18/11Result
3rd T20I (N), Pakistan tour of Australia at Hobart, Nov 18 2024
Australia won by 7 wkts (52b rem)
Player of the Match
Marcus Stoinis
Marcus StoinisAustralia
18/11Result
3rd T20I (N), Pakistan tour of Australia at Hobart, Nov 18 2024
Australia won by 7 wkts (52b rem)
Player of the Match
Marcus Stoinis
Marcus StoinisAustralia

9.55pm Well, that brings to a close Pakistan's predictably up-and-down white-ball tour of Australia. They won the ODI series - their first time doing so in Australia in 22 years - and then got whitewashed in the T20Is. For Australia, Maxwell's blitz in the first T20I and Spencer Johnson's performances would likely be the biggest positives. Well, that's all the action we have for you today. On behalf of Danyal, Raghav and Ranjith, this is Abhimanyu signing off.

Rio: "Stoinis got the MOM though I thought it would be Hardie. Player of the series is richly deserved by Johnson." I agree. Was surprised it wasn't Hardie, because he set the win up. Stoinis just made it look easy!

9.45pm Time for the presentation.

Marcus Stoinis is the player of the match. He's not around, though so he'll speak later.

Spencer Johnson is the player of the series: "Wasn't really expecting that. Nice to be back in the green and gold and happy to get the series win. Every opportunity to play for Australia is a good one and hopefully I'll continue to do well. It was a pretty nice wicket with the new ball. Babar played well with the new ball. Credit to those who absorbed the pressure in the middle overs and made it easy for us in the back end."

Pakistan captain, Agha Salman: "I think in the middle overs, we didn't capitalise on the start. Lots of positives. The way Usman batted, the way Jahandad bowled. These youngsters will come good. It's obviously a big achievement winning the ODI series but we could have done much better in the T20Is."

Josh Inglis, Australia skipper: "It's been a great week. We've had a lot of fun as a group. It's been really nice. When Stoinis is going like that, he is really hard to stop. [On moving to Tests] Yes, going to fly down tomorrow and looking forward to that."

Stoinis: "Nice to score some runs on a beautiful wicket but credit to the bowlers who kept the total down. Yeah actually told Rauf that this is the first time any of us got the better of him [chuckles]. But no, he's a brilliant bowler, bowled well this series."

9.40pm Well, Marcus Stoinis has made a mockery of this chase as Australia romp to victory with 50 balls to spare. He started slow, coming in with Australia losing wickets in succession, but he took on Pakistan's two big-name bowlers - Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi - to seal the whitewash. Of course, Pakistan collapsed from 61 for 1 to 117 all out thanks to Aaron Hardie, Adam Zampa and Spencer Johnson, to ensure Australia didn't have to work too hard in their chase. Their long tail was exposed, and they couldn't do enough with the ball to make it challenging for the hosts despite the two powerplay wickets.

AMIN: "STONIS YOU BEAUTY AFTER RAUF NOW SHAHEEN"

11.3
1nb
Abbas Afridi to Stoinis, 1 no ball, Pulled straight to deep square leg, where the catch is taken, but Australia win! That was a chest-high full toss so it's a no ball and Australia won't need the free it. 3-0 it is!
11.2
0
Abbas Afridi to Stoinis, no run, Full outside off, Stoinis looks to slap it down the ground but gets it off the inside half onto the ground and back to the bowler
11.1
6
Abbas Afridi to Stoinis, SIX, Scores level! In the slot and he lofts it down the ground. Goes high in the air but gets the distance on it too as he comfortably clears long-off

END OF OVER:
11 | 25 Runs | AUS: 111/3 (7 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 10.09, RRR: 0.77)

  • Tim David7 (3b)
  • Marcus Stoinis55 (24b)
  • Shaheen Shah Afridi3-0-43-1
  • Abbas Afridi1-0-7-1
10.6
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to David, SIX, Sliced over point for six! Full and wide, he reaches across with the open face. Deep point had to run back and to his right, but David got enough on that shot. Another expensive over and Australia are now seven runs from victory
10.5
1
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Stoinis, 1 run, Full outside off, driven along the ground to long-on
10.4
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Stoinis, SIX, Fifty up in style for Stoinis! Length ball around middle and leg and he picks it up over midwicket with an imperious swipe
10.3
4
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Stoinis, FOUR, And now Stoinis launches Afridi down the ground! Full outside off and going across, gives him room to free his arms and loft this over mid-off. Lands just short of the boundary
10.2
6
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Stoinis, SIX, Flicked away and into the fourth row beyond deep square leg! Full around leg and Stoinis picks that up nicely. Uses those strong wrists to great effect
10.2
1w
Shaheen Shah Afridi to Stoinis, 1 wide, Bouncer on leg, Stoinis doesn't offer a shot as it sails over him. Called wide for height
10.1
1lb
Shaheen Shah Afridi to David, 1 leg bye, Full around leg, goes off his pads through the leg side as David can't connect on the flick

Shaheen

END OF OVER:
10 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 86/3 (32 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 8.60, RRR: 3.20)

  • Tim David1 (1b)
  • Marcus Stoinis38 (20b)
  • Abbas Afridi1-0-7-1
  • Haris Rauf3-0-34-0
9.6
1
Abbas Afridi to David, 1 run, Length ball on off, punched to cover where the fielder lets it through and David gets the single
9.5
W
Abbas Afridi to Inglis, OUT, Inglis scoops this to short fine leg! He gets across the stumps and in position early, Abbas Afridi takes the pace off as he goes length around off. Inglis ends up lobbing it straight to the fielder and Rauf almost spills it, but holds on on his third go

JP Inglis c Haris Rauf b Abbas Afridi 27 (24b 4x4 0x6) SR: 112.50

9.4
0
Abbas Afridi to Inglis, no run, Short and wide, of off, Inglis looks to cut but misses. Pace off again
9.3
1
Abbas Afridi to Stoinis, 1 run, Slower ball on leg, almost yorker length, clipped away behind square leg for a single
9.2
1
Abbas Afridi to Inglis, 1 run, Short outside off, ramps it on the bounce to deep third
9.1
4
Abbas Afridi to Inglis, FOUR, Short and wide, easy for Inglis to cut away through point

Thanks Danyal. Australia in a hurry all of a sudden

END OF OVER:
9 | 22 Runs | AUS: 79/2 (39 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 8.77, RRR: 3.54)

  • Josh Inglis22 (20b)
  • Marcus Stoinis37 (19b)
  • Haris Rauf3-0-34-0
  • Sufiyan Muqeem1-0-9-0
8.6
1
Haris Rauf to Inglis, 1 run, worked to midwicket - what an over! And here, I hand you back to Abhimanyu as I work on my report

Chandan: "This is what they called Killing the Chase"

8.5
1
Haris Rauf to Stoinis, 1 run, good yorker from Haris, Stoinis digs it out and gets off strike
8.4
6
Haris Rauf to Stoinis, SIX, slower ball, picked up, and this one's out of Hobart! Haris Rauf's series is ending with a pasting, Stoinis picked it up early, and muscled it over cow corner, catching it oh-so-sweetly out of the middle. This one's on the roof, and trickles out of the stadium. Think they'll need a new ball
8.3
4
Haris Rauf to Stoinis, FOUR, clears the front leg and slaps it over cover for another four. Is this the over that kills this game off as a contest?

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16MW ShortJ Fraser-McGurk
2nd14JP InglisJ Fraser-McGurk
3rd55MP StoinisJP Inglis
4th33MP StoinisTH David