Marcus Stoinis performed brilliantly for Australia
AUS vs PAK: The third match of the ongoing T20 series between Australia and Pakistan was played today, Monday, 18 November, at the Bellerive Oval ground in Hobart. Let us tell you that in this match, host Australia has achieved an easy victory against Pakistan by 7 wickets.
After winning the third T20 match, Australia has whitewashed Pakistan 3-0 in the T20 series. Along with this, the Kangaroo team has also avenged the 2-1 defeat against Pakistan in the ODI series.
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis played an important role in giving Australia an easy victory, who batted in a stormy manner in the match and played a brilliant inning of 61* runs in 27 balls with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes. Stoinis was also awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) award for this excellent batting.
Australia vs Pakistan, status of third T20 match
If we talk about the match in detail, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be completely wrong for them. Against the excellent bowling of the Kangaroo team, Pakistan was all out for just 117 runs in 18.1 overs.
For Pakistan, only former captain Babar Azam could play the best inning of 41 runs. Apart from this, wicketkeeper Hasibullah Khan contributed 24 runs. Apart from this, no other player could play a big innings.
On the other hand, the Australian bowlers performed amazingly in the match. Aaron Hardy got 3 wickets, while Spencer Johnson and Adam Zampa got 2 wickets each. Apart from this, Xavier Bartlett and Nathan Ellis also got 1-1 wicket.
After this, when Australia set out to chase the easy target of 118 runs given by Pakistan, they easily achieved this target by losing 3 wickets in 11.2 overs. For Australia, Jack Fraser Magark scored 28 runs and Josh English scored 27 runs, while Marcus Stoinis remained unbeaten after scoring 61* and Tim David 7*.
A three-nil series sweep for Australia after a Marcus Stoinis blitz! #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/yg02pijpev
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