Australia (93/4) comfortably defeat Pakistan (64/9) by 29 runs in first T20I match to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series

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After a thrilling ODI series in which Pakistan came from behind to defeat Australia 2-1, the two cricketing giants are set to face off in a three-match T20I series, beginning with the first match on Thursday, November 14, in Brisbane.

This will be Pakistan's first T20I assignment since their disappointing exit from the T20 World Cup in June, where they were knocked out in the first round after losses to arch-rivals India and debutants USA. Babar Azam, who led the team during the World Cup, has been replaced by Mohammad Rizwan, who received widespread praise for his leadership in the ODI series. The wicketkeeper-batter will be eager to lead from the front and guide his team to another series victory.

Pakistan's squad features several fresh faces, including promising young talents like Omair Yousuf and Sufyan Moqim, who made their debuts at the Asian Games last year. Additionally, Salman Ali Agha has earned his first T20I call-up. The bowling attack boasts the formidable trio of Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Naseem Shah. Babar Azam is expected to play a crucial role as the anchor in the batting lineup.

Australia have assembled a strong squad, despite the absence of their frontline pacers, who are focused on preparing for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The Aussies reached the Super Eight stage of the T20 World Cup but were eliminated after losses to India and Afghanistan. After sweeping Scotland 3-0 in a T20I series, Australia played two T20Is against England, which ended in a 1-1 draw after the final game was washed out.

Key players to watch for Australia include Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis in the batting department. The opening pair of Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk will need to improve after disappointing performances in all three ODIs. Adam Zampa will lead the bowling attack, supported by Sean Abbott, Spencer Johnson, and others.


Squads:

Australia
Squad: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Josh Inglis(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Adam Zampa, Xavier Bartlett, Nathan Ellis, Josh Philippe, Spencer Johnson

Pakistan Squad: Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Babar Azam, Arafat Minhas, Omair Yousuf, Haseebullah Khan, Irfan Khan, Usman Khan, Agha Salman, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Jahandad Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Abbas Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem

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Hoping Rizwan sees it how it is and brings back the RizBar opening partnership. We went from tripping up at the final hurdle in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the T20 WC to being disasterous in the 2023 edition.

Rizwan and Babar up top followed by three or four batsmen who can play explosive cameos is the best batting template for Pakistan. Stop trying to play like England when you don't have the players for that style of cricket.
 
It is time for Rizwan to experiment with other opening combination rather than just getting him and Babar. I would love to see Rizwan & Farhan or even Usman. Let this series be the experiment for the bigger platforms.

Because we all know Riz-Babar can surely perform better considering the experience they have but they have failed to deliver it in last 2 T20 WCs, so better try something else and if nothing works, then u can move back to option number 1.
 
Hoping Rizwan sees it how it is and brings back the RizBar opening partnership. We went from tripping up at the final hurdle in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the T20 WC to being disasterous in the 2023 edition.

Rizwan and Babar up top followed by three or four batsmen who can play explosive cameos is the best batting template for Pakistan. Stop trying to play like England when you don't have the players for that style of cricket.

Do we have three or four explosive batsmen that you are talking about?
 
Looks like rain effected game. There are showers before 18:00 and after 20:00.
 
Hoping Rizwan sees it how it is and brings back the RizBar opening partnership. We went from tripping up at the final hurdle in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the T20 WC to being disasterous in the 2023 edition.

Rizwan and Babar up top followed by three or four batsmen who can play explosive cameos is the best batting template for Pakistan. Stop trying to play like England when you don't have the players for that style of cricket.
We got to the final. And yet the criticism was immense, saying Babar should be sacked, anything less than a trophy is a fail etc. This is why these guys show no confidence batting. The pressure is just too much and doesn’t help. When we lose people blame overconfidence yet I’ve never seen Pakistan batting over confidently.

There’s just too much of a tendency by media, fans and team to panic and overreact. It doesn’t help team mentality. We went crazy with changes, playing full youngster teams to the slaughter, going all in on Azam and Saim etc. it was all too much and we didn’t even have settled team by World Cup.

I think Babar dropping down to 3 was fine, we all know Babar can perform at 3 anyway. However an experienced opener should have taken his place fakhar or Usman, see if that combination works better. Saim was too young and couldn’t be expected to instantly perform for a World Cup like fakhar would be expected to. We can’t even put the theory that an aggressive opener would be better to rest because a lot of saims failures might be simply due to his young age and inexperience.

We shouldn’t have even bothered with Azam Khan. Only one of Imad or Shadab should have played. I don’t think I would have played Amir over Haris Rauf either. It should have been little small changes such as the opening situation while giving the rest of the team confidence in their settled positions. Same with ODI World Cup we were messing around with opening combination before and during World Cup.

Small gradual changes should have been carried out. Not the huge amounts of messing around with players in different positions. It creates an unsettled team which will as a result usually underperform.
 
Hoping Rizwan sees it how it is and brings back the RizBar opening partnership. We went from tripping up at the final hurdle in the 2021 and 2022 editions of the T20 WC to being disasterous in the 2023 edition.

Rizwan and Babar up top followed by three or four batsmen who can play explosive cameos is the best batting template for Pakistan. Stop trying to play like England when you don't have the players for that style of cricket.

Rizbar template will NEVER give Pakistan any trophy.
 
Hoping to see some new faces in the team. Want Farhan to be given a go here..
 
what will be the playing 11 today?

babar
rizwan
usman
shaheen
naseem
haris
Salman ali agha
irfan

3 more???
 
They got much closer to one in 2021 and 2022. 2023 was a disaster but obviously this isn't evidence for you.
Pakistan lost semi final, final of worldcup due to Rizbar.

And lost the asia cup final due to rizbar as well.

Rizwan and Babar, neither of them are t20 players.
 
The ideal lineup Pak should have today:

Farhan
Rizwan
Babar
Usman
Agha
Jahandad
Irfan
Abbas
Shaheen
Rauf
Naseem
 
How bad is the rain actually? can someone confirm who is in Brisbane?
 
How bad is the rain actually? can someone confirm who is in Brisbane?
Not in Brisbane but the forecast tells me that it should be clear for the next 2-3 hours and if it rains. It might rain later in the game but it shouldn't be more than a drizzle. We might have full game even if there are pauses
 
Not in Brisbane but the forecast tells me that it should be clear for the next 2-3 hours and if it rains. It might rain later in the game but it shouldn't be more than a drizzle. We might have full game even if there are pauses
According to many sources, thunderstorms are predicted, not drizzles. Hope it's drizzles though.
 
Not in Brisbane but the forecast tells me that it should be clear for the next 2-3 hours and if it rains. It might rain later in the game but it shouldn't be more than a drizzle. We might have full game even if there are pauses
I am also hearing there have been storm warnings going on in Brisbane. I hope we can get a full game.
 
Toss delayed more rain expected later. No play expected till 7 as per cricinfo.

May be a short game of 10-15 overs.
 
Pakistan lost semi final, final of worldcup due to Rizbar.

And lost the asia cup final due to rizbar as well.

Rizwan and Babar, neither of them are t20 players.
Pakistan lost as a team.

Semi final: Rizwan did well scored 50 too, Fakhar played a quick cameo, rest entire batting failed including Malik, Iftikhar, Asif. Still it was in bag, until Hassan celebrated before even taking the catch. So only Rizbabar was not responsible.

Final: Major blame goes to Babar, he played slow and fell prey to Rashid. Rizwan got out early But still no one showed up as a batter, Iftikhar, Haris, Nawaz. Also we were never in a game, untill Naseem gave us hope which was again crushed by Shaheen's injury.

Asia cup Final: We lost because of Babar, mainly due to his captaincy after having opponents 40-5. Later in batting Rizwan scored slow because Babar fell in first over, Fakhar 0(1). Ifti scored run a ball 30 and then single digit from rest.

So it's not always it was Rizbabar, yes they were responsible too, but they were not the only ones
 
Rain rain go away
Come again another day
Babar Azam wants to play
Or his place might sway
 
If the ground dries, we can get a match. There’s no rain forecast between 6-8 PM, with only a 60% chance after 9 PM.
 
There is no rain at the moment, but loud thunderstorms and dark clouds are looming over the Gabba, Brisbane

The five over cut off time is 8.29pm local time
 
There is no rain at the moment, but loud thunderstorms and dark clouds are looming over the Gabba, Brisbane

The five over cut off time is 8.29pm local time
That's such a short cut off time. We aren't having any game then.
 
Looks like weather is clearing but still it is gonna take some time

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why dont they just do the toss and save the time Never really understood that part. they will have toss and there will be 15 20 min delay again for match to start
 
What's going on? Time to go back to sleep?
Yes it's a washout.

Theirs no rain but way too many lightning strikes close to the ground and it is raining in some parts of brisbane.

The won't play in lightning for safety of players.
 
Fox cricket transmission discussing BGT and showing past videos. Incredible to see test cricket promotion during T20 games
 
Considering they haven't moved on the ground. It would be a miracle if we can have a 5 overs game even
 
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