2.4 : 2.4: Mitchell Starc to Saim Ayub, OUT! b Mitchell Starc. |
5.3 : 5.3: Pat Cummins to Abdullah Shafique, Four! |
6.4 : 6.4: Mitchell Starc to Abdullah Shafique, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! What an unfortunate way to get out but Mitchell Starc and Australia will not mind one bit! |
7.1 : 7.1: Pat Cummins to Babar Azam, FOUR! Nicely done! That will give Babar Azam a lot of confidence and Pakistan will need him to go on! Full and on middle and leg, Babar Azam just times his flick to perfection and beats the fielder at mid on to his right. |
7.6 : 7.6: Pat Cummins to Babar Azam, Four! |
10.5 : 10.5: Mitchell Starc to Babar Azam, FOUR! Top shot! Starc dishes it out on a back of a length, over middle, Babar gets on top of the bounce and jabs it in front of square on the leg side. Beats the diving deep square leg fielder to his left for a boundary. |
15.6 : 15.6: Sean Abbott to Babar Azam, FOUR! Flayed away! Abbott errs as this is short and wide on off, Babar is allowed to free his arms and he accepts the invitation. Cuts it up and over backward point for a boundary. |
17.4 : 17.4: Adam Zampa to Babar Azam, OUT! b Adam Zampa. |
17.6 : 17.6: Adam Zampa to Kamran Ghulam, FOUR! Excellent use of the feet! Zampa tosses it up, full and at the stumps, Kamran Ghulam skips down the track in a flash and gets to the pitch of the ball. Drills it past the diving mid off fielder to his right. Gets off the mark with a boundary. |
18.6: Pat Cummins to Kamran Ghulam, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! An absolute snorter from Pat Cummins! |
24.6: Mitchell Starc to Mohammad Rizwan, SIX! That's huge! What a shot from the skipper! Mitchell Starc digs it in short and on middle, Mohammad Rizwan knew this was coming and crouches low before picking up the length to perfection and dispatches it over deep backward square leg for a biggie. |
25.4 : 25.4: Adam Zampa to Salman Agha, FOUR! Great shot and perfectly executed! Tossed right up, on off, Salman Agha sweeps it from well ahead and keeps it all along the ground behind square on the leg side. |
26.6 : 26.6: Sean Abbott to Salman Agha, OUT! c Matthew Short b Sean Abbott. |
30.4 : 30.4: Aaron Hardie to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! Up and over! Hardie lands it full and straight, at the stumps, Rizwan stays leg side of the ball and shimmies down the track. The bat turns in his hand but he manages to clear mid on comfortably for a boundary. |
31.3 : 31.3: Marnus Labuschagne to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! Nicely done! |
31.4 : 31.4: Marnus Labuschagne to Mohammad Rizwan, OUT! c Josh Inglis b Marnus Labuschagne. |
32.6 : 32.6: Aaron Hardie to Shaheen Afridi, FOUR! Hit with real authority! Hardie comes from around the wicket and slants it in, on a length, on off, Shaheen Afridi swings through the line and tonks it back over the bowler's head for a boundary. |
33.5 : 33.5: Adam Zampa to Irfan Khan, FOUR! Irfan sweeps and sweeps well! |
35.3 : 35.3: Adam Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, SIX! Afridi goes big! |
35.5 : 35.5: Adam Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, Four! |
36.1 : 36.1: Mitchell Starc to Shaheen Afridi, Four! |
36.4 : 36.4: Mitchell Starc to Shaheen Afridi, OUT! b Mitchell Starc. |
38.6 : 38.6: Pat Cummins to Irfan Khan, FOUR! Short and punished! Cummins tries to bang it into the deck but fails to get it high enough to trouble the batter. Irfan stands tall and pulls it up and over mid-wicket for a boundary. |
39.1 : 39.1: Sean Abbott to Naseem Shah, SIX! Naseem Shah makes the Free Hit count! |
42.1: Glenn Maxwell to Irfan Khan, OUT! RUN OUT! Oh dear, what an unfortunate way to get out on debut! After a good knock under pressure, Irfan Khan has to trudge back! |
42.4 : 42.4: Glenn Maxwell to Naseem Shah, SIX! Naseem Shah gets enough on it! |
43.5 : 43.5: Adam Zampa to Haris Rauf, OUT! b Adam Zampa. |
45.3 : 45.3: Adam Zampa to Naseem Shah, SIX! Instant impact with the new bat for Naseem! |
45.5 : 45.5: Adam Zampa to Naseem Shah, Four! |
45.6 : 45.6: Adam Zampa to Naseem Shah, Six! |
46.4 : 46.4: Pat Cummins to Naseem Shah, OUT! TAKEN! Pat Cummins brings an end to the entertainment from Nasseem! |
1.4 : 1.4: Naseem Shah to Jake Fraser-McGurk, FOUR! Not the cleanest connection but JFM will take it! |
2.2 : 2.2: Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Fine catch by Saim Ayub! Shaheen Afridi gives Pakistan the early breakthrough. |
3.6 : 3.6: Naseem Shah to Jake Fraser-McGurk, OUT! c Irfan Khan b Naseem Shah. |
4.6: Shaheen Afridi to Steven Smith, FOUR! Easy pickings! Too straight from Afridi, on a back of a length, at the hips, Steven Smith gets inside the line nice and early and helps it down to the deep fine leg fence for a boundary. |
5.4 : 5.4: Naseem Shah to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Width on offer and Inglis cashes in! |
7.4: Mohammad Hasnain to Steven Smith, FOUR! Beautiful shot! |
7.6 : 7.6: Mohammad Hasnain to Steven Smith, FOUR! Short and punished! Hasnain bangs it into the deck but does not get it short enough to trouble the batter. Steven Smith rides the bounce nicely and rolls his wrists to control the pull. Hits it to the left of deep backward square leg for four more runs. |
8.6: Naseem Shah to Steven Smith, FOUR! Quality shot! Naseem bowls it short and it is fractionally wide on off, Smith lets the ball come to him and plays it right under his eyes. Cuts it past backward point for a boundary. |
10.5 : 10.5: Naseem Shah to Josh Inglis, SIX! Latched and dispatched with ease! Short and over off, Josh Inglis quickly reads the length and nails his pull over mid-wicket for a biggie. |
12.6 : 12.6: Haris Rauf to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Beautiful shot from Inglis! Brings up the 50-run partnership between these two. A bit too full, on off, Josh Inglis leans on it and times his drive well past mid off to his left. Australia need 126 more runs to win in 222 balls! |
13.2 : 13.2: Mohammad Hasnain to Steven Smith, Four! |
13.5 : 13.5: Mohammad Hasnain to Josh Inglis, Six! |
13.6 : 13.6: Mohammad Hasnain to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Hasnain's struggle to contain runs continues and this partnership is blooming in not time. |
14.2 : 14.2: Haris Rauf to Josh Inglis, FOUR! Fortune favouring the brave! |
16.2: Haris Rauf to Steven Smith, FOUR! Cannot bowl there to Steven Smith! |
16.3 : 16.3: Haris Rauf to Steven Smith, OUT! CAUGHT! Haris Rauf gets away with that delivery and Steven Smith will be kicking himself for giving away his wicket to a delivery he would have put away 9 out of 10 times. |
16.5 : 16.5: Haris Rauf to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! Streaky but a great way to get off the mark! |
17.5: Shaheen Afridi to Marnus Labuschagne, FOUR! What timing! Sublime from Labuschagne! |
19.3 : 19.3: Shaheen Afridi to Josh Inglis, SIX! Wow, that's a great shot from Inglis but an even better effort from Irfan Khan at the fence. |
19.4 : 19.4: Shaheen Afridi to Josh Inglis, OUT! c Irfan Khan b Shaheen Afridi. |
20.1 : 20.1: Haris Rauf to Marnus Labuschagne, OUT! c Irfan Khan b Haris Rauf. |
20.2 : 20.2: Haris Rauf to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! c Mohammad Rizwan b Haris Rauf. |
20.6 : 20.6: Haris Rauf to Aaron Hardie, FOUR! Edged away! Fortuitous boundary for Hardie. Rauf bashes the hard length and keeps it around off, Hardie fiddles at the delivery and gets an outside edge that flies well over the leaping keeper to his right. End of an eventful over. |
25.1 : 25.1: Mohammad Hasnain to Aaron Hardie, OUT! b Mohammad Hasnain. |
25.2 : 25.2: Mohammad Hasnain to Pat Cummins, Four! |
28.6 : 28.6: Haris Rauf to Sean Abbott, Four! |
29.4 : 29.4: Shaheen Afridi to Pat Cummins, OUT! run out (Salman Agha / Shaheen Afridi). |
30.2 : 30.2: Haris Rauf to Pat Cummins, FOUR! That should ease the nerves! A poor delivery from Haris Rauf and Pat Cummins pounces onto it. Short and wide on off, Pat Cummins just slaps it over point and helps himself to a boundary. Australia need 15 more runs. |
30.6 : 30.6: Haris Rauf to Pat Cummins, FOUR! Beautiful shot and the equation is now down to single digits! A touch too full and on off, Pat Cummins stands still and times his drive well past mid off to his left and gets a boundary. Australia need just 8 more runs now. |
33.1 : 33.1: Mohammad Hasnain to Pat Cummins, FOUR! What a fitting shot to level the scores! Hasnain serves this in the slot on middle and off, Pat Cummins duly obliges and whips it straight down the ground past the bowler and to the left of mid on for a boundary. |