All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz grabbed 5 wickets for Pakistan on Sunday as Inexperienced Shirts whitewashed Australia in a three-match T20 sequence by 3-0 on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
The final time Pakistan had clean-swept Australia in a T20 sequence was in October 2018 within the UAE.
Whereas defending a huge 208-run complete, Pakistan dominated the guests by clinching a 111-run victory.
The stage was set by Shaheen Afridi, who took the wicket of Australian captain Mitchell Marsh within the first over.
Within the subsequent over, Mohammad Nawaz dismissed Australia’s Matthew Brief, as Babar Azam took his catch, and within the following over, Shaheen Afridi struck again with Matt Renshaw’s wicket.
In his five-wicket haul, Mohammad Nawaz additionally dismissed Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Inexperienced.
Stoinis and Inexperienced added 23 and 22 runs, respectively, for Australia, whereas seven different batters couldn’t even attain double figures.
Aside from Nawaz’s 5 and Shaheen’s two wickets, Abrar Ahmed and Naseem Shah additionally grabbed a wicket every.
Within the first innings, Saim Ayub and Babar Azam scored half-centuries as Pakistan posted 207 runs towards Australia — the Inexperienced Shirts’ highest complete towards the guests in a T20 recreation.
Profitable the toss and opting to bat first, Pakistan determined to exchange Sahibzada Farhaan with Fakhar Zaman, who opened with Saim Ayub. Farhaan was dismissed within the first match of the sequence with out scoring any runs and had managed to attain simply 5 runs within the second recreation.
In as we speak’s match, Saim scored 56 runs. He shared a 69-run partnership with Babar Azam, who remained unbeaten on 50.
All-rounder Shadab Khan performed a searing 46-run knock for Pakistan on simply 19 deliveries, smashing 5 gigantic sixes.
Pakistan skipper Salman Agha, who scored 76 runs within the earlier match, flopped as we speak and scored simply 5 runs.
For Australia, bowler Cooper Connolly conceded 47 runs in 4 overs and took a single wicket, whereas Ben Dwarshuis grabbed two wickets.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif prolonged congratulations to the Pakistan group over clean-sweeping Australia within the T20I sequence.
He praised Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi, group administration, and gamers for his or her efficiency, a press release mentioned on the federal government’s X account.
“I hope that this successful streak will proceed sooner or later as properly,” Shehbaz mentioned.
Groups
Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Khawaja Nafay, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed.
Australia: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Matt Brief, Cameron Inexperienced, Matt Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Phillipe, Mitchell Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Kuhnemann and Adam Zampa.
