{"id":56490,"date":"2024-11-18T17:52:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=56490"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:52:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:52:42","slug":"stoinis-heroics-earn-australia-t20-series-whitewash-against-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/stoinis-heroics-earn-australia-t20-series-whitewash-against-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoinis heroics earn Australia T20 series whitewash against Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HOBART: Marcus Stoinis slammed five huge sixes in an unbeaten 61 as Australia crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in Hobart on Monday to secure a 3-0 T20 series whitewash.<\/p>\n

Chasing a meagre 118, the hosts hit the target in the 12th over to hand Pakistan a reality check after the visitors won the preceding ODI series 2-1. Stoinis was unstoppable once he got going, also blasting five fours in his 27-ball masterclass.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to get another win and go 3-0 up,\u201d said Australia skipper Josh Inglis. \u201cWhen he\u2019s going like that, it\u2019s really hard to stop,\u201d he added of Stoinis. \u201cOne of those sixes was probably the biggest I\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The match at Bellerive Oval was a dead rubber after Australia won a rain-hit match in Brisbane by 29 runs and then in Sydney by 13 runs.<\/p>\n

After opting to bat, Pakistan raced to 62-1 before crumbling to 117 all out in the 19th over with Babar Azam top-scoring on 41 and Aaron Hardie taking 3-21.<\/p>\n

Jake Fraser-McGurk began the run chase with consecutive boundaries from Shaheen Shah Afridi before the speedster dismissed Matt Short for two, caught at mid-on by Irfan Khan.<\/p>\n

Fraser-McGurk (18) followed next over, undone by the sheer pace of Jahandad Khan in another mis-fire by the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n

But Inglis kept the scoreboard ticking over alongside Stoinis, who let rip in the ninth over, punishing Haris Rauf for 20, including a massive six that landed on the stadium roof.<\/p>\n

Their 55-run partnership ended when Inglis scooped Abbas Afridi to Rauf on 27, which brought Tim David to the crease.<\/p>\n

He was bystander to Stoinis, who brought up his fifth T20 half-century with another giant six before seeing them home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s lots of positives, the way some of the players batted and bowled, these youngsters will come good,\u201d said Salman Agha, Pakistan\u2019s skipper for the night with Mohammad Rizwan rested.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big achievement for us to win a one-day series here after 22 years, we could have done better in the T20 series but we\u2019ll come back stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sahibzada Farhan opened the Pakistan batting with Azam in the absence of Rizwan.<\/p>\n

But on a chilly evening, he lasted just seven balls before top-edging a short one from Spencer Johnson \u2014 fresh from taking five wickets in Sydney \u2014 to Xavier Bartlett.<\/p>\n

Azam produced a series of elegant strokes as he and Haseebullah Khan put on a quickfire 44 for the second wicket.<\/p>\n

But Kahn was no match for Adam Zampa\u2019s spin, collecting an outside edge on 24 to Short.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u2019s woes mounted with Usman Khan (3) caught on the ropes after slogging Hardie and Agha trapped lbw by the same bowler for one.<\/p>\n

It left them reeling on 72-4 at the halfway mark and when Zampa bowled Azam and Khan (10) was needlessly run out they were in deep trouble.<\/p>\n

Shaheen Shah Afridi blasted only six of the innings but didn\u2019t last as the tailenders were mopped up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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