Pakistan cricket team came down to earth within just a week. The beginning of the Pakistani team that went on Australia tour was memorable but the end was very painful for it. After defeating Australia in the ODI series, Pakistan had to face a crushing defeat in the T20 series. In the third and last match of the T20 series played in Hobart, Australia defeated Australia by 7 wickets in just 12 overs and with this made a 3-0 clean sweep in the series. Such was the fate of Pakistan by Marcus Stoinis (61 not out) whose 10-ball attack exposed Pakistani bowling.
Pakistani batting failed
Australia had already captured the T20 series with wins in the first and second matches. In such a situation, this was the last chance for Pakistan to win. Pakistan had not won a single T20 match against Australia in Australia before and this time too it failed to improve this poor record. The reason for this was Pakistan’s poor batting, which could not last even 20 overs and got bundled out for only 117 runs in 18.1 overs.
Star batsman Babar Azam (41) made a fast start for the Pakistani team, which entered the match without captain Mohammad Rizwan. Along with Babar, Hasibullah Khan also batted fast and both of them had taken the team to 58 runs by the end of the powerplay, while only one wicket had fallen. After this the wicket started falling. Leg spinner Adam Zampa controlled the situation completely and took 2 wickets including that of Babar, while pacer Aaron Hardy also bowled brilliantly and took 3 wickets.
The game ended due to Marcus Stoinis’ attack.
Now to defend the small score, there was a need to take wickets quickly and by the fourth over, both the openers of Australia were out but it did not matter because Marcus Stoinis (61 runs, 27 balls), who came to the crease, gave the wicket to Pakistan. Destroyed the bowlers. In particular, Stoinis beat Pakistan’s most successful fast bowler Haris Rauf the most during this entire tour. Stoinis scored 22 runs by hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes in the first 4 balls of the same over of Rauf.
Apart from Stoinis, captain Josh Inglis (27) was also not left behind and he also attacked the Pakistani bowlers fiercely. Shaheen Shah Afridi became the next target of Stoinis, on whose 3 consecutive balls the Australian batsman scored 16 runs and completed his half-century in 23 balls. Overall, Stoinis scored 50 runs in 10 balls, which included 5 sixes and 5 fours, which overshadowed Pakistan. Australia achieved this target in just 11.2 overs.
