Pakistan beat Australia to seal cricket series in T20 World Cup warm-up

Pakistan thump Australia by 90 runs successful Lahore successful 2nd T20 of circuit to seal three-match T20 bid 2-0.

Skipper Salman Ali Agha deed his highest people successful the shortest format earlier Pakistan’s spinners routed Australia by 90 runs successful the 2nd Twenty20 International successful Lahore connected Saturday.

Agha deed a 40-ball 76 and Usman Khan smashed a 36-ball 53 arsenic Pakistan made 198-5, their highest-ever T20I full against Australia.

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This was capable for Pakistan’s rotation quintet, who shared each 10 wickets betwixt them with Abrar Ahmed returning the champion figures of 3-14 and Shadab Khan finishing with 3-26.

Australia were routed for 108 successful 15.4 overs, giving Pakistan their biggest T20I triumph implicit Australia, eclipsing the 66-run triumph successful Abu Dhabi successful 2018.

“It has to beryllium a cleanable game,” said Agha. “We batted good and past were outstanding with the ball. Fielding was outstanding.”

The triumph gives Pakistan an unbeatable 2-0 pb aft they won the archetypal lucifer by 22 runs, besides successful Lahore, connected Friday.

“We privation to play successful the aforesaid way, hide the 2-0 scoreline and travel again with the aforesaid strength and spell to the World Cup with the aforesaid energy,” said Agha of the lawsuit starting successful India and Sri Lanka from February 7.

This is Pakistan’s archetypal T20I bid triumph implicit Australia since 2018. The last lucifer is connected Sunday, besides successful Lahore.

Despite skipper Mitchell Marsh coming backmost aft resting connected Friday, the visiting batters had small reply to Pakistan’s rotation assault.

Ahmed dismissed Marsh for 18, Josh Inglis for 5 and Matthew Short for 27.

Cameron Green top-scored with a 20-ball 35 earlier spinner Usman Tariq dismissed him connected his mode to figures of 2-16.

Marsh admitted Pakistan were better.

“Pakistan outplayed us,” said Marsh. “Hopefully, we tin amended and travel backmost tomorrow. They enactment america nether large unit successful batting; it was astir apt a 160-170 wicket truthful they scored a large total.”

Earlier, Agha and Usman led Pakistan to a warring full aft they won the flip and batted.

Agha built the innings with Saim Ayub (11-ball 23) during a second-wicket basal of 55 arsenic Pakistan scored 72 runs successful the powerfulness play.

Agha’s erstwhile highest successful each T20 cricket was 68 not out.

After Babar Azam failed with a five-ball two, Usman helped Agha adhd different quickfire 49 for the 4th wicket earlier Sean Abbott broke the stand.

Agha smashed 4 sixes and 8 fours successful his sixth Twenty20 half-century.

Pakistan added a bully 61 runs successful the past 5 overs with Usman knocking 2 sixes and 4 fours successful his 2nd T20I half-century, portion Shadab’s sound had 2 sixes and a four.

The Usman-Shadab fifth-wicket basal yielded 63 runs disconnected conscionable 39 balls.

Shadab finished with an unbeaten 20-ball 28.

Pacer Xavier Bartlett and spinner Matthew Kuhnemann were expensive, conceding 92 runs betwixt them successful their 8 overs.