Finally a pace 10-fer in the UAE

After a spirited performance that helped them secure a draw in the first Test against Pakistan, Australia followed it up with an abject batting show - scoring only 145 and 164 in their two innings in the Abu Dhabi Test - to lose the second Test by 373 runs and with it the series.

Stats highlights

373 runs - The biggest margin of victory for Pakistan in a Test match in terms of runs. Their previous biggest winning margin was 356 runs against the same opponent the last time the two sides met at the same venue in 2014. It also happens to be the biggest win for a team in terms of runs in Tests played in UAE, bettering Pakistan's 356-run win mentioned above.

Biggest Test victories for Pakistan (by runs)

3 - Test matches lost by Australia with a higher margin of runs. They lost by 675 runs against England in 1928, 492 runs against South Africa earlier this year and 408 runs against West Indies in 1980.

0 - Bigger wins for a team in terms of runs in Tests without an individual player making a three-figure score. Babar Azam was the highest scorer for Pakistan in the Test with 99 in the second innings as they romped home by a mammoth 373 runs. The previous biggest victory margin was South Africa's 340-run victory in Trent Bridge in the previous England summer with Hashim Amla making a top score of 87.

100.2 - Overs batted in the Test by Australia, which is the second fewest for a losing team in a Test in UAE. The only instance of a losing team batting fewer overs was by Pakistan in Sharjah in 2002 when they were shot out twice in 56.4 overs by Australia.

17 - This was the first Test in the UAE which finished inside four days since the last four-day (or fewer) finish, which was Pakistan's game against South Africa in Dubai in 2013. The 17 Tests between these two matches lasted all five days, three of which were drawn games.

12 - Years since a Pakistan seamer took a ten-wicket haul in Test cricket before Mohammad Abbas ended the drought with his 10 for 95 in this match. The last to do so was Mohammad Asif, who took 11 for 71 against Sri Lanka in Kandy in 2006.

1 - Abbas became the first pacer to take a ten-wicket haul in Tests in UAE. Abbas followed up 5 for 33 in the first innings with 5 for 62 in the second outing. The previous best for a bowler was 8 for 151 by Junaid Khan against Sri Lanka at the same venue in 2013/14. The only better match analysis for a bowler in UAE is Rangana Herath's 11 for 136 in Abu Dhabi last year.

Best match figures in UAE

59 - Wickets for Abbas in his career so far, which is the fourth most for a pacer after ten Tests since the turn of the 20th century. Only England's Maurice Tate (65), South Africa's Vernon Philander (63) and West Indies' Andy Roberts (60) have had more wickets at the same point in career than Abbas. Abbas's bowling average of 15.64 is bettered only by three players in history (50+ wickets) and none of them played since 1900.

5 - Abbas is the fifth pacer from the sub-continent to take a ten-wicket haul against Australia and the first since Wasim Akram in 1990. Incidentally, all the five are from Pakistan and the only other bowler to do so in Asia was Fazal Mahmood, who took 13 for 114 in Karachi in 1956.

4 - Instances of a team having three batsmen (the most) dismissed in the 90s in a Test. Fakhar Zaman (94) and Sarfraz Ahmed (94) in the first innings and Babar Azam (99) in the second were the unfortunate batsman. It is the fourth time it has happened in Test cricket after West Indies against England in 1935, England against West Indies in 1995 and Australia against India in 2004.

Three batsmen from a side dismissed in the 90s in a Test

4 - Zaman became the fourth Pakistan batsman and the first to do so opening the batting to score 50-plus in each innings of his debut Test. He emulated Azhar Mahmood (128* & 50*), Yasir Hameed (170 & 105) and Umar Akmal (129 & 75). He also became the fourth Pakistan batsman to get dismissed in the 90s in the debut Test after Abdul Kadir (95), Taslim Arif (90) and Asim Kamal (99).