Australia restrict Pakistan at meagre 117

Green shirts make two changes to their lineup including Rizwan, who sits out for Haseebullah Khan

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Pakistan and Australian skippers at the toss of the third and final T20I at the Bellerive Oval in Tasmania, on November 18, 2024. — Screengrab/GeoNews
Pakistan and Australian skippers at the toss of the third and final T20I at the Bellerive Oval in Tasmania, on November 18, 2024. — Screengrab/GeoNews

Pakistan team is all out at 117 in a dreadful innings against Australia in the third and final T20I of the three-match series on Monday at the Bellerive Oval.

Green shirts were pushed back into the pavilion at just 18 overs as the hosts displayed splendid fielding.

Notably, the Pakistani squad on Sunday reached Hobart for the third T20I. The touring side, who registered a historic victory in the three-match ODI series, failed to deliver a similar performance in the ongoing T20I series as they've already lost the series.

Earlier on Saturday, the hosts won T20I series 2-0 against the green shirts after defeating visitors by 13 runs in second match at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Set to chase 148, Pakistan only managed 134 before being bundled out in the final over.

Playing XIs

Pakistan have made two changes to their lineup, including their regular captain Mohammad Rizwan, who sits out for Haseebullah Khan.

Pakistan: Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Salman Agha (c), Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem.

Australia: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short, Josh Inglis (c/wk), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson.


This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.