David Warner: 8/10

299 runs @ 49.83, HS: 164

The left-hander retired from Test cricket at the SCG, scoring a 75-ball 57 in his last innings to guide Australia to a win. Warner started the series with a fine hundred on day one of the first Test after being given a lifeline but maximised his chances to end as the only centurion in the series.

He got Australia to steady starts in Melbourne and Sydney and ended his career as one of the greatest to have played in Australia.

Usman Khawaja: 6.5/10

220 runs @ 36.66, HS: 90

Barring his 90 at Perth, Khawaja did not cross 50 even once in the other five innings. Although a quiet series for the opener, he faced 540 deliveries in his six innings, the most among all batters, and often saw off the new ball.

Marnus Labuschagne: 7/10

207 runs @ 41.40, HS: 63

Labuschagne did not set the series on fire, failing to score a single hundred, although he did make three fifties. He scored a patient 155-ball 63 in Melbourne and was the top run-scorer for Australia in the first innings at Sydney before wrapping off the series with an unbeaten half-century and a hundred-plus stand with Warner.

Steve Smith: 6/10

194 runs @ 38.80, HS: 50

Smith had a strike rate of 40 in the series and failed to leave an impact in the six innings he batted. He crossed 20 in five innings but failed to convert them into big scores, not crossing 50 even once. The half-century at MCG, though, was crucial after the top-order collapsed to 16-4.

Travis Head: 2/10

81 runs @ 16.20, HS: 40
2 wickets @ 12, BBI: 1-4

After a blistering 2023, where he helped Australia claim the World Test Championship and the World Cup, Head had a silent Pakistan Test series without a fifty in three games. However, he did pick two wickets, including that of Babar Azam in the second innings at SCG.

Mitchell Marsh: 9/10

344 runs @ 86, HS: 96
2 wickets @ 42.50, BBI: 1-27

Marsh, the Player of the Match in Perth, was the highest run-scorer in the series with four fifties in five innings. He fell in the nineties twice, first in Perth when he made 90 and then in Melbourne when he was out four runs short of a century. The only other time he did not make fifty in the series was in the first innings at MCG, where he was dismissed for a 610-ball 41. He was also handy with the ball.

Alex Carey: 7/10

129 runs @ 32.25, HS: 53
12 catches, 3 stumpings

Carey was safe behind the stumps with gloves in hand and played important knocks with the bat. In Melbourne, he helped arrest a collapse with a score of 53 and made another crucial 38 at Sydney to help reduce the margin of deficit.

Mitchell Starc: 6.5/10

12 wickets @ 26.08, BBI: 4-55

Starc was inconsistent throughout the series. He got the new ball to swing and gave Australia the early advantage but he was also wayward on occasions. He ended with an economy rate of 3.75, the second-highest among all bowlers who sent down at least 25 overs across both sides.

Pat Cummins: 9/10

19 wickets @ 12, BBI: 5-48

Cummins picked up the most five-wicket hauls in the series – three – and was exceptional throughout, both as a bowler and a captain. He picked up three successive five-wicket hauls and helped turn the MCG Test in his side’s favour after the visitors looked well-poised at one point. His twin wickets of Babar Azam were the highlights. He was also economical, conceding 2.56 runs an over, the best in his team.

Nathan Lyon: 6.5/10

13 wickets @ 26.69, BBI: 4-73

Lyon picked up his 500th Test wicket at Perth, a feat that once again showed how faithful a contributor he has been to Australian cricket. Even as the quicks walked away with the laurels, Lyon tirelessly sent down 104.1 overs, the only bowler across sides to send down more than 100 in the series.

Josh Hazlewood: 8/10

11 wickets @ 20, BBI: 4-16

His triple-wicket maiden on day three arguably changed the SCG Test, with his nagging line and lengths troubling the hosts towards the end of play. He also picked up three wickets at Perth in the second innings and was tough to get past with an economy rate of 2.60.