Pakistan’s Aamer Jamal finds himself in elite company after taking a six-wicket haul in the first innings of the ongoing third Test against Australia in Sydney.
Aamer Jamal is the first bowler in Pakistan's Test history to take 18 wickets in debut series (3 matches or less).
Jamal is the only Pakistan cricketer to make a score of 80+ and take a six-wicket innings haul in the same match after Imran Khan against India in 1983.
Jamal is also among the three touring players with 125+ runs and 15+ wickets in a three-Test series in Australia after England’s Ian Botham and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram.
Australia were dismissed for 299 to trail Pakistan by 14 runs on the first innings on the third day of the third Test in Sydney on Friday.
The hosts collapsed after tea, losing four wickets for 10 runs with paceman Aamer Jamal taking 6-69.
The Sydney Cricket Ground pitch is dry and breaking up, with the outcome of the Test match in the balance with more than two days to play.
Australia clinched the series with a tense 79-run win in the second Test in Melbourne over Christmas.
Pakistan have performed poorly in Australia, losing 16 Tests on the trot with their last win in 1995.
