Pakistan - Australia series averages
Mohandas Menon
Australia thrashed Pakistan 3-0 in the recently concluded Test series. The young Pakistan side failed to survive against the much vaunted Australian bowling attack and the result showed.
A look at the series averages:
Australia Batting and Fielding
| Name | Mat | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| RT Ponting | 3 | 4 | 0 | 342 | 150 | 85.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| ML Hayden | 3 | 4 | 0 | 246 | 119 | 61.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Waugh | 3 | 4 | 1 | 134 | 103* | 44.66 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| AC Gilchrist | 3 | 4 | 1 | 122 | 66* | 40.66 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| JL Langer | 3 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 72 | 34.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| DR Martyn | 3 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 67 | 30.25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| ME Waugh | 3 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 55 | 20.00 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| AJ Bichel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SK Warne | 3 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B Lee | 3 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5* | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JN Gillespie | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia Bowling
| Bowler | Mat | O | M | R | W | Best | Ave | R/o | SR | 5 | 10 |
| GD McGrath | 3 | 75.2 | 27 | 152 | 14 | 4-41 | 10.85 | 2.01 | 32.2 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Warne | 3 | 124 | 29 | 342 | 27 | 7-94 | 12.66 | 2.75 | 27.5 | 2 | 1 |
| AJ Bichel | 2 | 33.2 | 4 | 106 | 8 | 3-43 | 13.25 | 3.18 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 |
| JN Gillespie | 1 | 35.3 | 10 | 117 | 3 | 2-62 | 39.00 | 3.29 | 71.0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Lee | 3 | 66.5 | 13 | 234 | 5 | 2-15 | 46.80 | 3.50 | 80.2 | 0 | 0 |
| RT Ponting | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 5.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
| ME Waugh | 3 | 19 | 4 | 71 | 0 | - | - | 3.73 | - | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan Batting and Fielding
| Name | Mat | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St |
| Hasan Raza | 1 | 2 | 1 | 122 | 68 | 122.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Faisal Iqbal | 3 | 6 | 0 | 144 | 83 | 24.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Imran Farhat | 1 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 29 | 23.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashid Latif | 3 | 6 | 1 | 115 | 66 | 23.00 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Younis Khan | 3 | 6 | 0 | 123 | 58 | 20.50 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Taufeeq Umar | 3 | 6 | 0 | 94 | 88 | 15.66 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Imran Nazir | 2 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 40 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mohammad Sami | 2 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdur Razzaq | 2 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danish Kaneria | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | 3 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 17 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 3 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 44 | 10.83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Waqar Younis | 3 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 24 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan Bowling
| Bowler | Mat | O | M | R | W | Best | Ave | R/o | SR | 5 | 10 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 2 | 43 | 10 | 114 | 9 | 5-21 | 12.66 | 2.65 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 |
| Abdur Razzaq | 2 | 27.1 | 3 | 100 | 4 | 3-22 | 25.00 | 3.68 | 40.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 3 | 135.4 | 13 | 424 | 14 | 4-46 | 30.28 | 3.12 | 58.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Waqar Younis | 3 | 49.3 | 10 | 189 | 6 | 4-55 | 31.50 | 3.81 | 49.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Danish Kaneria | 2 | 62 | 10 | 244 | 4 | 3-128 | 61.00 | 3.93 | 93.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Sami | 2 | 54 | 9 | 187 | 1 | 1-13 | 187.00 | 3.46 | 324.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taufeeq Umar | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
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