- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.6 cleans him up with a slower ball. The brakes have been applied, and now the wickets are falling in clumps. Plays completely down the wrong line, and as he misses, Abbas hits 56/33.4 cross-batted slog over cover. The shot was contrived; he had got himself in a bad position and couldn't really get enough power at the end of his range. But Salman Agha takes a very good catch running backwards, and Pakistan get a much-needed breakthrough as JFM lets out a howl of anguish 52/13.6 leading edge to point where a brilliant catch sends the Australian skipper on his way! Pakistan coming back into this, and of course it's Haris who makes those breakthroughs! It's Sufyan Muqeem with the smart catch diving forward, and the momentum may be shifting 52/211.3 backs away, and finds deep midwicket! It was a short delivery from Sufiyan, and he pitched this probably a set of stumps outside leg. Maxwell had made room early, and went swat-pulling at it. It was a big boundary down deep midwicket, though, as Farhan moved to his right to take it with a reverse cup 95/59.5 reverse sweep - he connected phenomenally well with it, but it flies straight to the deep point fielder. Almost punished for a very good shot, actually, and Abbas Afridi hangs onto one, mercifully for Pakistan 86/414.6 one of them is taken, after all! Rauf is pumped up after the wicket. Abbas, placed a few steps in at long-on, keeps his eyes on the ball after coming in closer. A length delivery from Rauf around middle and off, as David seemed beaten by the pace. He went slogging, but the ball went off the higher side of the bat 115/619.4 Rizwan moves across to his right, and takes this! The ball gone up miles in the air, after Hardie went across the stumps and reached out at this short ball which took off on a wide line outside off. He even leapt, and ended up getting it off the toe end of the bat, as the ball flew up despite it being a slower ball 146/818.1 chopped on! This was fired at 147kph, and Bartlett seemed done in by that pace. Short in length around sixth stump, before it seamed in to finish around middle. Bartlett went for the pull, but ended up getting a bottom edge on to the leg stump. Four wickets for Rauf 139/719.5 taken at mid-off! Abbas on a hat-trick! On the shorter side of a length from Abbas, who bowled this on a stump-to-stump line. Johnson was standing outside leg, and ended up half-slashing-half slogging at it. The ball ended up taking the top half of the bat, and ballooned for mid-off 146/9Extras8 (b 3, lb 1, w 4)TOTAL147/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.35)Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Jake Fraser-McGurk, 3.4 ov), 2-52 (Josh Inglis, 3.6 ov), 3-56 (Matthew Short, 4.6 ov), 4-86 (Marcus Stoinis, 9.5 ov), 5-95 (Glenn Maxwell, 11.3 ov), 6-115 (Tim David, 14.6 ov), 7-139 (Xavier Bartlett, 18.1 ov), 8-146 (Aaron Hardie, 19.4 ov), 9-146 (Spencer Johnson, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 4 0 39 0 9.75 12 5 2 0 0 Naseem Shah 4 0 44 0 11.00 6 4 2 1 0 Haris Rauf 4 0 22 4 5.50 13 2 0 1 0 Abbas Afridi 4 0 17 3 4.25 11 0 0 2 0 Sufiyan Muqeem 4 0 21 2 5.25 9 1 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.2 but he falls the very next ball playing the same shot! Another slog-sweep, but this one's miscued and Tim David takes a splendid catch inches off the ground diving forward 44/31.1 holes out in the deep for the second time this T20I series. It was on the pads, and Babar nonchalantly picked it up without any real intensity to that shot. Poor choice given Ellis was stationed on the square leg boundary, and he takes a smart catch 12/12.5 pulls it straight to Bartlett at midwicket. Another shot divorced from the reality of the field settings. There was a man in a catching position precisely for that stroke, but Farhan transferred his weight onto the back foot to play it anyway, and pays the price 17/215.2 gone! Maybe the turning point of the match?! Usman goes for the pull, but only manages to get it up to short fine leg. Johnson banged it in short around middle and leg, with Usman seemingly being done in by the extra pace. He went for the shot to play through the line, but the ball went off from the top half of the bat to Bartlett's left 102/59.3 edged and taken. Johnson has cleaned up Pakistan's captain and vice-captain off successive balls! Bit of a nothing shot, hung his bat out in defence, and it takes the edge through to Inglis 44/415.4 Five wickets for Johnson! Short, at cover, moves back with his eyes on the ball, and takes it with a reverse cup. Johnson angled this in from around the wicket, and landed this on a short of a length on off. Abbas had little room to try and swat that away, and he ended up lofting it off the top edge for a simple catch for Short 106/616.3 bowled him! Shaheen looks to repeat the shot from the previous ball, but this time ends up getting bowled. Zampa bowled quicker - at 94kph - and went on a length on middle and off. The ball just hinted to straighten, and as Shaheen swung across the line, it hit his back leg before dropping on to the stumps 107/716.5 got him! This one hits the leg stump! He skipped down the pitch, and Zampa went on the shorter side on the stumps, before the ball turned in to slide between bat and pad as Naseem looked to push forward 107/818.3 on the bounce to fine leg! But do we have a run-out here? The square-leg umpire asks for help from his TV colleague. Yup, Muqeem is well short even as he dives back after attempting a second run. The ball was on a length, as it swung into Irfan's pads. He swung at it, and hit on the bounce to fine leg. They got the single comfortably, before Muqeem took for a second 127/919.4 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 134/10Extras15 (b 1, lb 2, w 12)TOTAL134 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 6.81)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Babar Azam, 1.1 ov), 2-17 (Sahibzada Farhan, 2.5 ov), 3-44 (Mohammad Rizwan, 9.2 ov), 4-44 (Salman Agha, 9.3 ov), 5-102 (Usman Khan, 15.2 ov), 6-106 (Abbas Afridi, 15.4 ov), 7-107 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 16.3 ov), 8-107 (Naseem Shah, 16.5 ov), 9-127 (Sufiyan Muqeem, 18.3 ov), 10-134 (Haris Rauf, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SH Johnson 4 0 26 5 6.50 17 2 0 4 0 XC Bartlett 4 0 18 1 4.50 14 1 0 1 0 MP Stoinis 3 0 27 0 9.00 5 3 0 0 0 A Zampa 4 0 19 2 4.75 11 0 1 0 0 NT Ellis 3.4 0 30 0 8.18 9 3 1 3 0 GJ Maxwell 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia led the 3-match series 2-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
16 November 2024 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 3 wickets)
- Australia: 50 runs in 3.1 overs (19 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (MW Short 29, J Fraser-McGurk 20, Ex 1)
- Over 12.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - SB Haig, Batter - TH David (Struck down)
- Australia: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Australia - 147/9 in 20.0 overs (NT Ellis 1, A Zampa 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 8.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - DM Koch, Batter - Mohammad Rizwan (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 8
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (Usman Khan 35, Irfan Khan 13, Ex 3)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (89 balls), Extras 11
- Usman Khan: 50 off 35 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
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