KARACHI: Pakistan all-rounder Aamer Jamal made it big with his six against Australia in the second innings of the Sydney Test on Friday.
Aamer wiped out Australia’s innings after tea on the third day of the final Test to help Pakistan take a 14-run lead over the hosts with his bowling figures of six for 69.
This six-wicket haul took Aamer’s total in the series to 18 – the most by any Pakistani cricketer in his debut series.
The all-rounder also scored 82 in Pakistan’s first innings to help his team post 313 on board.
Ahead of Aamer Jamal, there were 25 all-rounders from visiting teams who reached their fifties in an innings and took five wickets in an innings of the same Test.
Among them, seven had a fifty and a six. Aamer is the only visiting player to score in the 80s and take six wickets in an innings in the same Test in Australia.
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The last Pakistani to score a five and a fifty in a Test in Australia was Wasim Akram, who had scores of 52 and 123 and bowling figures of 5/100.
Aamer Jamal’s 18-wicket haul is also the most by a Pakistan fast bowler after his first three Tests, surpassing Shabbir Ahmed’s 17-wicket haul in his first three Tests.
Aamer is five wickets behind spinner Abrar Ahmed, who holds the record for most wickets by a Pakistani after the first three Tests of his career – 23.
He is also the first Pakistani to score 100+ runs and take 18 wickets in a series against Australia.
