Australia won by 29 runs - 7 over game
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Glenn Maxwell
Batter
Bowler
Rizwan | Pakistan captain: Can't say anything in this kind of match. Thing was going quite fast. We tried our best with bat. If you look at the whole match, credit to Maxwell. Not just this match, the last couple of years as well. Will try our best at SCG.
Maxwell, POTM: Certainly had a lot of fun out there. To get the opportunity to bat for an over in the powerplay was great fun. There was a little bit of tack in the wicket. Bowlers did a great job. Few of us had packed our bags expecting the game to be called off. Credit to the guys. The two opening batsmen did a great job. From there the batters came out there with the intent to clear the ropes.
21:51 Local Time, 11:51 GMT, 17:21 IST: Australia win the first T20I by 29 runs - a very healthy margin in a 7-over contest. It all happened so quickly, right from the rain stopping to umpires immediately announcing a 7-over match, and Australia came out all guns blazing after being put in to bat. Maxwell and Stoinis connected a few, taking them to a formidable total of 94, and Pakistan never looked like getting those runs as they lost a heap of wickets in going for the big shots. Australian bowlers, Bartlett and Ellis in particular, were pretty good with some of the slower balls they executed, and when they went for pace-on deliveries, Pakistan found the pace and bounce at the Gabba too hard to deal with as well.
END OF OVER 7
11 Runs
PAK: 64 - 9
1 2 6 2 W W
Naseem Shah
0 (1)
Abbas Afridi
20 (10)
Adam Zampa
1-0-11-2
Zampa to Naseem Shah, out Bowled!! Zampa wraps it up with a neat little two-fer. Again fired in quick at 98kph, zips through off a length as Naseem looks to slog from the crease. He's beaten on the inside edge and it crashes into middle and leg. Naseem Shah b Zampa 0(1)
Zampa to Naseem Shah, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
Naseem Shah, right handed bat, comes to the crease
Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, out Bowled!! Fires it in on a length, Shaheen advances for a big shot but is nowhere close to the pitch of it, the ball zips through between bat and pad and just about clips the outside of leg stump. Shaheen Afridi b Zampa 11(6) [6s-1]
Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, 2 runs, very quick from Zampa as he fires it in. Shaheen is beaten for pace looking for the slog and drags it off a thick inside edge through midwicket
Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, SIX, big slog-sweep from Shaheen and he clears the midwicket boundary! Full around off, slightly slower, and he gets enough to clear the ropes. The fielder tried jumping over the ropes to flick it back but couldn't do so
Zampa to Shaheen Afridi, 2 runs, flat outside off, skidding through off a length, Shaheen looks to slap it away and slices it over point
Zampa to Abbas Afridi, 1 run, fired in very full on off, Abbas can't get under it as he drives to long-on
Adam Zampa, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack
First over of spin in the match
END OF OVER 6
6 Runs
PAK: 53 - 7
0 W 0 1 4 L1
Abbas Afridi
19 (9)
Shaheen Afridi
1 (2)
Nathan Ellis
2-0-9-3
Nathan Ellis to Abbas Afridi, leg byes, 1 run, 107kph, slower ball down leg, Abbas looks to flick it away but it goes off the pad to short fine
Nathan Ellis to Abbas Afridi, FOUR, another good strike from Abbas! Good length around off, he clears the front leg and smacks it straight back over the bowler's head
Nathan Ellis to Shaheen Afridi, 1 run, full toss on middle, driven to long-on
Nathan Ellis to Shaheen Afridi, no run, fast bouncer this time from Ellis at 137kph, Shaheen looks to pull but is beaten for pace. It zips through to the keeper
Shaheen Afridi, left handed bat, comes to the crease
Nathan Ellis to Haseebullah Khan, out Caught by Matthew Short!! Short of length at the body, speed gun shows it's at 121kph - a cutter maybe - and Haseebullah tries to pull hard. But he gets it high on the bat and miscues it to deep midwicket. No mistake from Short who takes it comfortably. Haseebullah Khan c Matthew Short b Nathan Ellis 12(8) [4s-1 6s-1]