat

Pakistan have a chance of shooting up the ICC Test rankings if they seal a series win against Australia, but for their head coach Waqar Younis, rankings are less important than making his team a more consistent unit