Australia held their nerve on a tense fifth day morning at the Gabba, Brisbane to beat Pakistan by 39 runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. The visitors fell agnosingly short of the 490-run target after a brilliant 71-run ninth wicket stand between Man of the Match Asad Shafiq (137) and Yasir Shah (33). Mitchell Starc was the pick of the Australian bowlers taking 4 for 119, including the prize scalp of Shafiq with a ripsnorter.
Yasir Shah was the last man to be dismissed as Pakistan folded for 450 in their chase of 490. © Cricbuzz
Key stats from the first Test from Brisbane:
10 This was Pakistan's 10th successive defeat in Australia, the sequence dating back to 1999. It is easily their worst run in any country, considering they haven't lost more than four in a row in any other country. The last time they won a Test Down Under when the series was still alive was in
