Australia vs Pakistan .

Gilltte T20 Intl  Match 3

8th November 2019 ..

Perth Stadium.Perth .WA.

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                 The Australian and Pakistani teams came to the Perth Stadium to play th 3 rd and Final match in the Gilliette T20 International series with Australia leading 1 nil ( Sydney match washed out)the Pakitani team had to win to level and draw the series .The 2 captains Babar Azam and Aussie skipper Aaron Finch made their way out to the the centre for the toss ,the coin was tossed and it was Aaron Finch that called it and sent the Pakistani team into bat. Coming out to open for the visitors was Imam ul Haq and Captain Babar Azman  ,the Aussie skipper threw the ball to Micthell Starc who has been playing well the skipper nominated the power play  ,he  ran in and bowled his first over and 3 runs were taken from it ,Sean Abbott ran in from the other end and was starting to find line and length but the batsmen managed to get 6 runs off the over .Mitchell Starc ran in again and bowled ,in the first 3 balls the visitors took 6 runs , then a fired up Starc let go an inswinger to Babar Azman who misjudged it and was caught in front ,he was out for 6 runs ,Pakistan were now 1/15 .The incoming Batsmen is Mohammad Rizwan ,he came out and took centre ,face his first ball and was cleaned bowled middle stump for a duck ,Pakistan were now 2/15 .Haris Sohail came out to face up to Starc who was now on a hat trick ,Starc came in and bowled an outswinger to Sohail who played the to mid wicket ,at the end of the over Starc had 2 wickets and 6 runs from the over .Kane Richardson came in as a bowler change and bowled well to have  had 3 runs taken from his first over .Now Sean Abbott was coming in from the other end ,the change soon had results with Imam ul Haq being caught for 14 runs ,Pakistan are now 3/22 and not looking good,incoming batsmen Iftikhar Ahmed joined Sohil out in the centre and together over the next 4 and half overs the pair added 29 well made runs before Ashton Agar  bowled to Haris Sohail who had was looking to put it over the fence and was caught after mishitting it ,Sohail made 8 runs and Pakistan were now 4/54 ,the new batter Khushdil Shah came out and jioned Iftikhar Ahmed ,together this pair put on 15 runs before Khushdil Shah was caught of the bowling of Kane Richardson for 8 runs ,Pakistan were now 5/69 in their 12 th over ,Incoming batter was Imad Wasim this paired added 19 runs before Imad Wasim tried to put Sean Aboott over the fence and was caught for 6 runs ,Pakistan were now 6/88 in the 14 th over ,Shadap Khan came on out to take centre  with Pakistan on 92 ,then Iftikhar Ahmed was caught off the bowling of Kane Richardson for a well made 45 runs off 37 balls ,the visitors were now 7/92 in the 16 th over .Mohammad Amir was the  batter  to come out to the centre ,then 4 balls later Shadap Khan was out caught off the bowling of Richardson for 1 run ,Pakistan are now 8/92 .With 3 overs remaining the run tally for Pakistan wasn’t very competitive ,at the end of their overs Pakistan made 106 runs off the 20 overs. 

                The Aussie batters were the next to come out to face up to the Pakistani bowling attack ,Pakistani skipper Babar Azman threw the new ball to Mohammad Amir  who ran in to bowl to Aussie David Warner  who blocked away the first 2 balls then on the third ball swung at it and put it over the head of the fielder Hasain and cleared the rope for 6 ,this was going to be the only chance given by David Warner in his innings .Together the pair Aussie skipper Aaron Finch and David Warner added the runs to pass Pakistan’s total in the 12 th over ,with Aussie Skipper Aaron Finch unbeaten on 52 off 36 balls ,David Warner ended up with 48 runs  off 35 balls ,this combo were never really threatened  and made the runs without to much trouble .The Australian bowlers put on a disciplined display and kept to their plan to dismiss the Pakistani team cheaply.

Australia won the match by 10 wickets (8 overs) man of the match went to Sean Abbott for his great bowling contribtion.         

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                                          Perth.Western Australia.