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When opener Aaron Finch and D & C Arcy Short dug 96 out of 9.5 overs, the Aussies watched at least 200 batters first in the T20 final against Pakistan in Harare overnight.
That they ran out with 8- 183 thanks to another batting collapse with Glenn Maxwell gone for five, Marcus Stoinis for 12, Travis Head for 19, Alex Carey for two, Ashton Agar for seven, and AJ Tye for a first duck ball – after Finch scored 47 and runs 76, in his best tournament timeline
Even the predictable collapse should not have worried them – 183 was a very defensible total if the Australian attack focused on the line and the length.
And when Pakistan was 2-3 in their first with Finch's inspiring call on Maxwell's offensives to open the bowling alley, baderting a kick from a wide and grabbing another grabbed at point, the Australians were sitting pretty.
But no one thought of the daring combination, "
Not only did Pakistan reach the victory to set a new race-pursuit record, but it won its ninth consecutive series to consolidate its position as the world's number one T20.
The stunning defeat left the Australians reddened by the Harare sun.
At the presentation, Captain Finch congratulated Pakistan for his riposte with the ball, and his incredible pursuit race.
But there is a good chance he read the act of riot to his troops in the hangar for losing the unfathomable finish.
Maxwell, Stoinis, Head, and Carey were all caught as if the fieldmen were magnets at the ball, while Agar and Tye, Finch could have thought that 220-230 would be the Australian total after such a start to the game
Suddenly, it does not matter when Maxwell surpbaded himself by grabbing 2-3 in his first try. opening, but then he went 21 in his second – and Pakistan was en route.
In the wash, only Paceman Billy Stanlake was true to himself, the rest of his colleagues were integral members of the nightmare, with the possible exception of Jhye Richard
He managed three overtakes for only 12 at a critical moment, but he went to 17 in his final.
Hagar rose to 16 in his only final, just like Jack Wildermuth who had the exclusive embarrbadment of being
It was the worst of my memory since the leggy Johnny Watkins at SCG, also against Pakistan, in the 1973 Test
. The first two deliveries headed for the ravine, with the third landing on the nearby lawn, prompting goalkeeper Rod Marsh to shout, "You're getting closer to Wocka."
Wildermuth was everywhere in the store, and it's hard to understand how he was selected.
Tye dominated the list with 12 wickets at just 12.16 with a savings rate of 7.36, Stanlake was second with seven at 17.57 with an ER rate of 6, 47. and Jhye Richardson was third with seven at 21.28 with an ER of 7.45
But only Stanlake shot last night.
Finch dominated the series with 306 to 76.50, but that is Fakhar Zaman who slaughtered the Australian attack. Last night, with a flash of 91, he has more than 46, with 12 ovens and three maximums.
That took him to second place in the series with 278 points at 55.60 to claim the man-of-match and the man from
Congratulations to Pakistan for a superb race chase, but there will be some Australians who will wonder if they played their last T20.
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