Pakistan vs Australia Third T20: Live score updates, commentary
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Pakistan v Australia DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM, SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 3rd Twenty20 - PAK v AUS |
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| Australia 1st Inn | 7/168 |
| Pakistan 1st Inn | 73 All Out |
| Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl | |
| Australia won by 94 runs | |
| Pakistan | Over:19.1 RR:3.81 | ||||
| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| Saeed Ajmal | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Raza Hasan* | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Australia | |||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| MA Starc* | 3.1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3.47 |
| PJ Cummins | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 |
| Recent Overs: | ||
| . 1 1 1 . . | | 4 . . . . . | | . . 1 4b . . | |
| Last Wicket: | Hasan, 0 (BWD:Starc) |
| Current Partnership: | 9 runs, 16 balls, RR:56.25 |
It is a fight to avoid a clean sweep for Australia when they take on Pakistan in the final T20I at Dubai tonight and you can join us at 2.00 am Australia time September 1 for live score updates.
While Pakistan enjoy an unbeatable 2-0 lead going into this third match, both teams will undoubtedly be looking for more competitive action in the final match to be played on Monday in the lead-up to World T20 2012.
Australia will be hoping for a win ahead of the ICC World T20 after conceding the series in front of a jam-packed crowd on Friday.
The match on Friday was undoubtedly one of the best advertisements for the shortest format of the game.
After several twists and turns, the teams still ended tied on the last ball before a Super Over decided the winner, again off the final delivery.
It was a result that would have pleased Mohammad Hafeez and Dav Whatmore and they will hope that the side can maintain the same intensity in this third match.
A few changes, however, are likely in the Pakistan line-up for the final match as they look to test certain players before the World T20.
Shahid Afridi might still not be risked risked after recovering from his thumb injury while Saeed Ajmal has been termed available following a shoulder injury that forced him off the field in the penultimate over.
Australia find themselves in a place they are not used to being. The defeat on Friday saw them slip to tenth on the ICC T20 rankings as their rating fell even below Ireland’s.
George Bailey, who became the fourth Australia player to lose a T20 international on his birthday, still remained optimistic about the team and suggested that there were plenty of positives to draw from that defeat.
Australia batted much better than they did in the first game, especially the under the pressure of a tough chase and lost only by a whisker. The performance should provide some portion of confidence back to the batsmen.
The batsmen for most part did a reasonable job of staying put with the target but were troubled by Ajmal and that is one area that they need to address swiftly.
Australia have announced a 12-man squad for the game and Glenn Maxwell has a chance to replace Cameron White in the starting line-up. The rest of them should remain the same.
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5:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:11am | Report comment
This has been abysmal from Pakistan. They did not turn up at all, with bat or ball. Still they have won the series 2-1.
Australia did everything right tonight, from batting to bowling and fielding. Watson and Warner smacked the opposition out while Starc and Cummins shared eight wickets.
So that’s it from me, end of the T20I series with the two teams now to feature in the World T20 that starts in Sri Lanka from September 18. Hope to see you soon!
5:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:09am | Report comment
OUT!
Bowled him, Starc’s bowled Ajmal from round the stumps. Was shaping in and beat the bat to flatten the stumps.
End of a sorrowful innings for Pakistan.
74 all out.
5:06am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:06am | Report comment
A small observation, when Maxwell had bowled 3.5 overs, four of the Australian bowlers had analysis with 11 runs in the conceded section. 2/11, 3/11, 1/11 and 1/11 for Starc, Cummins, Hogg and Maxwell respectively.
5:05am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:05am | Report comment
Four byes in those six runs that came off the over.
9/70 in 18. Cummins to bowl his fourth, 3/11 in 3.
5:02am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 5:02am | Report comment
Four off that over.
9/64 in 17. Can Pakistan get more than their lowest ever T20I score of 89? Sounds difficult.
4:59am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:59am | Report comment
OUT!
Cummins has his third, slower ball and shorter too and Razzaq went for the cut. The ball wasn’t coming on and it did not go too far. The short third-man fielder gets a simple one moving back.
9/64 in 16.3
4:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:57am | Report comment
Hogg ends with 1/11 from four, pushing him to the number one spot in the list of ‘most economical spells’ by Australians in T20I cricket.
4:55am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:55am | Report comment
OUT!
Run-outs have an entry. Cut to short third-man, Gul wanted the single but by the time he had gotten to the crease, the stumps were dislodged.
Eight down for 60.
4:54am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:54am | Report comment
Razzaq shows his intent. Yes he does. Down the track, smack and down the ground to the straightish long-off for a single.
Nine off 23 for him.
4:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:52am | Report comment
Only one from the Hogg over. What’s more, the batsmen failed to read almost all of his six deliveries that over.
7/57 in 15.
4:50am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:50am | Report comment
OUT!
Arafat was trying to tap Hogg over to the leg side but the dink went straight up in the air and behind the keeper. Cameron White was in the slips and he takes an easy catch.
7/56 in 14.1.
Can we have Saeed Ajmal batting please? Will be interesting to see how he goes with the Aussies on the field.
4:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:47am | Report comment
Going nowhere this innings and for obvious reasons.
6/56 in 14.
4:44am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:44am | Report comment
Watson comes back to bowl his third spell. Also his third over.
4:42am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:42am | Report comment
Right, so Razzaq gets a single after some time, six off 18 for him.
6/51 in 13.
4:38am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:38am | Report comment
Arafat does look like he is a tailender alright. Or a lower-order batsman who hasn’t faced quality bowling in ages.
Maiden followed up by three dot balls.
And then he shocks me. Winds up his bat and smacks it over mid-wicket for a six! What!
6/46 in 12.
4:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:34am | Report comment
Spinning away and into the batsman, and doing it at will is Brad Hogg. Results in six dots ball at Yasir Arafat.
Still 6/38 in 11.
4:31am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:31am | Report comment
Four runs and a wicket in the over.
6/38 in 10.
4:30am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:30am | Report comment
Many of the fans leaving the ground. I empathise with them. It has been a pathetic batting show.
4:29am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:29am | Report comment
OUT!
Probably not as slow a death as I thought. Short ball, did not come on to the bat and Jamshed pokes at it. Spoons up gently in the air and the short cover fielder pouches a simple one.
Maxwell gets his first T20I wicket.
6/36 in the 10th
4:27am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:27am | Report comment
A four, a single and four dot balls. Slow and a painful death this.
5/34 in 9.
4:25am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:25am | Report comment
Four!
First boundary in six overs for Pakistan and an aggressive shot too, pulled over mid-wicket for a four.
Jamshed finally gets something for his efforts of staying there.
5/34
4:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:24am | Report comment
Unless Razzaq goes berserk and does in the last 10 overs what Warner-Watson did in the first 10, this game could well die soon.
Three off Maxwell’s over.
5/29 in 8.
4:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:22am | Report comment
Glenn Maxwell comes on now, a very good time to be bowling!
4:21am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:21am | Report comment
Five runs off the Hogg over. Jamshed’s still plodding along on nine off 15.
5/26 in 7.
4:18am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:18am | Report comment
Missed!
Missed by the umpire that is, went for a pull, got a glove on it and went through to the keeper. Appeal from the bowler and keeper but the umpire gives it not-out!
First time Pakistan have lost five wickets in Powerplay overs in a T20I! There, more records could break here.
Brad Hogg comes on now.
5/21 in 6.
4:15am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:15am | Report comment
Abdul Razzaq at seven, not in a kind of situation he will like. Incidentally, Jamshed’s still batting on seven from nine.
4:12am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:12am | Report comment
OUT!
Watson comes on now and immediately takes a wicket! It is the junior Akmal who flicks it away to deep square-leg for what seems like it was going over. Instead, it is Michael Hussey who runs around and snaffles up a beauty!
They are checking for the no-ball but Watson’s way safe!
5/19 in 5.1
4:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:09am | Report comment
Not getting anywhere are Pakistan as Cummins continues to send down those thunderbolts.
Three off the over.
4/19 in five. Australia doing to Pakistan what the the hosts did to them in the first T20I.
4:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:04am | Report comment
OUT!
Second one for Starc, Kamran Akmal’s gone for a duck! Second duck of the innings as they lose their four do Pakistan.
It was a straightish one from Starc and bit of angle away, Kamran tried to flick it to mid-wicket and gets a leading edge. The ball loops up to mid-off who gobbles up the dolly.
4/16 in 3.4
4:00am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 4:00am | Report comment
OUT!
Malik’s poor day at the office continues, magic from Cummins! It tailed in and Malik was a couple of years slower in bringing his bat down, the stumps are castled and Pakistan are three down for almost nothing.
3/15 in 2.5
3:57am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:57am | Report comment
Shoaib Malik gets a promotion up the order.
3:56am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:56am | Report comment
OUT!
Gone this time, tries to drive it through the covers and fails to keep it down. The ball lobs up to short cover who completes a simple catch there!
Hafeez walks back and Pakistan in early trouble at 2/15 in 2.2
3:55am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:55am | Report comment
Four!
Shot of class! Outside the off, length ball and pushed over the mid-off fielder for a four! Almost looked it was mistimed but almost went all the way!
3:53am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:53am | Report comment
Change in bowling as Watson is replaced by Cummins.
3:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:52am | Report comment
Four!
Outside the off stump, swinging away and gets the toe end of the bat, goes through fine third-man for a four.
1/11 in 1.4
3:50am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:50am | Report comment
OUT!
Starc’s done it for Australia again, even as I was speaking of the number of wickets he has taken this tour. Add one to that!
Pitches around leg stump and hits him on the pads, slight swing inside and it beats the bat, hits pads. Ump raises that finger and Pakistan have lost one.
1/7 in 1.2
3:48am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:48am | Report comment
Mitchell Starc from the other end. 14 wickets on this tour already.
3:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:47am | Report comment
Single off the lat ball of the over to Nazir.
Decent start to the bowling from Watson, it is 0/6 in 1.
3:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:45am | Report comment
Hafeez flicks them well and he has done exactly that, through mid-wicket for three. Follows it up with some passing of information about the direction of the ball’s swing to his partner Nazir, who is now on strike.
0/5 in 0.4
3:42am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:42am | Report comment
I am back with the news that England have won the toss at Old Trafford against South Africa and decided to field first. And it has started raining then. Like it was in Dubai earlier. Sixes.
Back to this game, Hafeez and Nazir on strike and Watson, like while batting, is going to open the bowling too.
3:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:34am | Report comment
It was all possible thanks to the bludgeoning at the top from Warner and Watson, the pair added 111 for the first wicket in less than 11 overs. Some of the most ferocious six-hitting came from their bats and they shared 11 sixes between them.
Then Watson was dismissed by Arafat, Warner lasted only an over or so more and while Maxwell smacked a few, Australia managed only 28 in the last 5.2 overs.
Gul, Arafat and Ajmal ended with two wickets each. Back in five with the chase.
3:30am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:30am | Report comment
Single off the last ball to Pat Cummins takes Australia to 7/168 in their 20.
While this is a very competitive score on any pitch, Australia will be disappointed by the fact that scored only 7/64 in the last 10 overs.
3:28am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:28am | Report comment
OUT!
Slower bouncer, and Christian goes for a cut. It takes the top edge and through to the keeper, end of his short stay!
7/167 in 19.5.
3:25am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:25am | Report comment
Couple of runs for Wade, sliced over the covers and the deep point fielder has to get to his left.
Two more runs, cut to the left of third-man.
6/164 in 19.2
3:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:24am | Report comment
Only one run from the last three balls, two off the over.
6/160 in 19 with Ajmal finishing with 2/19 in his four. 12 off those came off two strokes!
3:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:22am | Report comment
OUT!
Gone this time, Hussey has been sent back bowled by Ajmal, who continues to add to his tally.
Went for the cut, missed the straighter on and the stumps pegged back.
6/159 in 18.4, can they get to 170?
3:21am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:21am | Report comment
Four!
Shot from Hussey, smacks it over mid-wicket for a four.
Off the next ball, Christian is almost run-out going for the second but Gul fails to gather the throw.
3:18am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:18am | Report comment
Daniel Christian, the latest YouTube hero from the second T20I comes in at seven.
Gul was the wicket-taker there.
3:17am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:17am | Report comment
OUT!
White’s poor run continues, although not the best of times to bat. He went for a slog over mid-wicket, goes straight to long-on and White needs to walk back.
5/152 in 17.3.
3:14am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:14am | Report comment
End of another good over from Ajmal, he concedes only two singles and bowls a jaffa that spins across the batsman, beats him and the keeper through to the fence for four byes.
4/151 in 17.
3:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:11am | Report comment
Cameron White at six. Pressure on him to perform.
3:10am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:10am | Report comment
OUT!
Bowled him! Slog sweep attempted and it has seeped through, to give Ajmal his first wicket tonight and 59th in his international career in T20Is.
The relevance of this figure? Makes him the highest wicket-taker in T20I cricket.
4/145 in 16.1
3:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:09am | Report comment
Saeed Ajmal to bowl his third.
3:09am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:09am | Report comment
A good over from Hafeez, costs Pakistan only four.
It is 3/145 in 16 which is not too far from the run-rate when the Watson-Warner pair was going great guns.
3:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:04am | Report comment
OUT!
Out this time, holed out to the boundary. Maxwell tries to pull it over mid-wicket but did not get it in the middle and straight to the fielder.
3/140 in 14.4
3:03am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:03am | Report comment
Four!
Reverse sweep from Maxwell and slammed over short third man, which turns into a short fine-leg after that shot.
2/140 in 14.3
3:02am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 3:02am | Report comment
Close!
Almost gone this time, and for the second time in as many games, Pakistan has almost got a wicket off a direct hit! Hit to long-on and they were going back for the second, Malik threw the stumps down at the non-striker’s end and for a moment it looked he was out.
Third umpire confirms not.
2/136 in 14.1
2:59am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:59am | Report comment
SIX!
They are not stopping here, they will not stop whole night! It is Maxwell who gives it his all to get it over deep square-leg for a six! Hafeez, the bowler and the captain will be scratching his head.
Michael Hussey, incidentally, at four.
2/134 in 14
2:56am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:56am | Report comment
Four!
Four more! Length ball and Maxwell has pulled it, almost slogged it and it goes to the mid-wicket fence for a four.
2/122 in 12.5.
2:55am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:55am | Report comment
Four!
Drilled through the covers. Enough of poking and prodding around, Maxwell goes for a cover-drive to one pitched up and gets it in the gap.
2:54am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:54am | Report comment
OUT!
Oh ho, what are we having here, Warner was going for that booming shot over mid-wicket yet again, gets an outside edge and it goes high in the air. Captain Hafeez calls for the catch and takes it very easily. Arafat has his second.
Two wickets in a hurry and suddenly, it may not be as easy to play the Pakistani spinners.
2/114 in 12.1
2:52am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:52am | Report comment
…and Hafeez comes on to send down five dot balls. A frustrated Maxwell goes down the track and gets an outside edge through third-man for a couple of runs.
1/114 in 12. Phew, some sanity.
2:51am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:51am | Report comment
Mohammad Hafeez comes on now, in the 12th over, which is quite late given how early he usually bowls in the innings.
1/111 in 11.
2:49am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:49am | Report comment
Maxwell at three. Watson scored 47.
2:49am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:49am | Report comment
OUT!
I wouldn’t say it is against the run of play given the amount of risk they were taking but Watson was surely surprised by the pace and bounce on that one. Reared up at him, wanted to pull it but took his eyes off and it lobs up to short fine-leg.
Finally a wicket for Pakistan.
1/111 in 10.4
2:46am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:46am | Report comment
SIX!
Okay, where were you guys this whole series? The pitch hasn’t changed, nor have the bowlers but the batting definitely has!
Walks down the track and flicks it over long-on for another six and this time off Yasir Arafat.
0/110 in 10.1.
2:44am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:44am | Report comment
SIX!
Rub your eyes I tell you and it will still not change the fact that Ajmal has been hit for a second six in the same over! It was shorter and Watson muscles it over long-on for a biggie!
15 off the over from Ajmal, usually the number associated with the numbers conceded in his entire spell.
0/104 in 10.
2:42am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:42am | Report comment
SIX!
Okay, I said this before and I say it again, Switch Hits are special and Warner has pulled that off yet again, and for a six!
And did I tell you, it was Saeed Ajmal who has been tonked! Take that, says Warner to the bowler. Or a not-so-mild version of that anyway.
2:40am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:40am | Report comment
SIX!
Six more, this is carnage! He pitched it short yet again and Warner has pulled the hapless Raza over mid-wicket for the third six of the over.
0/89 in 9. This was Australia’s score at the end of the innings in the first game. Surely some improvement I would say?
2:39am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:39am | Report comment
SIX!
I am huffing and puffing here, probably Warner read a bit of my previous riling. This has again been tapped away over long-on for a huge six!
2:38am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:38am | Report comment
SIX!
And now it is Warner, and the bowler is Raza but the result is still the same. He is darting them in and Warner’s pulled it into the stands.
0/76 in 8.2
2:37am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:37am | Report comment
SIX!
Another one, over mid-wicket, it is raining in Dubai and how they would wish it was water. Instead it is sixes!
0/70 in 8.
2:37am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:37am | Report comment
SIX!
Repeat of the previous one, slog sweep, mid-wicket, second tier and six! Watson’s not holding back I think.
2:36am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:36am | Report comment
Now that is some talent, they may say anything about Switch-Hit but it needs some talent for sure, changes stance and wants to smash it over mid-wicket, the ball’ outside the off and he changes it to a cut!
Only a single.
0/58 in 7.3
2:34am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:34am | Report comment
SIX!
Second-tier stuff this! Round the stumps, spinning slightly and Watson has smoked it over mid-wicket, sizzler!
0/56 in 7.1
2:33am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:33am | Report comment
Change in bowling now, one over from Ajmal and he is off. It is Shoaib Malik who comes on now.
2:32am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:32am | Report comment
A decent over, spoiled partially by a poor decision from the umpire. Warner lets one go thinking it will spin in to the leg-stump, hits his thighs and rolls over to fine-leg.
Should have been called a dead ball, for not offering a shot, but the umpire failed to pick the nudge off the thigh pad. Gives it a wide!
0/50 in 7.
A very good half-century stand for Australia, far cry from that 89 all out in the first game.
2:28am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:28am | Report comment
It is Raza Hasan to take up the bowling attack from the other end now. Left-arm spinner, who has done a decent job this series.
0/42 in 6.
2:27am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:27am | Report comment
Rather expectedly, only one from the over, rather unexpectedly, no wickets falling in that one.
Still Australia will be relieved that he has only three overs to bowl and they have all their wickets standing.
0/42 in 6.
2:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:24am | Report comment
Look who’s here, Saeed Ajmal to bowl in the Powerplay, the sixth over of the innings.
2:24am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:24am | Report comment
A better ball, the last one – outside the off, on a length and punched through the covers into the gap. They take three to end Arafat’s first over on return, also a very costly one – 14 off it.
0/41 in 5.
2:22am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:22am | Report comment
SIX!
Poor ball, he hasn’t got his radar right yet has Arafat. This was short and on the middle, did not rise too much and Watson has blasted it over mid-wicket for another six.
0/37 in 4.4
2:20am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:20am | Report comment
Change in bowling
Yasir Arafat comes on now. Watson cuts the first one hard through point for a couple.
Arafat is playing his first T20I for Pakistan for two years.
2:19am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:19am | Report comment
Ouch!
Despite that six, Gul continues to pitch short and one of them rears up and hits Warner on his gloves. He was taking evasive action and the ball followed him, smacks him hard but he isn’t wincing in pain too much.
0/27 in 4.
2:17am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:17am | Report comment
SIX!
There he goes, and this is so much more like him. It was pitched just short of good length and Warner has unleashed his favourite pull over mid-wicket for a six! More of this David, and Australia may not have to worry about Saeed Ajmal at all!
0/24 in 3.3
2:13am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:13am | Report comment
Four!
And now he smacks a length ball over mid-on for a four! That was powered to the fence, not really pitched up either but Watson thought that the line was right to free his arms.
0/15 in 2.4
2:12am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:12am | Report comment
Big shout!
…but given not-out by the umpire. Pitched on off, hits on middle and the umpire thinks it would have missed leg. Another umpire on another day would have probably given it out. Close, close shout!
2:11am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:11am | Report comment
Four singles from the Gul over, still sussing the conditions around. Did I tell you that the current temperature at Dubai is touching late 30s in degree celcius.
0/10 in 2.
2:07am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:07am | Report comment
The TV commentators inform me that George Bailey has lost five tosses in a row as T20 captain. Only one captain beats his record in this format…take a guess?
Umar Gul from the other end.
2:05am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:05am | Report comment
Four!
It is a nick through the slips and to the fine third-man for a four for Warner. As they say, it does not matter how they come, but we are all waiting for the real Warner to stand up. Shun that caution David!
0/5 in 1.
2:04am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 2:04am | Report comment
Okay, so Abdul Razzaq will open the bowling after having bowled only the last over of the previous game. Warner on strike.
It is a rather careful-looking Warner as well.
1:47am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:47am | Report comment
Pakistan have won their third toss in a row and decided they will field first. One change for them, Yasir Arafat comes in for Sohail Tanvir.
Australian captain George Bailey isn’t too bothered with the result of the toss, he wanted to bat first anyway. One change for Australia too, Glenn Maxwell returns to the side in place of David Hussey.
1:45am
Suneer Chowdhary said | 1:45am | Report comment
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the third and final T20I between Australia and Pakistan.
Pakistan have won the series 2-0 and are looking for a clean sweep. Australia, despite bettering their performance in the second T20I as compared to the first, will need to start winning for them to carry some confidence into the World T20.
While the ICC world rankings for T20 cricket are still in their nascent stages, it will not be a pleasant experience for Australia to slide down below Ireland in the rankings. A loss here will confirm that number going into the World T20 later this month.