Australia signed off 2023 year on a high.
They won the ICC World Test Championship final vs India, retained the Ashes, the ODI World Cup final vs India, and won the Test series against Pakistan.
A fired-up Pat Cummins bagged five wickets and 10 in the match to earn Australia a nail-biting win (by 79 runs) in the second Test and clinch the series against a battling Pakistan.
Australia have now pocketed the three-match series 2-0 and will take on Pakistan in the third and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) from January 3.
Set 317 for victory, the visitors put up a stellar fight as they chased their first Test triumph in Australia since 1995. But they were dismissed for 237, with the last five wickets falling for 18 runs.