Australia beat Pakistan by seven wickets to win the second Twenty20 international and go 1-0 up in the three-match series, the first T20I ended in draw due to rain.
Pakistan while batting first scored 150 runs with six wickets. Babar Azam scored his second consecutive half-century and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 62 runs. After Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat, opener Fakhar Zaman, desperately in need of runs, was left floundering against Pat Cummins and was out for two, driving to Warner at mid-off. Haris Sohail faced just nine balls and scored 6 runs.
Pakistan’s hopes were up when the explosive opener was clean bowled by Mohammad Amir for 20, missing a drive, and Finch fell for 17 to veteran seamer Mohammad Irfan. But with Smith at the wicket brought up his fourth 50 in the short format off 36 balls, with six fours and one big six, as Australia reached 151 for three with nine balls to spare.
Score Board Pakistan 1st innings Babar Azam Run Out David Warner 50 Fakhar Zaman c David Warner b Pat Cummins 2 Haris Sohail c&b Kane Richardson 6 Mohammad Rizwan st Alex Carey b Ashton Agar 14 Asif Ali c Pat Cummins b Ashton Agar 4 Iftikhar Ahmed Not Out 62 Imad Wasim Run Out Steven Smith 11 Extras 0b 1lb 0nb 0pen 0w 1 Total (20.0 overs) 150-6 Fall of Wickets : 1-22 Zaman, 2-29 Sohail, 3-62 Rizwan, 4-70 Ali, 5-106 Azam, 6-146 Wasim Did Not Bat : Riaz, Khan, Amir, Irfan Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex Mitchell Starc 4 0 25 0 6.25 Kane Richardson 4 0 51 1 12.75 Pat Cummins 4 0 19 1 4.75 Adam Zampa 4 0 31 0 7.75 Ashton Agar 4 0 23 2 5.75 ................................................... Australia 1st innings David Warner b Mohammad Amir 20 Aaron Finch c Babar Azam b Mohammad Irfan 17 Steven Smith Not Out 80 Ben McDermott lbw Imad Wasim 21 Ashton Turner Not Out 8 Extras 0b 0lb 2nb 0pen 3w 5 Total (18.3 overs) 151-3 Fall of Wickets : 1-30 Warner, 2-48 Finch, 3-106 McDermott Did Not Bat : Carey, Agar, Cummins, Starc, Richardson, Zampa Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex Mohammad Irfan 4 0 27 1 6.75 Imad Wasim 4 0 34 1 8.50 Mohammad Amir 3.3 0 32 1 9.14 2w Shadab Khan 4 0 25 0 6.25 Wahab Riaz 3 0 33 0 11.00 1w 2nb
