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Australia vs Pakistan, 1st T20I: Australia go 1-0 up in rain-hit opener

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By PCB & Cricket World

Thursday 14 November 2024

Pakistan tour of Australia

1st T20I, Brisbane

Australia won by 29 runs.

Australia93/4

Pakistan64/9

Scorecard

Stats

Australia beat Pakistan by 29 runs in the rain-hit seven-over opening game of the three-match T20I series at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday.

Match Summary

Australia vs Pakistan, Match 1, Pakistan tour of Australia

Australia 93/4 (7 ov)

Pakistan 64/9 (7 ov)

Australia won by 29 runs.

SCORECARD

Pakistan managed 63-9 in the allotted overs after Australia raced to 93-4 off the 42 balls they faced.

Earlier, bad weather delayed the start of play before Pakistan won the toss and opted to field first. After Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf removed the Australia opening batters for single digits, Glenn Maxwell hit five fours and three sixes in his breezy 19-ball 43.

Marcus Stoinis struck an unbeaten 21 off seven balls including two fours and one six to propel Australia to a formidable total. Mohammad Abbas Afridi picked up two wickets in his solitary over.

In turn, Pakistan were reduced to 24-6 in 3.2 overs before Abbas top scored with 20 not out off 10 balls hitting two fours and one six. Haseebullah (12, 8b, 1x4, 1x6) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (11, 6b, 1x6) were the other batters to enter double figures for Pakistan.

Xavier Bartlett and Nathan Ellis picked up three wickets each while Adam Zampa returned figures of 2-9.

The second T20I match of the series will be played in Sydney on 16 November.

Match Stats

Australia Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Jake Fraser McGurk - 1.1 ov), 2-35 (Matthew Short - 2.4 ov), 3-66 (Glenn Maxwell - 5.3 ov), 4-73 (Tim David - 5.6 ov)

Pakistan Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Sahibzada Farhan - 0.4 ov), 2-12 (Mohammad Rizwan - 1.1 ov), 3-16 (Usman Khan - 1.6 ov), 4-16 (Babar Azam - 2.1 ov), 5-16 (Irfan Khan - 2.3 ov), 6-24 (Agha Salman - 3.2 ov), 7-47 (Haseebullah Khan - 5.2 ov), 8-64 (Shaheen Afridi - 6.5 ov), 9-64 (Naseem Shah - 6.6 ov)

Playing XI

Australia