In the first t20I rains spoils the enjoyment of a cricket match. It is true that the Australian batsmen were looking so good and also the target was not difficult but because of rain we had not reached any result of that match. Pakistan batted first and scored 107/5 in 15 overs and Australia scored 41/0 in 3.1 overs.
The opener and also the captain of the team Babar Azam faced 38 deliveries and scored 59 runs and he goes not out. Fakhar Zaman goes with duck, Haris Sohail 4, Mohammad Rizwan † 31 and Asif Ali scored 11 runs. MA Starc and KW Richardson both took two wickets each and AC Agar took one wicket.
DA Warner faced four balls and scored 2 runs, AJ Finch (c) faced 16 deliveries and scored 37 runs. He smashed five boundaries and two maximums in his innings. Mohammad Amir bowled 7 deliveries and leaked 9 runs. Mohammad Irfan bowled two overs and gave 31 runs. He gave 26 runs in his second over.
Fakhar Zaman is not performing from his last 11 matches, Babar Azam is only batsmen in Pakistan cricket team who is giving Pakistan team a hope but there should be two or three more power hitters are desperately needed with him to win matches for Pakistan.
Watch AUS v PAK cricket highlights videos today – 2nd T20I (N), Pakistan tour of Australia from Manuka Oval, Canberra (Australia) Tuesday, 5-11-2019.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Pakistan team: 1 Babar Azam (capt), 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Haris Sohail, 4 Mohammad Rizwan, 5 Asif Ali, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Shadab Khan, 10 Mohammad Amir, 11 Mohammad Irfan.
Australia team: 1 Aaron Finch (capt), 2 David Warner, 3 Steve Smith, 4 Ben McDermott, 5 Ashton Turner, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Ashton Agar, 8 Pat Cummins, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Kane Richardson, 11 Adam Zampa.
Match Timings: 08:10 GMT | 19:10 Local
Umpires – Gerard Abood, Shawn Craig
TV Umpires – Paul Wilson
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath
Reserve Umpire – Phillip Gillespie
Match number – T20I no. 1002
