HOBART’S BELLERIVE OVAL: Australian cricket team bulldozed Pakistan by winning the 3rd and final T20I by 7 wickets here on Monday (18th Nov, 2024).

Pakistani Skipper Salman Agha won the toss and opted to bat in the 3rd and final T20I against Australia.

Pakistan were all out at 117 runs in 18.1 overs. Australia achieved the target in 11.2 over for the loss of three wickets. Aussie Aaron Hardie hunted three Pakistani scalps yielding 21 runs while Adam Zampa demolished visiting team’s batting order by sending 2 batters back to pavilion scoring 11 runs. Although Babar Azam tried to salvage the sinking ship with 41 runs off 28 balls, he miscalculated Zampa’s bowling and was bowled in the 13th over.

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Squads:

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

Pakistan: Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Haseebullah Khan, Usman Khan, Salman Agha (Skipper), Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, and Sufiyan Muqeem. (Pakistan made three changes with skipper and wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan resting. Salman Agha spearheaded the Green Shirts for the first time unsuccessfully).

Umpires: Sam Nogajski (AUS) and Shawn Craig (AUS)

TV Umpire: Donovan Koch (RSA)

Match Referee: David Boon (AUS)

SECOND T20I: Pakistan was beaten by Australian cricket team by 13 runs in the 2nd ODI played Saturday (16th Nov, 2024) on Sydney Cricket Ground. Australia had given a target of 148 runs to Green Shirts who, despite Usman Khan’s 52 off 38 deliveries and Irfan Khan’s 37 off 28 balls (not out) managed to muster only 134 runs up in 19.5 overs. Johnson sent 5 Pakistanis back to pavilion while Zampa hunted two scalps. Babar Azam scored three runs, Sahibzada Farhan’s bat yielded only five runs, Salman ali Agha failed to score any run while Rizwan made 16 off 26 balls.

FIRST T20I: Australian cricket team has beaten Pakistan by 29 runs in the first T20I (truncated to seven overs per side due to heavy rain and lightning) played Thursday (14th Nov 2024) on Brisbane Cricket Ground. Glenn Maxwell scored 43 off 19 balls enabling his team to score 93/4, setting an imposing target for the visitors. Pakistan only scored 67 runs for the loss of 9 wickets as its middle-order collapsed. Babar Azam scored 3, while Skipper Mohammad Rizwan’s bat did not yield any run. 20 runs scored by Abbas off 10 balls could not prevent the great fall either.

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