| 0.0 : TOSS - Australia have won the toss and ELECTED TO BAT! |
| Australia (Playing XI) - Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis(C)(WK), Aaron Hardie, Nathan Ellis, Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Adam Zampa. |
| Pakistan (Playing XI) - Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan(C)(WK), Sahibzada Farhan, Usman Khan, Salman Agha, Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem. |
| Josh Inglis says he's happy to begin with a win. Adds he enjoyed the game despite it being a shorter one. Mentions they have a very good bowling attack. |
| Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistan skipper says they showed great spirit in the first game. Adds they want to continue to show character. Mentions they have one change with Sufiyan Muqeem coming in for Haseebullah Khan. |
| Time for the action to begin! Out walk the Pakistan players and they're followed by the Aussie openers, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matthew Short. |
| 0.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, Straightaway the Aussies on the attack! Width on offer. This is well wide outside off. He looks to bring it back in but it doesn't. This is lofted over cover. It just stops before the ropes. Three taken. |
| 0.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Jake Fraser-McGurk, No run. |
| 0.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Four! |
| 0.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Four! |
| 0.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Four! |
| 0.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Six! |
| 1.1 : Naseem Shah to Matthew Short, SIX! Bang! Take that. Over the fence. What a start this is for the Aussies! On middle. Shorter. Short stands tall and pulls this one over the square leg fence. That's bread and butter for Short. He just loves that length. Pakistan under massive pressure here. |
| 1.2 : Naseem Shah to Matthew Short, 2 runs. |
| 1.3 : Naseem Shah to Matthew Short, Four! |
| 1.4 : Naseem Shah to Matthew Short, Goes short again and on middle. Short pulls it past square leg. A run taken. |
| 1.5 : Naseem Shah to Jake Fraser-McGurk, No run. |
| 1.6 : Naseem Shah to Jake Fraser-McGurk, WIDE! Down the leg side. Wided this time. |
| Naseem Shah to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Lands safe! That's another massive over! Fuller and on off. Jake Fraser-McGurk lofta it down the ground. It just about clears mid off. Two taken. |
| 2.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, Six! |
| 2.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, A slower one, yet again signs of it holding in the surface. Short looks to pull but misses. |
| 2.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, FOUR! In the gap! That was off the splice but still a boundary! On middle. Short looks to pull. This goes off the splice wide of deep mid-wicket. Another boundary. |
| 2.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, Changes the angle! Bowls it from around the wicket. Shorter and on middle. Short defends. |
| 2.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, Another swing and a miss! One more slower one! On middle. Shortish. Short looks to pull but misses it completely. |
| 2.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Matthew Short, A slower short ball on middle. Short looks to pull. This goes off the inner half through mid-wicket for one. Runs continue to flow. |
| 3.1 : Haris Rauf to Matthew Short, Fifty up for the Aussies and in no time! Short and on middle. This is worked through square leg. They take two. A better throw and Short could have been in trouble. It was a little too wide. |
| 3.2 : Haris Rauf to Matthew Short, WIDE! Short misses out! Down the leg side. Shortish. Short looks to pull but misses. He misses out with fine leg in the ring. |
| Haris Rauf to Matthew Short, Short makes room. He's followed. This is worked to the right of mid on for one. |
| 3.3 : Haris Rauf to Jake Fraser-McGurk, Slower and shorter. On the body. Yet again comes slow off the wicket. Jake Fraser-McGurk looks to pull but misses to get hit on the body. |
| 3.4 : Haris Rauf to Jake Fraser-McGurk, OUT! Taken! Number one down! Pakistan needed that! These two were going at a very good pace. Rauf it is yet again who provides the break through. A short one outside off. Jake Fraser-McGurk makes room and looks to slap it over the off side. It goes off the toe end. The fielder at cover tracks back and takes it nicely. Can they get better control of things now? |
| 3.5 : Haris Rauf to Josh Inglis, Well bowled! Length and on middle. Inglis stays back and defends. Can he end the over well now? |
| 3.6 : Haris Rauf to Josh Inglis, OUT! c Sufiyan Muqeem b Haris Rauf. |
| 4.1 : Abbas Afridi to Matthew Short, Shortish and outside off. This is slapped past cover for one. |
| 4.2 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Shorter and outside off. This is guided down to third man for one. |
| 4.3 : Abbas Afridi to Matthew Short, Slower and on middle. Short waits and pulls but to mid on. |
| 4.4 : Abbas Afridi to Matthew Short, On middle. On the shorter side. This is pulled but towards deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 4.5 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Lands safe! Good effort! That though has hit Maxwell straight on the helmet! Angled into the pads. Maxwell looks to pull, this goes off the top edge, hits the helmet and lobs on the leg side. Rizwan goes for it with a dive but it lands just ahead. A single taken. |
| 4.6 : Abbas Afridi to Matthew Short, OUT! TIMBER! Number three down! Abbas Afridi strikes and the dangerous Short walks back. A slower one on middle. Stays low and also comes slow off the surface. Short looks to go big down the ground but is through the short early and this hits the stumps. Pakistan have come back strongly into the game. |
| 5.1 : Haris Rauf to Glenn Maxwell, Angled into the pads. Maxwell works it through mid-wicket for one. |
| 5.2 : Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis, No run. |
| 5.3 : Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis, No run. |
| 5.4 : Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis, No run. |
| 5.5 : Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis, 2 runs. |
| 5.6 : Haris Rauf to Marcus Stoinis, Nicely played! Angled into the pads. This is worked through square leg for two. End of a very action packed first 6. Australia are 61 for 3 after it. They could have been 4 had it not been for that drop. |
| 6.1 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Slashes but misses! Outside off. Shortish. Maxwell slashes but misses. |
| 6.2 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Shorter and on off. This too holds in the surface. Maxwell punches it past cover for one. |
| 6.3 : Abbas Afridi to Marcus Stoinis, Another dot! Bends his back on this one! Outside off. On the shorter side. Stoinis looks to cut but misses again. That one zipped through. |
| 6.4 : Abbas Afridi to Marcus Stoinis, WIDE! That has slipped out! A slower one goes totally wrong. It is way down the leg side. Wided. |
| Abbas Afridi to Marcus Stoinis, Goes short this time and on middle. This is pulled through mid-wicket for one. |
| 6.5 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Yet again! Extra bounce. Shortish and on off. Maxwell gets on top of the bounce and plays it to cover. Needs to end the over well now. |
| 6.6 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Does so brilliantly! Another slower one. Shorter and outside off. Maxwell looks to pull but misses again. |
| 7.1 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Marcus Stoinis, Starts off with a short one on the pads. This is worked through square leg for one. |
| 7.2 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, Another short one. Two nervous balls to begin with! This is pulled through square leg for one. Can he get his length right? |
| 7.3 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Marcus Stoinis, 1 run. |
| 7.4 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, Four! |
| 7.5 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, No run. |
| 8.1 : Naseem Shah to Marcus Stoinis, 1 run. |
| 7.6 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, No run. |
| 8.2 : Naseem Shah to Glenn Maxwell, Four! |
| 8.3 : Naseem Shah to Glenn Maxwell, Very full and outside off. Maxwell carves it past point for one. |
| 8.4 : Naseem Shah to Marcus Stoinis, Outside off. This is slapped past cover for one. |
| 8.5 : Naseem Shah to Glenn Maxwell, Goes full again and outside off. Maxwell jams it through covers and gets to the other end. |
| 8.6 : Naseem Shah to Marcus Stoinis, MISFIELD AND FOUR! Pakistan have been really poor in the field! On middle. Shortish. This is pulled through square leg. The fielder in the deep, runs to his left but lets it through. Boundery. |
| 9.1 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, A full toss on the pads. This is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.2 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Marcus Stoinis, No run. |
| 9.3 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Marcus Stoinis, 1 run. |
| 9.4 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, Goes short again though. This is pulled through mid-wicket for one. |
| 9.5 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Marcus Stoinis, OUT! Taken! Stoinis falls. Sufiyan Muqeem gets his man. His first T20I wicket! Stoinis timed that really well! On middle. Fuller. The reverse sweep comes out. He nails it but straight to deep cover. Afridi takes it nicely. Just as a partnership was growing, Pakistan strike. |
| 9.6 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Tim David, That's a fine over from the spinner! On middle. This is worked to the right of the bowler for one. |
| 10.1 : Abbas Afridi to Tim David, Outside off. Shortish. This is guided past point for one. |
| 10.2 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Outside off. This is guided down to third man for one. |
| 10.3 : Abbas Afridi to Tim David, Outside off. This is pushed past cover for one. |
| 10.4 : Abbas Afridi to Glenn Maxwell, Goes short again and outside off. This is cut past point. Only one. |
| 10.5 : Abbas Afridi to Tim David, That zips through! Shorter and outside off. David looks to pull but misses. |
| 10.6 : Abbas Afridi to Tim David, A single to end! Outside off. This is slapped past cover for one. |
| 11.1 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Tim David, On middle. This is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 11.2 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, 2 runs. |
| 11.3 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Glenn Maxwell, OUT! TAKEN! Maxwell goes. That's a massive wicket. What a debut Sufiyan Muqeem is having! On middle. Shortish. This is pulled well but it is on the longer side. It goes straight to deep mid-wicket. Easy catch. |
| 11.4 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Aaron Hardie, Two! Down the leg side this time! Hardie plays the paddle sweep towards fine leg for two. |
| 11.5 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Aaron Hardie, Tossed up on off. Blocked. |
| 11.6 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Aaron Hardie, Looks to play the paddle sweep again. This is bowled outside off. Hardie misses to get hit on the pads. Another fine over from Muqeem. |
| 12.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Tim David, No run. |
| 12.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Tim David, On middle. Slower. Defended. |
| 12.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Tim David, Rizwan says he heard a noise! He's the captain and he does review! He seems very confident. NOT OUT! Nothing on it. Shorter and outside off. David looks to pull but misses. Three dots in a row though. |
| 12.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Tim David, On middle. Length. This is pushed to mid off. 4 in a row now. |
| 12.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Tim David, Could have been five! Another short one. Outside off. David looks to pull but misses. It lands just in front of Rizwan who fails to stop it cleanly. A bye taken. |
| 12.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Aaron Hardie, Just the two from the over! Brilliant from Shaheen! On middle. This is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 13.1 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Aaron Hardie, On the pads. This is worked through mid-wicket for one. |
| 13.2 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Tim David, Gets away with that! This is way too short. It is pulled through square leg for two. |
| 13.3 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Tim David, On off. Quicker. This is pushed to cover. |
| 13.4 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Tim David, Goes short and on middle. This is pulled down to long on for one. |
| 13.5 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Aaron Hardie, No run. |
| 13.6 : Sufiyan Muqeem to Aaron Hardie, 1 run. |
| 14.1 : Haris Rauf to Aaron Hardie, Dealing in singles at the moment! Fuller and on middle. This is pushed down to long on for one. |
| 14.2 : Haris Rauf to Tim David, No run. |
| 14.3 : Haris Rauf to Tim David, 2 runs. |
| 14.4 : Haris Rauf to Tim David, Four! |
| 14.5 : Haris Rauf to Tim David, Four! |
| 14.6 : Haris Rauf to Tim David, OUT! c Abbas Afridi b Haris Rauf. |
| 15.1 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, Six! |
| 15.2 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, 1 run. |
| 15.3 : Naseem Shah to Xavier Bartlett, 1 run. |
| 15.4 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, 1 run. |
| 15.5 : Naseem Shah to Xavier Bartlett, Angled into the pads. Xavier flicks but to mid-wicket. |
| 15.6 : Naseem Shah to Xavier Bartlett, Back of a length and on off. Blocked. |
| 16.1 : Shaheen Afridi to Aaron Hardie, Slower ball on middle. This is worked down to long on for one. |
| 16.2 : Shaheen Afridi to Xavier Bartlett, On the pads. Xavier looks to flick but misses. This hits the pad and rolls on the leg side. A leg bye taken. |
| 16.3 : Shaheen Afridi to Aaron Hardie, Just the one again! On middle. This is worked through mid-wicket. A single taken. |
| 16.4 : Shaheen Afridi to Xavier Bartlett, Another dot! Full and on middle. Bartlett flicks it to mid-wicket. |
| 16.5 : Shaheen Afridi to Xavier Bartlett, FOUR! Up and over! That's a fine shot! Fuller and on middle. Xavier heaves it over the mid-wicket fielder and this races away. Handy one. |
| 16.6 : Shaheen Afridi to Xavier Bartlett, Going down leg! Angled into the pads. Bartlett looks to go big on the leg side but misses to get hit on the pads. |
| 17.1 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, Four! |
| 17.2 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, A good slower short ball on middle. Hardie bails out of the pull in the end. |
| 17.3 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, Fuller and on off. Hardie looks to go down the ground but it goes off the inside edge to short fine leg for one. |
| 17.4 : Naseem Shah to Xavier Bartlett, Bye. |
| 17.5 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, A brilliant yorker! On off. This is jammed out to cover. |
| 17.6 : Naseem Shah to Aaron Hardie, Very nicely played! Length and outside off. Hardie waits and then just guides it past point and short third man. Takes two. Lovely use of the pace from the big man. |
| 18.1 : Haris Rauf to Xavier Bartlett, OUT! b Haris Rauf. |
| 18.2 : Haris Rauf to Nathan Ellis, Just over the stumps! Length and on middle. Ellis looks to defend. This goes just over the stumps. |
| 18.3 : Haris Rauf to Nathan Ellis, Another swing and a miss! Outside off. Ellis looks to go over cover but misses again. |
| 18.4 : Haris Rauf to Nathan Ellis, Fuller and on off. Ellis finally gets one. He drives it back to the bowler who looks to stop it with his leg but it hits the leg and rolls on the off side. A run take. |
| 18.5 : Haris Rauf to Aaron Hardie, Only one! On middle. Hardie swings it towards deep mid-wicket for one. Probably a free swing now for Ellis. |
| 18.6 : Haris Rauf to Nathan Ellis, Turns down the single! On middle. Fuller. Ellis swings. It goes off the inner half through square leg but doesn't take the run. |
| 19.1 : Abbas Afridi to Aaron Hardie, 2 runs. |
| 19.2 : Abbas Afridi to Aaron Hardie, Slower and outside off. Hardie swings but misses it completely. |
| Abbas Afridi to Aaron Hardie, WIDE! Down the leg side. Wided. |
| 19.3 : Abbas Afridi to Aaron Hardie, Brilliant running again! A low full toss on middle. This is worked through mid-wicket. Two taken. |
| 19.4 : Abbas Afridi to Aaron Hardie, OUT! That's a poor shot from Hardie. He should have left that. This is way too short and very, very wide. Would have been a wide had he left it. He looks to reach out for it. It goes off the toe end towards the off side. Rizwan takes it. A good little innings from him but Pakistan can surely keep Australia under 150 now. |
| 19.5 : Abbas Afridi to Spencer Johnson, OUT! Taken! Two in two for Afridi! Length and on middle. He looks to go over mid off but it goes off the splice and it is taken at mid off. |
| 19.6 : Abbas Afridi to Adam Zampa, A bye to end then! A slower one down the leg side. Zampa moves across and looks to play the ramp shot but misses. They take one as the keeper fumbles. |
| 0.0 : End of a fine bowling effort from Pakistan! The start though wasn't all that great! The hosts were off to a flier. They got to their fifty around the 3 over mark. Once the opening stand was broken, runs scoring got very tough and wickets also fell at regular intervals. A couple of batters got off to starts but none went on to make it big. They though will still feel they have a total which is just around par. |
| Pakistan did not begin well as they looked to bowl very full but once they started taking pace off, their bowlers became very useful. The likes of Afridi and Rauf were brilliant. Sufiyan Muqeem also impressed in the middle overs. Shaheen and Naseem came back well in the end. The bowlers will feel they have done their job can the batters do their job now? Australia on the other hand, will know this won't be an easy chase but they need to bowl well. An exciting second half awaits. |
| ...THE RUN CHASE... |
| 0.1 : Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, 5 Wides! |
| Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, 2 runs. |
| 0.2 : Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, WIDE! Pitched full, angling across the batter. Left alone by Mohammad Rizwan. Matthew Short at first slip, does well to stop it. Wide signaled. |
| Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, Back of a length, around the hip. Rizwan tucks and misses onto the pad. |
| 0.3 : Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run. |
| 0.4 : Spencer Johnson to Babar Azam, Good length ball on off. Babar Azam defends on the front foot into covers. |
| 0.5 : Spencer Johnson to Babar Azam, 3 runs. |
| 0.6 : Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, No run. |
| 0.0 : Xavier Bartlett will share the attack. |
| 1.1 : Xavier Bartlett to Babar Azam, OUT! c Nathan Ellis b Xavier Bartlett. |
| 1.2 : Xavier Bartlett to Sahibzada Farhan, Pitched full, shaping away around off. Driven to backward point. |
| 0.0 : Sahibzada Farhan is in at 3. |
| 1.3 : Xavier Bartlett to Sahibzada Farhan, No run. |
| 1.4 : Xavier Bartlett to Sahibzada Farhan, Fuller than a length, just outside off. Sahibzada Farhan drives off the cue end to short cover. |
| 1.5 : Xavier Bartlett to Sahibzada Farhan, Fuller than a length again, angling into the middle and leg. Sahibzada Farhan looks to heave it across the line but misses and gets stuck on the pad. Half an appeal but the umpire was unmoved. |
| 1.6 : Xavier Bartlett to Sahibzada Farhan, Pitched full, at the stumps. Sahibzada Farhan lifts it back over the bowler and down the ground. Tim David gives the chase and stops it just inside the ropes. Three taken. |
| 2.1 : Spencer Johnson to Sahibzada Farhan, Full-length delivery, around off. Sahibzada Farhan strokes it to mid-off. |
| 2.2 : Spencer Johnson to Sahibzada Farhan, Back of a length on the hip. Sahibzada Farhan tucks and misses onto the pad. |
| 2.3 : Spencer Johnson to Sahibzada Farhan, Back of a length, around off. Sahibzada Farhan gets across and pulls it to the deep mid-wicket pocket for a couple. |
| 2.4 : Spencer Johnson to Sahibzada Farhan, Length ball on the leg pole. Sahibzada Farhan flicks and misses onto the pad. |
| 2.5 : Spencer Johnson to Sahibzada Farhan, OUT! c Xavier Bartlett b Spencer Johnson. |
| 0.0 : Usman Khan is in at 4. |
| 2.6 : Spencer Johnson to Usman Khan, WIDE! Back of a length, down the leg. Usman Khan lets it go. Wide signaled. |
| Spencer Johnson to Usman Khan, Pitched full, on the leg. Usman Khan flicks it through backward square leg for a couple. |
| 3.1 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, Goes full, at the stumps. Mohammad Rizwan bunts it to mid-on. |
| 3.2 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, Jaffa! Back of a length delivery, around off. Mohammad Rizwan has a poke at it and gets beaten. |
| 3.3 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, No run. |
| 3.4 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, No run. |
| 3.5 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, On a length, around off. Left alone. |
| 3.6 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, Full and at the stumps. Rizwan bunts it to mid-on and takes a quick single. |
| 4.1 : Marcus Stoinis to Mohammad Rizwan, Length ball, around off. Guided to deep third for one. |
| 4.2 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, 1 run. |
| 4.3 : Marcus Stoinis to Mohammad Rizwan, Back of a length, outside off. Guided to deep third for a single. |
| 4.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, Goes short, over the batter. Usman Khan attempts the pull but fails to connect. |
| 4.5 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, Full and at the stumps. Usman Khan drives it past the bowler. Mid-on fielder runs across and cuts it off. Keeps it to one. |
| 4.6 : Marcus Stoinis to Mohammad Rizwan, Length ball, angling into the pad. Rizwan has nudged it through mid-wicket for a couple. |
| 5.1 : Xavier Bartlett to Usman Khan, Pitched full, at the stumps. Eased to mid-on for one. |
| 5.2 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, Back of a length, angling in. Rizwan hangs back and stabs it to point. |
| 5.3 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, No run. |
| 5.4 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, On a length, on off. Mohammad Rizwan defends on the front foot. |
| 5.5 : Xavier Bartlett to Mohammad Rizwan, Nagging length, on off. Mohammad Rizwan guides it to deep third. |
| 5.6 : Xavier Bartlett to Usman Khan, Full-length delivery, at the stumps. Usman Khan knocks it to wide of mid-on for a single. |
| 6.1 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, No run. |
| 6.2 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, Floated on off. Usman Khan eases it to long-off for one. |
| 6.3 : Adam Zampa to Mohammad Rizwan, No run. |
| 6.4 : Adam Zampa to Mohammad Rizwan, Fired in on the leg. Swept to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 6.5 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, 1 run. |
| 6.6 : Adam Zampa to Mohammad Rizwan, Googly, on the middle. Mohammad Rizwan knocks into covers. |
| 7.1 : Nathan Ellis to Usman Khan, Pitched full, around off. Usman Khan drives it to extra cover. |
| 7.2 : Nathan Ellis to Usman Khan, Back of a length on off. Usman Khan dabs it to backward point and takes one. |
| 7.3 : Nathan Ellis to Mohammad Rizwan, Slower and fuller at the stumps. Driven to long-on for one. |
| 7.4 : Nathan Ellis to Usman Khan, Fuller than a length, outside off. Usman Khan drives and gets the outside edge to the left of short third. Adam Zampa does well to stop it. |
| 7.5 : Nathan Ellis to Usman Khan, Pitched full, around off. Usman Khan turns it toward mid-on for one. |
| 7.6 : Nathan Ellis to Mohammad Rizwan, Skiddy length ball, on off. Mohammad Rizwan defends it to short cover. |
| 8.1 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, Wrong'un, on off. Usman Khan goes back and knocks into covers. |
| 8.2 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, Tossed up, on off. Usman Khan lifts it on the bounce to wide of long-off for a single. |
| 8.3 : Adam Zampa to Mohammad Rizwan, Floated full, outside off. Rizwan sweeps it to deep backward square leg for one. |
| 8.4 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, No run. |
| 8.5 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, Touch short, on the middle. Usman Khan pulls it on the bounce to long-on for one. |
| 8.6 : Adam Zampa to Mohammad Rizwan, LEG BYE! Appeal for leg before was given NOT OUT. Australia decided to review it. DRS showed impact was in line but wickets hitting was umpire's call. Meaning, the on-field decision of NOT OUT stayed. It was a quicker-length ball sliding in at the stumps. Rizwan gets down on his knee and tries to sweep it away but misses. The ball brushes his front pad and rolls away past the keeper to fine leg and he takes a leg bye. |
| 9.1 : Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, Four! |
| 9.2 : Spencer Johnson to Mohammad Rizwan, OUT! c Tim David b Spencer Johnson. |
| 0.0 : Salman Agha is in at 5. |
| Who comes next? |
| 9.3 : Spencer Johnson to Salman Agha, OUT! c Josh Inglis b Spencer Johnson. |
| 9.4 : Spencer Johnson to Irfan Khan, No run. |
| 9.5 : Spencer Johnson to Irfan Khan, No run. |
| 9.6 : Spencer Johnson to Irfan Khan, No run. |
| 10.2 : Glenn Maxwell to Usman Khan, Four! |
| 10.1 : Glenn Maxwell to Usman Khan, 2 runs. |
| 10.3 : Glenn Maxwell to Usman Khan, 1 run. |
| 10.4 : Glenn Maxwell to Irfan Khan, 1 run. |
| 10.5 : Glenn Maxwell to Usman Khan, Flatter on off. Usman Khan skips down and eases it to long-on. |
| 10.6 : Glenn Maxwell to Irfan Khan, Floated on the middle. Irfan Khan shimmies down and pushes it down the ground for a quick two. |
| 11.1 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, Four! |
| 11.2 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, No run. |
| 11.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, Short of a length, angling into the batter. Usman Khan miscues the pull toward long-leg for a couple. |
| 11.3 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, FOUR MORE! CRUNCHED! Slower and shorter into the pitch. Usman Khan hangs back and swats it to the cow corner region for a powerful boundary. |
| 11.5 : Marcus Stoinis to Usman Khan, Slower length ball, outside off. Usman Khan cuts it to the deep third region and the batters scamper through for three runs. |
| 11.6 : Marcus Stoinis to Irfan Khan, Back of a length delivery angling in. Irfan Khan flays and misses. |
| 12.1 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, 1 run. |
| 12.2 : Adam Zampa to Irfan Khan, 1 run. |
| 12.3 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, Six! |
| 12.4 : Adam Zampa to Usman Khan, Flatter, around off. Usman Khan advances and cuts it past point for one. |
| 12.6 : Adam Zampa to Irfan Khan, Touch short, on the middle. Irfan Khan pulls it to deep square leg. |
| 12.5 : Adam Zampa to Irfan Khan, Low full toss around off. Irfan Khan sweeps it to deep backward square leg for a brace. |
| 13.1 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, WIDE! Slower length ball, way outside the tramline. Left alone by the batter. Wide signaled. |
| Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Pitched full, around off. Irfan Khan drags the loft toward wide long-on, goes on the bounce to the fielder. |
| 13.2 : Nathan Ellis to Usman Khan, DROPPED AND FOUR! Slower bumper, around off. Usman Khan takes it on and hoicks it to the deep square leg region. Matthew Short comes running in but loses the ball in the lights. Parries it into the ropes. |
| 13.3 : Nathan Ellis to Usman Khan, Yorker, around off. Jammed toward the keeper for a single. |
| 13.4 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Clever bowling! Slower length ball, outside off. Irfan Khan swings and misses. |
| 13.5 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Full-length delivery, on off. Irfan Khan heaves it off the inner half, toward the short fine leg region for a single. |
| 13.6 : Nathan Ellis to Usman Khan, Slower length ball, around off. Usman Khan cuts it to backward point for one. |
| 14.1 : Xavier Bartlett to Usman Khan, WIDE! Length ball angled down the leg. Usman Khan swipes and misses. Wide to start the over. |
| Xavier Bartlett to Usman Khan, Leg bye. |
| 14.2 : Xavier Bartlett to Irfan Khan, FOUR! TOO EASY! Slower bumper, angling down the leg. Irfan Khan pulls it past the keeper to fine leg for four runs. |
| 14.3 : Xavier Bartlett to Irfan Khan, Back of a length, around off. Guided to short third for one. |
| 14.4 : Xavier Bartlett to Usman Khan, 2 runs. |
| 14.5 : Xavier Bartlett to Usman Khan, Fifty for Usman Khan! Short of a length, around off. Usman Khan swats it to the cow corner region for two more. |
| 14.6 : Xavier Bartlett to Usman Khan, Full, on off. Driven to extra cover for one. |
| 15.1 : Spencer Johnson to Usman Khan, WIDE! Short of a length delivery, angling well across the batter. Usman Khan slashes and misses. Wided. |
| Spencer Johnson to Usman Khan, Back of a length, going across the batter. Usman Khan hops for the cut but fails to connect. |
| 0.0 : Who comes next? |
| 15.2 : Spencer Johnson to Usman Khan, OUT! c Xavier Bartlett b Spencer Johnson. |
| 15.3 : Spencer Johnson to Abbas Afridi, FOUR! CREAMED! Half-volley outside off. Abbas Afridi drives it majestically through extra cover and finds the ropes in a flash. |
| 0.0 : Who comes next?? |
| 15.4 : Spencer Johnson to Abbas Afridi, OUT! TOP EDGE AND CAUGHT! |
| 15.5 : Spencer Johnson to Shaheen Afridi, No run. |
| 15.6 : Spencer Johnson to Shaheen Afridi, On a length, around off. Shaheen Afridi blocks into the off-side. |
| 16.1 : Adam Zampa to Irfan Khan, Leg break, around off. Irfan Khan eases it through covers for one. |
| 16.2 : Adam Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, Googly, sliding across the batter. Shaheen Afridi swings and misses. |
| 16.3 : Who comes now? |
| Adam Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, BOWLED'EM! Zampa was too good for Shaheen Afridi! Flatter leg break, turning into the middle and leg. Shaheen Afridi gets low to slog this across the line. He misses it and the ball cannons into the stumps. Pakistan lose their seventh. |
| 16.4 : Adam Zampa to Naseem Shah, Wrong'un, on the middle. Naseem Shah defends from the crease. |
| 16.5 : Adam Zampa to Naseem Shah, OUT! b Adam Zampa. |
| 0.0 : Sufiyan Muqeem is the new batter. |
| 16.6 : Adam Zampa to Sufiyan Muqeem, Wrong'un, around off. Knocked back to the bowler. |
| 17.1 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, WIDE! Pitched full, just outside the tramline. Irfan Khan lets it go. Wide signaled. |
| Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, WIDE! Similar delivery and a similar result for Ellis. Another wide signaled. |
| Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, FOUR! BANG! Full and in the slot on off. Irfan Khan waits and thumps it back over the bowler for a crunching boundary. |
| 17.2 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, FOUR MORE! PUT AWAY! Pitched full, around off. Irfan Khan clears the front leg and drills it toward the long-off region. The fielder runs around but fails to stop it. The ball goes past the ropes for another boundary. |
| 17.3 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Six! |
| 17.4 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Slower bumper, around off. Irfan Khan pulls and misses. |
| 17.5 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, No run. |
| 17.6 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Bye. |
| 18.1 : Marcus Stoinis to Irfan Khan, Slower bumper, outside off. Irfan Khan waits and slaps it to deep extra cover for a couple. |
| 18.2 : Marcus Stoinis to Irfan Khan, Banged in short, around the right shoulder. Irfan Khan looks to pull but sways out of the line. |
| 18.3 : Haris Rauf is the last batter for Pakistan. |
| Marcus Stoinis to Irfan Khan, OUT! run out (Matthew Short / Josh Inglis). |
| 18.4 : Marcus Stoinis to Haris Rauf, No run. |
| 18.5 : Marcus Stoinis to Haris Rauf, Slower length ball, around off. Haris Rauf pulls it to the deep mid-wicket for a single. |
| 18.6 : Marcus Stoinis to Irfan Khan, FOUR! PUT AWAY! Full-length delivery, angling into the middle and leg. Irfan Khan shuffles and flicks it in the gap between deep backward square leg and deep mid-wicket for a cracking boundary to end the over. 16 needed off 6 now. |
| 19.1 : Nathan Ellis to Haris Rauf, Slower length ball, around off. Rauf guides it to deep third for a single. |
| 0.0 : This game has gone down to the wire. Pakistan needs 16 off the final over. Nathan Ellis has the ball in hand for Australia. |
| 19.2 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Excellent from Ellis. Yorker, just outside off. Irfan Khan jams it toward long-off. Denies the single. |
| 19.3 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, Pitched full, outside off. Irfan Khan gets across and swipes it to the long-leg region. Another single declined as Irfan Khan needs to do the job for Pakistan. |
| 19.4 : Nathan Ellis to Irfan Khan, RUN-OUT! A MIX-UP AND GONE! All over for Pakistan. Full toss outside off. Irfan Khan swats it away towards long-on and dashes for a single. Rauf tries to steal a second and takes off but Irfan sends him back. However, it was too late by then as the sweeper in the deep collected the ball and threw it flat to the keeper who whipped off the bails to wrap up the game. Australia wins this game by 13 runs and takes the series.  |
| 0.0 : A clinical all-round performance from Australia sees them defeat Pakistan by 13 runs to take the series with a game to go. Chasing 148 for the win, Pakistan started poorly and were reduced to 44 for 4 in the tenth over. Irfan Khan and Usman Khan batted nicely and added a 58-run stand for the fifth wicket to get the visitors back in the game but Usman Khan departed soon after reaching his fifty and it opened the gates for Australia. Irfan Khan fought with a valiant 37* but the lower-order |
| For Australia, Spencer Johnson was the pick of the bowlers as he got a five-wicket haul and bowled with raw pace and aggression. Adam Zampa and Xavier Bartlett bowled tidy spells and played their part to perfection. Earlier today, Australia batted first and posted a sub-par score of 147 for 9 with Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Glenn Maxwell, and Aaron Hardie getting starts but failing to carry on. After getting off to a flier, the Pakistani bowlers pulled things back nicely and restrict |
| Adam Zampa is in for a chat. He says that it was a great night at the SCG. Adds that the atmosphere is one of the best in the country. Mentions that a lot of their games here feels like away games. Lauds Xavier Bartlett and Spencer Johnson for their impressive bowling spells and shares that the guys in the squad have done well in the Big Bash and credits the side for putting up an excellent show. |
| Time for Presentations... |
| Spencer Johnson wins the Player of the Match award for his excellent spell. He shares that it's a dream to play for Australia and he does not take it lightly. Adds that they used the conditions well. Mentions that they didn't get it right in the first over but the communication between the three pacers helped them get over the line. |
| Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistan skipper is up for a chat. Shares that the bowlers did a good job but if they drop crucial catches, it will cost them the game. Adds that the pitch was not easy to bat. Lauds Haris Rauf for his brilliant spell and shares that they will think about the changes for the next game in the team meeting. |
| Josh Inglis, Australian skipper is up for a chat. Says that they started well and top order got them to a flier. Adds that he did not think much about the dropped catch as he was in the captaincy zone. Ends by sharing that he is keen to learn about captaincy and hopefully grow. |
| Right then, that will be it from us for this contest. We hope you enjoyed the coverage. Do join in for the third and final game of the series on Monday (November 18th) from Hobart. That match will start at 8.00 am GMT. But as you know, you can always join early for all the build-up. Until then, take care, and cheers! |
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