Australia beat Pakistan in third and final fixture by seven wickets
\n Hobart
\nAustralia pummelled Pakistan on Monday to secure a 3-0 T20I series victory after beating the visitors in the third and final match at the Bellerive Oval.
\nSet to chase a modest 118, Australia raced to the victory for the loss of just three wickets and 52 balls to spare.
\nThe home side got off to a shaky start to the pursuit as both openers Jake Fraser-McGurk (two) and Matthew Short (18) returned to the dugout inside four overs with 30 runs on the board.
\nSkipper Josh Inglis then joined hands with Marcus Stoinis and registered an anchoring 55-run partnership for the third-wicket, which lasted with the former\u2019s dismissal in the 10th over.
\nInglis scored 27 off 24 balls with the help of four boundaries.
\nFollowing his dismissal, Stoinis switched gear and steered Australia over the line in 11.2 overs.
\nHe top-scored for Australia, courtesy of his fifth T20I half-century, smashing an unbeaten 67 off just 27 deliveries with the help of five sixes and as many fours.
\nFor Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jahandad Khan and Abbas Afridi could pick up a wicket apiece.
\nOpting to bat first, the touring side could accumulate 117 runs before getting bundled out on the first delivery of the penultimate over.
\nThe new opening pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Babar Azam could not give visitors a steady start as the former walked back in the second over after scoring nine off seven.
\nFollowing the early hiccup, Babar and Haseebullah Khan registered an anchoring 44-run partnership for the second wicket.
\nThe duo appeared in command against Australian bowlers until Adam Zampa got rid of Haseebullah in the seventh over to open the floodgates. The wicketkeeper batter scored 24 off 19 deliveries with the help of three boundaries.
\nPakistan then lost two more wickets \u2013 Usman Khan (3) and skipper Salman Ali Agha (1) \u2013 before their mainstay Babar was cleaned up by Zampa in the 13th over with just 91 runs on the board.
\nBabar remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with a 28-ball 41, which featured four fours.
\nPlaying XIs
\nPakistan: Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Haseebullah Khan (wk), Usman Khan, Salman Agha (c), Irfan Khan, Abbas Afridi, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Jahandad Khan, Haris Rauf, Sufiyan Muqeem.
\nAustralia: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Matt Short, Josh Inglis (c\/wk), Glenn Maxwell, Tim David, Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australia beat Pakistan in third and final fixture by seven wickets Hobart Australia pummelled Pakistan on Monday to secure a 3-0 T20I series victory after beating the visitors in the third and final match at the Bellerive Oval. Set to chase a modest 118, Australia raced to the victory for the loss of just three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-444360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n