Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

Usman Khan
52(38) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %63%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 13 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
1 4 9 8 7 6 8 9
Irfan Khan
37(28) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %67%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 6 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 5 3 1 3 5 8 12

Best performances - Bowlers

SH Johnson
O4
M0
R26
W5
Eco6.50
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Haris Rauf
Haris Rauf
O4
M0
R22
W4
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Sudeep Poojar | Commentator: @himanshu_a30

That's it from us from the second T20I between Australia and Pakistan. The visitors can't win the series now, but can still pull one back to leave the country with a win. It was a tight finish in Sydney tonight, though, and this is Himanshu signing off on behalf of Sudeep and Danyal. Good night, and take care!

Dave: "Australia fumbled around a little in the last ten overs, but the result was never in doubt. 2-0."

Josh Inglis: "We thought we were there and thereabouts... really happy."

Mohammad Rizwan: "If you take the positives, the boys bowled very well. We know Australia is not an easy team; if we give them chances... all the boys bowled well. I prepare myself as to what the conditions demand."

Spencer Johnson is the Player of the Match: "It's an opportunity I don't take lightly. You never know when it's your last game for Australia. It's probably a different bowling unit than what we're used to in Australia."

Time for the presentations

Adam Zampa: "It's a great night here at the SCG. To win a series against Pakistan feels good. A lot of games here feel like away games... it was very impressive. Johnson bowls fast. He hasn't played a lot of cricket."

Furqan: "Pak lost the match in first 9 overs, where they didn't hit a boundary off the bat. Unacceptable in this day and age."

10.47pm A game full of twists, turns, and nudges and nurdles. Take a look at ESPNcricinfo's forecaster graph, and you'll know how much this match swung one way and the other until even the last over. But Pakistan were 44 for 4 in the tenth over, and in a hole in their chase of 148 on a slow and gripping pitch. Usman fought back with a fifty, and Irfan kept Pakistan's hopes alive, but Johnson's five-for meant Australia remained ahead for most stages.

19.4
W
Ellis to Irfan Khan, 1 run, OUT, a high-ish full toss around off, and dispatched to long-on. Two is the call, but amid confusion and mix-up, Rauf is run-out! The throw from long-on arrives at the keeper's end, with both batters almost finishing at the bowler's end. Rauf pushed for the second, but anyway, one of them would have been run-out, given it was near impossible to take two there. Australia go 2-0 up in the three-match series

Haris Rauf run out 2 (6m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

15 off 3...

19.3
0
Ellis to Irfan Khan, no run, another dot, and pressure mounting on Irfan! He gets across, and can only manage to paddle sweep this fullish ball wide of off to long leg
19.2
0
Ellis to Irfan Khan, no run, wow, this is a yorker landing around sixth stump. Dug out towards extra cover, and they don't run

Irfan has to score 15 off five balls...

19.1
1
Ellis to Haris Rauf, 1 run, ohhh, nicely jabbed away wide of the keeper, as the ball is on a fullish length, and wide of off. Single to deep third

Ellis has the ball. Maxwell has a word of advice for him. In Pakistan's dugout, their coach Gillespie, an Australian, looks calm. Pakistan need 16, but Rauf is on strike

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 132/9 (16 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.94, RRR: 16.00)

  • Irfan Khan36 (25b)
  • Haris Rauf1 (2b)
  • Marcus Stoinis3-0-27-0
  • Nathan Ellis3-0-28-0
18.6
4
Stoinis to Irfan Khan, FOUR, clipped to deep square leg! Although this gives Pakistan four, Rauf will take strike next over! Full ball slanting into his pads, as he leaned into the shot to find the gap

Can Irfan retain strike?

18.5
1
Stoinis to Haris Rauf, 1 run, gets a bottom edge, as he looks to swipe at this short-of-a-length ball around off. Single to deep square

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12Mohammad RizwanBabar Azam
2nd5Mohammad RizwanSahibzada Farhan
3rd27Mohammad RizwanUsman Khan
4th0Agha SalmanUsman Khan
5th58Usman KhanIrfan Khan
6th4Abbas AfridiIrfan Khan
7th1Shaheen Shah AfridiIrfan Khan
8th0Naseem ShahIrfan Khan
9th20Irfan KhanSufiyan Muqeem
10th7Haris RaufIrfan Khan