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Match Details
AUS vs PAK Only Match, AUS vs PAK 2022
AUS
163-719.1
Australia won by 3 wickets
PAK
20.0162-8
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Player of the Match
Aaron Finch
Australia55(45)
AUS - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 48 | 63 | 10 Over | 93 | 95 | 15 Over | 131 | 138 |
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PAK - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 49 | 56 | 10 Over | 82 | 80 | 15 Over | 120 | 112 | 20 Over | 170 | 162 |
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Milestone
So that’s it from today. Australia ended the tour on a high. It’s a ta-ta goodbye from us. I am AkshayaKrishna Polya who is signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Anirudh Modi and Ovaise Shariff alongside scorer/analyst Raju Khariya. Stay tuned on our app and websites for the matches around the globe. We will meet in the next match. Until then, its cheers..!!!
Aaron Finch collects the trophy. Australians pose for the photographs and the celebrations begin here at Lahore.
Aaron Finch I Australia Captain and Player of the Match: "I thought the way the bowlers bowled was just amazing, we have a very inexperienced bowling side but they bowled really well today. Everything we do is by keeping one eye on the World Cup. Very impressed by the youngsters, Green bowled very well today and broke the back of the Pakistan top order. We are incredibly gratefully for what the crowd has given us, thankfully the PCB for taking such good care of us on this tour. There have been a lot of great performances on this tour and the whole Australian summer. To see so many young cricketers come on is super exciting. Glad we don't have to bowl to Babar anymore for a while."
Babar Azam | Pakistan Captain: "The way we started in the first 10 overs, after the consecutive fall of wickets contributed to us being 20 runs short. We have less matches as the World Cup is approaching, we were trying different combinations but our two main spinners were injured, kudos to Qadir who bowled well. I'm excited because the ODI series was fantastic and we learn from our mistakes and look to improve further. Thank you to Cricket Australia and the Australian team for coming here and playing, I think they enjoyed it too."
Bowler of the match award goes to Nathan Ellis.
Fielder of the match award goes to Marcus Stoinis.
All rounder of the match award goes to Usman Qadir.
Time for the post match presentation.
Akshaya: What a roller-coaster we had just now. But Australia kept their nerves to come on the right side of the result. Australia won by 3-wickets as they end the tour on a high. Pakistan came close but not enough for a win. Test Series won by Australia 1-0, ODI Series to the hosts 2-1 and the Only T20I goes to the visitors.
After losing the toss and getting to bat first, Pakistan posted a below par total on a very good batting deck in Lahore. As usual the onus was on skipper Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan to do the majority of the work. They both gave a solid start to the team as they added 67-runs for the first wicket. It was majorly Babar Azam who took apart the Aussie bowling attack. But debutant Cameron Green halted the hosts progress by taking two wickets in the consecutive balls. After this they never really recovered as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Babar Azam scored his 27th T20I fifty and got out at his score of 66. After Green it was Nathan Ellis who took wickets at clusters to push the Pakistani side down at 142/8. It was Usman Qadir’s cameo that took them past the 160-run mark. Qadir was unbeaten on 18 from just 6-balls as Pakistan finished at 162/8 in their 20-overs.
For Australia, Nathan Ellis picked up four wickets while Cameron Green took two wickets. Sean Abbott and Adam Zampa supported them with a wicket each.
Australia thought it would be cake walk after getting the start they did. But it wasn’t the case. Travis Head and Aaron Finch gave a steady and positive opening wicket stand. 3.3-overs and 40-runs on the board was when Head (26 off 14) skied one to deep mid wicket. Another 40-plus partnership followed it before Josh Inglis (24 off 15) edged one to the keeper. They saw a small collapse from 84/1 to 129/5. In the mix, Marcus Stoinis smashed 23 off just 9-balls. Aaron Finch played a captain’s knock at the other end. He worked hard for his runs and found one or the other way to score. Australia management would be happy as Finch came back to form with a stubborn fifty to his name. Finch’s (55 off 45) innings came to an end when they needed just 5-runs to win. Shaheen Afridi didn’t stop here as he cleaned up Sean Abbott for a golden duck. He bowled a top notch 19th over as he gave just 1-run and took two wickets in that over. But Ben McDermott (22* off 19) flicked the first ball of the last over from Haris Rauf for a boundary to finish the game in style with 5-balls remaining. Two wickets each for Shaheen Afridi, Mohammed Wasim Jr. and Usman Qadir.
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19.1 H Rauf to B McDermott
4 FOURR!! Those will be the winning runs. Full and on the leg stump, McDermott flicks it away and gets the winning runs for the visitors, they made it difficult for themselves, losing wickets regularly but have made it in the end quite comfortably. AUSTRALIA have won the match by 3 wickets.
OVER 19
Australia
159/7
Ben Dwarshuis
0(2)
Ben McDermott
18(18)
Shaheen Afridi
2-21(4.0)
18.6 S Afridi to B Dwarshuis
0 Full and outside off again, Dwarshius drives it powerfully and connects well but straight to the covers fielder on again. Anotehr dot to end teh over. 4 runs needed of 6 balls.
18.5 S Afridi to B Dwarshuis
0 Full-length delivery, outside off, Dwarshuis drives it straight to the covers fielder. Dot ball. Every dot ball is crucial at this moment. 4 runs needed of 7 balls.
18.4 S Afridi to Abbott
W BOWLED HIM! Full and on the off stump, swinging in, Beats the outside edge and crashes into the stumps. Excellent piece of Bowling by Afridi, Does Pakistan still have a chance? 4 runs of 8 balls are needed for the Aussies.
18.3 S Afridi to B McDermott
1 Full and just outside off, plays it towards the coves fielder and scampers through for a quick single.
18.2 S Afridi to B McDermott
0 Length delivery, outside off, play and a miss by Ben.
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