Match-winning Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah has sent a warning to Australia's batsmen that he is targeting 20 wickets and a win in the two-match Test series starting in Dubai on Sunday.
The 32-year-old has been Pakistan's main spin weapon since making his Test debut against Australia at the same venue four years ago.
He and left-armer Zulfiqar Babar took 26 wickets between them to rout Australia 2-0.
Yasir again holds the key for Pakistan in the two-match series, with the second in Abu Dhabi from October 16.
"I have a target of 20 wickets," Yasir said. "I know how important it will be to take wickets so that remains my target and for the team to win the series which is very important."
Yasir has grown in stature and wickets with each series. He took 24 wickets in three Tests in a series win over Sri Lanka a year later.
His 10 wickets at Lord's and five at The Oval formed the basis of Pakistan's 1-1 series draw in England two years ago before he took 25 in a 2-1 win in the West Indies in 2017 —Pakistan's first series win in the Caribbean.
Yasir said Australia will miss the guile of banned duo Steven Smith and David Warner, who are each banned for a year for their part in a ball-tampering row in South Africa earlier this year.
"No doubt, Smith and Warner are two world-class players and Australia will miss them," said Yasir. "(They) know the art of staying at the wicket so that will be missed by Australia.
"But we can't take any team lightly. They have a few good players and a few of them I have played with in the Big Bash (Australia's Twenty20 league) so I know their strong and weak points.
"You can't say they are weak, maybe inexperienced. They're always a strong side. That series (in 2014) was my first and so I'm going to try to improve on that."
While, Australian captain Tim Paine hopes his team will move on from the ball-tampering row and start a new era.
"I think what happened was unfortunate but we have to move on. We are fortunate enough to be getting back together after what happened," Paine said on Saturday.
Both teams will also shake hands ahead of the Dubai Test, with Aaron Finch, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne all set to make their Test debuts for Australia.
"It's a great opportunity for some new players, new coach, but still the Australian Test team hasn't changed. It's a little bit of a new era, but we are hopeful that the guys who were involved will be back in the next six or eight months," said Paine of the banned trio.
Australia face a trial by spin as has so often been the case on their tours to Asia.
In the space of six years, they have lost 12 of their 15 Tests —recording only two wins with one draw — on tours of India (twice), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates.