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Australia restrict Pakistan at meagre 117

Australia restrict Pakistan at meagre 117


Pakistan and Australian players during their T20 match series. — AFP

Pakistan are all out for a meagre 117 in a dreadful innings against Australia in the third and final T20I of the three-match series, currently being played at the Bellerive Oval.

Green shirts were pushed back into the pavilion at just 18 overs as the hosts displayed splendid fielding.

Opting to bat first, the touring side could accumulate 117 runs before getting bundled out on the first delivery of the penultimate over.

The new opening pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Babar Azam could not give visitors a steady start as the former walked back in the second over after scoring nine off seven.

Following the early hiccup, Babar and Haseebullah Khan registered an anchoring 44-run partnership for the second wicket.

The duo appeared in command against Australian bowlers until Adam Zampa got rid of Haseebullah in the seventh over to open the floodgates. The wicketkeeper batter scored 24 off 19 deliveries with the help of three boundaries.

Pakistan then lost two more wickets – Usman Khan (3) and skipper Salman Ali Agha (1) – before their mainstay Babar was cleaned up by Zampa in the 13th over with just 91 runs on the board.

Babar remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with a 28-ball 41, which featured four fours.

The visitors lost two more wickets in the next over and consequently slipped further to 92/7.

Additionally, Shaheen Shah Afridi offered some fight with a gutsy 16-run cameo, which included two fours and a six.

However, after his dismissal, the green shirts could add only one run to their total before being swept away by the ruthless Australian attack.

Earlier on Saturday, the hosts won T20I series 2-0 against the green shirts after defeating visitors by 13 runs in second match at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Set to chase 148, Pakistan only managed 134 before being bundled out in the final over.

Playing XIs

Pakistan have made two changes to their lineup, including their regular captain Mohammad Rizwan, who sits out for Haseebullah Khan.

Pakistan: Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Salman Agha (c), Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem.

Australia: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short, Josh Inglis (c/wk), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson.


This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.



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