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The champion leg-spinner, who claimed five wickets in the first innings, grabbed three in the second as Pakistan was shot out for 203, an hour into the fourth day in the final Test. Australia needed just 56 deliveries to take the remaining two Pakistani wickets to record its second successive innings victory in the one-sided series. Australia won the first Test by 41 runs and the second inside two days, by an innings and 198 runs, in what was supposed to be Pakistan's home series. The Tests were shifted to neutral venues in Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates after Australia refused to play in Pakistan due to security concerns. The emphatic success warmed up Steve Waugh's men for next month's Ashes series at home against old foe England. Pakistan, following on 223 runs behind after being shot out for 221 in the first innings on Monday, did not go down without a fight when it resumed at 178 for eight. Hasan Raza, who made 54 not out in the first innings, hit 68 in the second before being caught behind by a diving Adam Gilchrist off seamer Andy Bichel. Raza, the world's youngest Test player when he made his debut in 1996 at the age of 14, showed maturity beyond his three-Test experience while handling the Aussie attack. After Pakistan was reduced to 102 for seven on Monday afternoon, Raza put on 55 for the eighth wicket with captain Waqar Younis and 40 for the ninth with Mohammad Sami. Sami was last man out for 22, holing out to midwicket against Bichel as Australia won easily despite keeping Warne and premier fast bowler Glenn McGrath out of the attack on the fourth morning. McGrath ended the series with 14 wickets to take his overall tally to 403, only the eighth bowler in the world to join the 400-wicket club. Warne now has 477 wickets, second only to world record holder Courtney Walsh of the West Indies who retired last season with a tally of 519. Warne was later named player of the series. Pakistan played the three Tests without four top stars — Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana. Worse, all-rounder Abdul Razzaq broke his wrist during the second Test and had to return home early. Pakistan captain Waqar Younis said that seasoned players like Wasim Akram and Saeed Anwar may return to the side after missing the Australian series. ``I felt let down by their absence,'' Waqar said after his young team crashed to an innings defeat in the final Test against Steve Waugh's world champions to suffer a 3-0 whitewash.
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