Australia complete clean sweep in close contest

Jan 31, 2010

The brilliant series for Ryan Harris continued when he had Salman Butt caught behind in the first over of the match•Getty Images

Clint McKay also struck early to leave Pakistan at 3 for 16•Getty Images

But a sharp piece of work from Johnson had Malik run out•Getty Images

Harris returned to add two lower order wickets to his tally and limited Pakistan to 212•Getty Images

With Cameron White out for 13, the hosts looked to be tottering at 73 for 3•Getty Images

The match was keenly contested right till the end and Hussey ensured Australia got home with four balls to spare •Getty Images

Pakistan were 2 for 0 when Mitchell Johnson had Khalid Latif caught and bowled•Getty Images

Shoaib Malik began to rebuild ...•Getty Images

Akmal's half-century helped Pakistan's score grow•Getty Images

Australia lost Brad Haddin early during the reply, in the sixth over•Getty Images

Ricky Ponting, however, took control and his first fifty in three months put Australia back on course•Getty Images

The 5-0 whitewash followed a clean sweep of the Tests•Getty Images

... with help from Umar Akmal•Getty Images

Fawad Alam also made a half-century but had little support after Akmal departed•Getty Images

Mohammad Asif sent Shaun Marsh packing a few overs later•Getty Images

Michael Hussey continued the good work after Ponting's departure•Getty Images