With David Warner hitting a thunderous 57 in his last Test match in Sydney on Saturday, Australia defeated Pakistan by eight wickets to win the series 3-0.
Just 11 runs shy of victory, Warner was removed in front of a cheering crowd at his home Sydney Cricket Ground while playing in his 112th Test match.
After losing a review for leg before wicket to spinner Sajid Khan, the opener was out with the work almost over.
As Warner walked off the SCG for the last time, the Pakistani players gave him congrats and he acknowledged the roaring supporters with a wave of his bat.
Warner (nicknamed “The Bull”) played a usual aggressive innings, hitting seven fours off of 75 balls, complete with driving drives and bold reverse sweeps.
Australia finished at 130-2, with Steve Smith on four and Marnus Labuschagne undefeated at 62 in his 19th Test half-century.
Warner ended his Test career in the same bellicose manner as he had started it in 2011.
Following their victory in Melbourne during the Christmas break to secure the current series, it was Australia’s 17th straight Test victory against Pakistan.
Usman Khawaja, another opener and Warner’s boyhood mate, was out for a duck in the second over after being leg before wicket by Sajid. This gave Australia an early blow.
It thrust Warner into the spotlight as he tried to use his intimidating, can-do attitude to put pressure on the fielders and bowlers.
In only 56 balls, he scored his 37th half-century in Test cricket.
On 23, he almost missed when he skied Sajid over mid-on, but Aamer Jamal lost the opportunity when his hand did not reach the ball before it struck the ground.
Before Nathan Lyon struck, Mohammad Rizwan and Jamal had earlier battled the Australian assault for almost the opening hour, boosting the overnight total by 41 runs.
After Rizwan played over the line and edged a ball to Warner at leg slip for 28, Lyon shifted to bowling around the wicket.
After three balls in Pat Cummins’ next over, Jamal top-edged a pull shot that went straight to Travis Head at deep backward square leg for eighteen.
Three overs later, Lyon took his third wicket of the day, bowled Hasan Ali for five, to bring the innings to a conclusion. Lyon ended with 509 Test wickets at three for 36.