After being given a humongous target of 508 in the final innings, England’s batting order absolutely crumbled in front of Warne who ended up taking his career-best figures. The magnificent 8-wicket haul helped Australia in winning the match comprehensively by 184 runs.
Australia posted a great total of 463 in the first innings before Warne bamboozled the Pakistan batting order with an incredible 7-wicket haul that massively helped the Aussies in bowling out the visitors for only 97 runs. Australia would give Pakistan the follow-on and Warne would pick up another 4 wickets in the second innings as Pakistan got bowled out for 240 runs and lost the match by an innings and 126 runs.
Australia got bundled out for only 196 runs in the second innings and set up a target of 359 for West Indies in the final innings. Warne again proved to be crucial for the Aussies as his magnificent 7-wicket haul hugely helped the hosts in bowling out the Windies for 219 runs and win the Test match by a 139-run margin.
The leg-spinner’s tremendous 7-wicket haul helped the Aussies bowl out the Proteas for only 167 runs in the first innings. The rest of the Test match also turned out to be quite a low-scoring affair as the highest score of the match was Australia’s 292 in their first innings. The visitors were only able to set a target of 117 for the hosts, however, against all odds, they ended up bowling out Australia for only 111 runs to win the match by 5 runs.
A brilliant century from Ricky Ponting helped Australia post a huge total of 467 runs in the first innings before Warne proved to be too good for Pakistan’s batting order and took a 7-wicket haul which saw Pakistan get bowled out for 279 runs. Warne would prove to be crucial for the Aussies in the final innings as well by taking 4 more wickets which helped them bowl out Pakistan for 279 runs, 41 runs short of the 316-run target.
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