Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan
67(52) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %67%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 20 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
2 4 12 2 5 8 2 32
Fakhar Zaman
Fakhar Zaman
55(32) 3x4 - 4x6
Control %64%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 15 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 4 1 0 20 11 17 2

Best performances - Bowlers

Shadab Khan
Shadab Khan
O4
M0
R26
W4
Eco6.50
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
MA Starc
MA Starc
O4
M0
R38
W2
Eco9.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Karthik Krishnaswamy

END OF OVER:
19 | 22 Runs | AUS: 177/5 | RR: 9.31

  • Matthew Wade41 (17b)
  • Marcus Stoinis40 (31b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi4-0-35-1
  • Hasan Ali4-0-44-0

10.00pm What a game, eh? One of the great T20 World Cup games by my reckoning, just for how it seemed to swing this way and that at the end of every over. And at the end of it, a finish to just knock your breath away. So it's Australia and New Zealand, then, to slug it out on Sunday. The T20 World Cup awaits a brand-new winner. Until Sunday, then, it's goodbye and good night from me, Gnasher, Chandan and Raghav.

Aaron Finch: "It was a great game of cricket. The way Matthew Wade held his nerve was outstanding, that partnership with Marcus Stoinis was crucial. I just got my feet in a tangle first up. It happens, in T20 cricket you get some good ones every now and then. I thought we were pretty sloppy today, we dropped a couple, though they were tough ones. But what we showed today was that you need all your players, everyone in your 15 to contribute. [On chasing teams winning so many games] It's really strange. There's no dew, but the lights take effect and the wicket speeds up a bit. I was hoping to lose the toss and put a total on the board and defend it, but it was good to chase that target down in the end."

Babar Azam: "The way we started in the first half, we got the total we targeted. But we gave them too much of a chance at the end of the chase. If we had taken that catch, it might have made the difference. But the way we played this tournament, the way we gelled, I'm very satisfied as a captain. I hope we try and learn from our mistakes after this. Definitely, if we've played so well in a tournament, we'll gain confidence, and we'll continue to try and play this way. The roles we'd defined for the players, they all executed very well. The way the crowds supported us, we enjoyed it a lot as a team, as we always do, and I'm very grateful for it."

Matthew Wade is the Player of the Match. "Talking to Marcus Stoinis at the other end, we discussed what the bowlers were looking to do. [Shaheen] probably bowled more pace-on than I expected. When I got out there with Marcus, he was really confident we'd get them, even though I was a little unsure. He found the boundaries early on, and I was happy to chip in at the end. It got down to two a ball, and from there it was if you got one in your arc, just try to hit it. Probably hasn't sunk in, I've just finished batting. I'm just happy to contribute. I was out of the team for a while, just happy I got an opportunity again."

Divyank Singh: "How good was Cummins' 19th"

Sumith: "Those missed run-outs! Both Wade and Stoinis could have been sent packing but this happens in pressure games where even Steve Smith can drop a regulation catch. Pakistan need to work on their throwing! " -- Good that you mentioned the Smith drop. This ground and its unique floodlights cause quite a few catches to go down. He's gong to get a lot of grief for his drop, but Hasan's was just one of many.

Mustafa Moudi : "Great batting from Wade-Stoinis but Pakistan lost this match due to their poor fielding tonight!!"

LG: "So we have a new WC winner! " -- Indeed!

Aravind: "Clearly, thick moustache is the secret to finishing games ( Wade and Neesham)"

Ghumman: "M. Hussey and M. Wade from our minds never gonna fade."

9.42pm Phew. What a game this was. Seesawing this way and that right through, until the absolute carnage that made up its 39th over. Shaheen Shah Afridi has been one of the players of this tournament, but he ran into Matthew Wade who was just seeing the ball like he was seeing the future. Wade and Marcus Stoinis came in at 96 for 5, when Australia needed 81 off 46 balls. They only needed 40 of those. Wow. On another day, Fakhar Zaman and Shadab Khan would have been matchwinners. But this night belongs to Marcus Stoinis and Matthew Wade.

18.6
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Wade, SIX, wow, wow, wow. 6, 6, 6. And Australia are in the final. Another attempted yorker, and again, Wade shuffles across to expose all his stumps, and scoops it over the boundary behind him. Literally over the keeper's right shoulder. What an incredible shot. What an incredible finish from Wade. New Zealand finished last night's game in the 19th over. Australia have done the same tonight
18.5
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Wade, SIX, six more, Wade is on absolute fire here. This was a fullish cutter, coming into him from just outside off, and he simply clears his front leg and whips it away over midwicket

12 off 8 now. What a hit, phew.

18.4
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Wade, SIX, shot, what a terrific shot that is from Wade! Looks for the yorker, and Wade expects it. Shuffles across, exposes all his stumps, and absolutely middles the pants off this scoop over short fine leg. Carries over the boundary with ease
18.3
2
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Wade, 2 runs, dropped! Hasan Ali's not having the greatest of games here. Fullish, angling into the stumps, and Wade swings too early at his slog, toe-ends it in the air to the left of deep midwicket, where Hasan runs too quickly, almost overruns the ball, and lets it slip through his fingers
18.3
1w
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Wade, 1 wide, looks for the yorker, ends up sliding it down leg, past the attempted flick

Long-on, long-off, deep square leg, deep midwicket, deep point. Over the wicket to Wade as well.

18.2
1lb
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Stoinis, 1 leg bye, appeal for lbw as Stoinis shuffles across and misses a leg-side whip. Not given, and Pakistan have reviewed... Did it pitch in line. And if so, was it missing off stump? It was just short of a length too, so height may also be an issue. No bat on it. The ball pitches just outside leg, so Stoinis lives on

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1AJ FinchDA Warner
2nd51DA WarnerMR Marsh
3rd25DA WarnerSPD Smith
4th12DA WarnerGJ Maxwell
5th7MP StoinisGJ Maxwell
6th81MS WadeMP Stoinis

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33063.754
NAM3214-0.523
IRE3122-0.853
NED3030-2.46
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SCOT33060.775
BAN32141.733
OMA3122-0.025
PNG3030-2.655
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG54182.464
AUS54181.216
SA54180.739
SL5234-0.269
WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK550101.583
NZ54181.162
IND53261.747
AFG52341.053
NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543