Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

Saim Ayub
Saim Ayub
56(37) 6x4 - 2x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
1 0 7 2 27 9 5 5
Babar Azam
Babar Azam
50(36) 3x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
0 4 6 7 13 2 5 13

Best performances - Bowlers

Mohammad Nawaz(3)
Mohammad Nawaz(3)
O4
M0
R18
W5
Eco4.5
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Shah Afridi
O3
M0
R16
W2
Eco5.33
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

Pakistan won the 3-match series 3-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

16.00 start, First Session 16.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-17.50, Second Session 17.50-19.20

Match days

1 February 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Rvel Zahid

Thank you for joining us throughout the series. Pakistan are up and raring for the upcoming T20 World Cup and Australia have some areas to work on. For now, it's goodbye from me, Rvel Zahid. Ciao!

Mitch Marsh, Australia Captain: Pakistan certainly outplayed us throughout the whole series. As I said yesterday, there are learnings for us in this series. Chasing is hard on that surface; when you are chasing a total on this wicket, you need partnerships. Again, we will take learnings from that. We will certainly address this series and look forward to the World Cup--exciting times for us. Looking forward to Sri Lanka and thank you to Pakistan for (hosting). It was awesome, the crowd was fantastic and we thoroughly enjoyed it

Salman Ali Agha, Pakistan Captain: I think it's a complete performance. From the last two days, we have been excellent in all departments; I can't find any mistakes. We dominated them. I am in a great frame of mind right now. I know how to handle the captaincy when I go out to bat and I really want to do that in the World Cup as well. (On Shaheen) He has been outstanding. We have not been playing him regularly because we want to save him for the World Cup but whenever he has bowled, he has done well--Naseem as well. (On spin arsenal) It is not easy when you have five spinners and only 20 overs because they are all outstanding bowlers and whenever they come on, they take wickets. I don't see myself bowling many overs (already five). We have talked about our fielding well post-Asia Cup. We didn't do well in Sri Lanka; we sat down before this series, talked about how we were off, and wanted to make a mark here

Mohammad Nawaz, Player of the Match: When you get these type of conditions, you want to perform well and make an impact for the team. When you get this type of surface, you tend to focus on basics because not every ball was spinning biut it was slow and the idea was to keep it away from their arc and let them do what they want. I try to bowl in good areas and not bowl at batters' strengths and not feed on their strengths.

This is Australia's biggest T20I defeat

This result must have dented Australia's confidence. They are usually fierce competitors but this squad lacks experience and struggled against the trial by spin. Pakistan ticked all the boxes and field a side well suited to spin-friendly conditions. Australia were bundled out for 96 and simply did not have the skills to dominate against quality spin. Nawaz picked up a five-for, while Shaheen struck twice in the powerplay getting the ball to swing. Abrar and Naseem kept things tight, making it another stress-free day at the office for a well-oiled bowling attack. Earlier, Saim and Babar both brought up sparkling fifties but it was Shadab's blistering innings that propelled the total past 200. Nafay's cameo proved helpful, while Zampa bowled only two overs and didn't come out to bat (we're hearing he has picked a groin injury) , and others were tonked for plenty. The gulf between the two sides was evident and once again it turned out to be a complete mismatch

16.5
W
Naseem Shah to Kuhnemann, OUT, Around the wicket, bouncer climbs up slowly and he gets cramped him for room, lunging at it and slices it to Fakhar at backward point region. Pakistan complete a comprehensive whitewash of Australia

MP Kuhnemann c Fakhar Zaman b Naseem Shah 5 (10m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 62.5

16.4
0
Naseem Shah to Kuhnemann, no run, Pace-off leg-cutter hung away outside off, kept low and he does't connect
16.3
1
Naseem Shah to Dwarshuis, 1 run, Fires in a rapid yorker that tails away from off, digs it out to long off
16.2
0
Naseem Shah to Dwarshuis, no run, pace off and around the line off, swing and a miss
16.1
2
Naseem Shah to Dwarshuis, 2 runs, Over the wicket, rolling his fingers on it, pitched on a length and slanted across off, crunched to deep extra cover

END OF OVER:
16 | 6 Runs | AUS: 93/8 (115 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.81, RRR: 28.75)

  • Ben Dwarshuis4 (5b)
  • Matthew Kuhnemann5 (6b)
  • Faheem Ashraf1-0-6-0
  • Abrar Ahmed3-0-18-1
15.6
1
Faheem Ashraf to Dwarshuis, 1 run, Bowls it short and wide off, reaches out and punches to cover for a run

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2MR MarshMW Short
2nd2MW ShortC Green
3rd12MT RenshawC Green
4th44MP StoinisC Green
5th3C GreenJR Philippe
6th19JR PhilippeMJ Owen
7th0CPL ConnollyMJ Owen
8th4BJ DwarshuisMJ Owen
9th10BJ DwarshuisMP Kuhnemann