Australia vs Pakistan Tests 2023-24: Australia Win 3-0 — David Warner Century in Farewell Series Perth, Pat Cummins 10 Wickets Melbourne, Shan Masood First Series as Pakistan Captain, Pakistan's 17th Consecutive Test Defeat in Australia
Australia won the Pakistan Test series December 2023-January 2024 by 3-0. 1st Test Perth: Australia won 360 runs — AUS 487 & 233/5d; PAK 271 & 89. Warner scored a century in his farewell Test series. 2nd Test Melbourne Boxing Day: Australia won 79 runs — AUS 318 & 262; PAK 264 & 237. Cummins took 10 match wickets. 3rd Test Sydney: Australia won 8 wickets — AUS 299 & 130/2; PAK 313 & 115. Pakistan's 17th consecutive Test defeat in Australia. Shan Masood captained Pakistan in his first Test series as captain. Pat Cummins captained Australia.
Australia won the Pakistan Test series December 2023-January 2024 by 3-0. 1st Test Optus Stadium, Perth (Dec 14-17, 2023): Australia won by 360 runs — AUS 487 & 233/5d; PAK 271 & 89. Warner scored a century in his farewell Test series. 2nd Test MCG, Melbourne, Boxing Day (Dec 26-29, 2023): Australia won by 79 runs — AUS 318 & 262; PAK 264 & 237. Pat Cummins took 10 match wickets. 3rd Test SCG, Sydney (Jan 3-6, 2024): Australia won by 8 wickets — AUS 299 & 130/2; PAK 313 & 115. Pakistan's 17th consecutive Test defeat in Australia. Shan Masood captained Pakistan in his first Test series as Pakistan Test captain. Pat Cummins captained Australia.
David Warner's Farewell Century at Perth: The Final Ashes of a Decade
David Warner scoring a century at Optus Stadium, Perth — in what was his farewell Test series before retiring from Test cricket — gave the 1st Test's bilateral batting its individual landmark: Warner's century (in Australia's 487 1st innings that produced a 360-run winning margin as Pakistan were dismissed for 271 and 89 in their two innings) confirming Warner's bilateral contribution to the same Perth ground where his home bilateral career had included multiple centuries across his Test career. Warner's Perth farewell century — part of an Australian 487 against Pakistan's bowling (Shaheen Shah Afridi and Pakistan's pace attack unable to prevent Warner's century contribution) — gave Australia's Perth bilateral the batting platform that their 233/5d 2nd innings declaration extended before Pakistan's 89 2nd innings (their 89 all out representing their lowest bilateral total in Australia in recent memory) confirmed the 360-run bilateral result: Warner's farewell century in a dominant bilateral win that his Perth hundreds had characterized throughout his Test career.
Cummins 10 Match Wickets at Melbourne: Australia's Boxing Day Test Dominance
Pat Cummins taking 10 match wickets in the MCG Boxing Day 2nd Test — Australia winning by 79 runs (AUS 318 & 262; PAK 264 & 237; the bilateral's closest margin in a series that AUS 3-0) — gave the Melbourne bilateral its bilateral bowling individual: Cummins' 10-wicket bilateral match at the MCG (Boxing Day, a bilateral venue Cummins had previously dominated with pace bowling on MCG surfaces) producing the match-winning bilateral bowling performance in the bilateral's most competitive Test. Pakistan's 264 1st innings (their highest bilateral total in the series) and 237 2nd innings (79 runs below AUS's combined 580 first-innings lead) against Australia's 318 & 262 confirmed the Melbourne bilateral's bilateral scoring character: Australia's 79-run win in a bilateral where Pakistan's batting (Shan Masood's 1st series as Pakistan captain producing their competitive bilateral effort at Melbourne) came closest to setting a bilateral challenge before Cummins' 10 bilateral match wickets decided the Boxing Day result.
AUS vs PAK Tests 2023-24 in Context
Australia's 3-0 bilateral win against Pakistan in December 2023-January 2024 — Warner's farewell Perth century (AUS 487; PAK 271 & 89; AUS winning 360 runs), Cummins' 10 MCG match wickets (AUS 318 & 262; PAK 264 & 237; AUS winning 79 runs), SCG 8-wicket win (PAK 313 & 115; AUS 299 & 130/2), Pakistan's 17th consecutive bilateral Test defeat in Australia, Masood's first bilateral series as PAK captain — confirmed Australia's bilateral home strength in the 2023-24 bilateral programme that preceded their 2024-25 India tour (Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, where Australia won 3-1 to regain the BGT). Warner's retirement from Test cricket after the bilateral series — confirmed following the Sydney 3rd Test — gave the 3-0 bilateral its farewell bilateral framing: Warner's Perth century in his final Test bilateral series confirming his bilateral contribution to Australian Test cricket before his bilateral retirement.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the Australia vs Pakistan Test series 2023-24?
Australia won the December 2023-January 2024 Pakistan Test series 3-0. Warner scored a century in his farewell series at Perth (AUS 487; PAK 271 & 89; AUS won 360 runs). Cummins took 10 match wickets at Melbourne (AUS won 79 runs). AUS won Sydney by 8 wickets. Pakistan's 17th consecutive Test defeat in Australia. Masood captained PAK (first series as captain); Cummins captained AUS.