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The Australian juggernaut continues to march on with one eye on their title defense at the T20 World Cup next month. Before that, there's another game in this series to be played which will take place at the Manuka Oval on Sunday. With the series wrapped up, perhaps we could see a few changes in that contest. For now though, that's all we have from the coverage of this contest. This has been Pratyush, alongside my partner, Abhishek. Thank you for joining our coverage. See ya!
Australia won by 8 wickets!
Beth Mooney - 46 (29) | Alana King - 2/10 Muneeba Ali - 33 (43) | Nida Dar - 2/27
Game. Set. Match. Australia complete another convincing victory this evening and seal the T20I series by winning the first two games. It was all a bit too comfortable for them since the start, using nine bowlers to restrict Pakistan to a minimal total before chasing it down without a fuss.
Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning were the only two players who didn't bowl in the first innings. The two opened the batting and did most of the hard work by cruising along in the run chase. Lanning showed her class once more to tick along in the innings before being dismissed by Nida Dar.
The all-rounder could have had the wicket of Mooney early on when the left-hander was at 14 off 16. However, the missed stumping chance proved to be costly as Mooney effortlessly switched gears to race close to a half-century before being eventually being dismissed by Dar.
Those two successes in the field was all that the Pakistan bowlers got from their end. McGrath did her bit, finishing the innings off like she so often does, alongside Ash Gardner, who put on a show for the crowd. It's a comfortable win for Australia to take an unassailable two-nil lead in the series.
12.4 Sadia Iqbal to Tahlia McGrath, FOUR TO FINISH THINGS! Length on off, McGrath rocks back and cuts it square past point for a boundary. Australia win by 8 wickets!
12.3 Sadia Iqbal to Tahlia McGrath, length on off, played towards covers for no runs.
12.2 Sadia Iqbal to Ashleigh Gardner, full on off, drilled towards mid on for a single.
12.1 Sadia Iqbal to Ashleigh Gardner, cut towards point for a single.
Sadia Iqbal [3.0-0-24-0] is back into the attack
Well, another over to go then and quite fittingly, Ash Gardner has the chance to score the winning runs for Australia. Remember, she also got the ball rolling by taking the first wicket in the first innings. Australia need 2 runs to win.
12
overs
95/2score
0
1
1
1
1
0
runs
Tahlia McGrath*
10(8)
Ashleigh Gardner
4(3)
Sana Fatima
0/17
11.6 Fatima Sana to Tahlia McGrath, length and outside off, sliced towards point for no runs.
11.5 Fatima Sana to Ashleigh Gardner, short again as Gardner keeps it on the ground towards deep square leg.
11.4 Fatima Sana to Tahlia McGrath, a slower length delivery on middle, tucked towards square leg for a single.
11.3 Fatima Sana to Ashleigh Gardner, a short one on the middle stump line, Gardner pulls it away towards deep fine leg.
11.2 Fatima Sana to Tahlia McGrath, length on off, swiveled on the backfoot towards deep point.
11.1 Fatima Sana to Tahlia McGrath, full on off, driven towards extra cover.
Fatima Sana [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Australia are one big hit away from victory and wrapping up this series now. You'd back McGrath and Gardner to wrap things up in this over.
11
overs
91/2score
4
4
0
4
W
2
runs
Ashleigh Gardner*
2(1)
Tahlia McGrath
8(4)
Nida Dar
2/27
10.6 Nida Dar to Ashleigh Gardner, full on middle and leg, tucked towards deep square leg for a couple.
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Tahlia McGrath
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Sana Fatima
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Bellerive Oval, Hobart
