Hauritz seals clean sweep

Michael Clarke fumbles but holds on to catch Sarfraz Ahmed and provide Nathan Hauritz's second wicket on day five in Hobart

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Nathan Hauritz rounded off an outstanding summer by bowling his side to victory in Hobart, as Australia completed a record-equalling 12th successive Test win against Pakistan.

Australia needed until only an hour after lunch to bowl Pakistan out for 206 as the visitors never threatened to get anywhere near their record victory target of 438, losing by 231 runs.

Only recalled number three batsman Khurram Manzoor offered any resistance on the final day with a gutsy half-century to make amends for his first-innings duck.

The result secured a fourth successive 3-0 clean sweep of Pakistan by Australia in a Test series and equals the record for most successive wins by any team against the same opponent in Test history - 12, which was held solely by Sri Lanka against Bangladesh.

And it means Australia have now won five of six Tests this summer - with only a draw in the second Test against West Indies in Adelaide preventing a clean sweep of a summer.

After taking his first five-wicket hauls in the second innings of Australia's wins in Melbourne and Sydney, Hauritz helped himself to three more on the final day at the Bellerive Oval to finish with an impressive 29 wickets in six matches.

Before this summer Hauritz had taken just 24 wickets in seven Test matches, demonstrating just how much the off-spinner has improved.

In the three-Test series against Pakistan he claimed 18 wickets at an average of 23.

Hauritz's haul on the final day also included the key wicket of Manzoor, who, after being recalled to the team for this Test, batted through the entire two-and-a-half-hour first session. Play began 30 minutes early to make up for time lost on day four.

Pakistan's sole resistance came from Khurram Manzoor, who stayed 239 balls for 77 on recall

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Resuming at 103 for four, Pakistan had reached 168 for six at lunch. After a light shower hit the ground during the lunch break there was a chance the visitors could well have hung on for an undeserved draw after being thoroughly outplayed for five days.

But Hauritz ended Pakistan's slim hopes of avoiding another defeat 25 minutes after lunch when he had Manzoor caught behind by Brad Haddin for a 315-minute 77.

With Pakistan's last remaining specialist batsman gone, the tail offered little resistance.

Hauritz claimed Umar Gul for nought - courtesy of a sharp catch by Michael Clarke at first slip - while Mitchell Johnson then took his first wicket of the match when he bowled Mohammad Asif for the same score.

Peter Siddle finished the match off when he bowled Danish Kaneria for one with just the second over of the new ball.

Earlier, Australia had appeared on course to wrap the game up even before lunch when Siddle struck immediately.

He had Shoaib Malik caught behind for 19 to give Haddin his 100th Test catch in his 25th Test, before Hauritz grabbed his first wicket of the innings from his very first ball of the day.

Haddin was involved in the dismissal again as keeper Sarfraz Ahmed edged a straight Hauritz delivery onto Haddin's pad with the ball then rebounding to Clarke at first slip.

Clarke fumbled the catch at first before luckily grabbing it at the second attempt after it rebounded off his boot.

Australia captain Ricky Ponting was named man of the match for his sparkling knocks of 209 and 89.