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T20 series: Australia whitewash Pakistan after batting order collapses, again

News Desk

Nov 18

Australia have whitewashed Pakistan in the three-match T20 series after defeating Green Shirts by seven wickets at Ninja Stadium in Hobart.


Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Green Shirts opened the innings with Sahibzada Farhan and Babar Azam, but the former was dismissed for just nine runs. Haseebullah, Pakistan’s second wicket, was dismissed for 24 runs.


Usman Khan, who scored a fifty in the second T20, could only score three runs while national team captain Salman Ali Agha, who was subbing in for skipper Mohammad Rizwan, was dismissed for just one run off nine balls.


Former captain Babar Azam was dismissed for 41 runs off Adam Zampa whereas Irfan Khan was run out for a mere ten runs. In addition, Abbas Afridi returned to the pavilion after scoring one run.


Jahandad Khan, who was making his T20 debut, was caught on the boundary while trying to hit a six, scoring five runs. The last Pakistani player to be dismissed was Sufyan Muqeem, who was able to score one run.


For Australia, Aaron Hardy took three wickets while Adam Zampa and Spencer Johnson took two wickets each.


In pursuit of the 118-run target set by Pakistan, Matthew Short and Jack Fraser-McGurk opened Australian innings. However, Shaheen Afridi dismissed Matthew Short for a total of 16 runs and Jahandad Khan sent Jack Fraser back to the pavilion for 20 runs.


For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi, Jehandad Khan and Abbas Afridi took one wicket each.


In the first T20, Australia defeated Pakistan by 31 runs, while in the second T20, Green Shirts faced a defeat by 13 runs.

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