Continuing from the second part of the six best Test matches in 2010, these two are the last in the series.
Australia v England at WACA in Perth:
This was the third Test match of the Ashes and the Aussies were 1-0 down in the series. Another loss would have ended their Ashes hopes and the bowling had been under huge pressure, having conceded almost 1200 runs for six wickets. There were many changes around in the side and Mitchell Johnson, who had been dropped for the second Test was got back.
England won the toss and bowled Australia out for 268. At 78/0, England looked like they were going to dominate this one as well before Johnson was brought upon on the second day. A charged up Johnson ran through the English line-up and scalped six wickets as the English side were bowled out for 187.
Then, Michael Hussey scored a century as Australia scored 309 which set England a target of 391 and bowled them out for 123 to win the game. This levelled the series and brought about one of the very few turnarounds that had seen a side win a game after losing the previous one by innings.
Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai:
South Africa had gone into the Test series against Pakistan having won the T20Is and the ODIs. They were favourites to win the Tests as well given that they had a much better batting and bowling attack after Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif had been banned by the ICC.
South Africa batted first and got to 307/2 thanks to a Graeme Smith century and a score of 600 looked possible. However, a middle-order collapse saw them get out for 380. Still, it was enough for them to bowl Pakistan out for 248 and garner a crucial 132-run lead on a slow wicket.
The second time around South Africa batted, they got to 318/2 before declaring the innings and set a near-impossible target of 451 for a win for Pakistan on the fourth day. Pakistan ended the day at 109/2 and were staring down the barrel given their weak batting order.
It was then that the senior pros, newly installed skipper Misbah ul Haq and Younis Khan batted together for 57 overs together to enable a fighting draw for their side, ending on 343/3. The second Test was also drawn and the series ended at 0-0.