Pakistan looking to avoid a white-wash
Visitors Pakistan will be looking to end their white-ball tour of Australia with a win and avoid a white-wash in the T20I series.
Ahead of the third and final T20I, here’s our match preview and predictions.
Australia vs Pakistan 3rd T20I | Pakistan tour of Australia 2024 | 13:30 IST, November 18
The hosts had elected to bat first in the second game and it was a scrappy performance from Josh Inglis’ squad. Barring a 52-run opening partnership, none of the other batters got going as they huffed and puffed to 147, also thanks to some sloppy fielding from Pakistan. With the ball though, Spencer Johnson led the attack from the front and regularly chipped in with wickets as Johnson’s five-for along with tight performances from the rest of the bowlers as Australia stole an 11-run win.
Pakistan’s bowlers, especially Haris Rauf and Abbas Afridi who bowled their hearts out but were let down by their fielders, which let Australia get to around 10-15 more than they should’ve. With the bat, it was only Usman Khan and Irfan Khan who managed to get some runs as their partnership of 58 made sure Pakistan got close to the target.
At Hobart, which recently has seen a lot of runs, expect the batters to fare better while the spinners should get some assistance. The hosts are once again the favourites to end the series with a clean sweep.
Fantasy XI: Babar Azam, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis, Mohammad Rizwan, Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Adam Zampa, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Spencer Johnson
Venue: Hobart
Winners Prediction: Australia
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