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Straightforward win for Australia. Exceptional batting by Smith.
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Australia convincingly defeat Pakistan by 7 wickets in 2nd T20I at Canberra
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Mean&Green
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30 runs more and if we had gotten smith we would have probably won still very well played by Pakistan in the bowling department but man I say if we get smith out oh boy this man isn’t getting out to any Pakistan bowler in this summer like I can bet my house on it. If English bowlers couldn’t rattle this guy in England than Pakistani trundlers will be minced down under
There will be always someone meaning if Australia wanted to win around 15 they could loose 2-3 wickets but still they will win.
Apart from Amir both Irfan and Wahab are rubbish. Imad and Sadab both are not threating bowlers.
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Hopefully this will be the last we see of Asif, Wahab and Irfan at the international level.
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Well played Australia.
Pakistan have to make a change in that top order. Fakhar and Haris haven't been performing. One of Imam or Khushdil should come in for the third match.
Good to see Babar scoring runs. Asif Ali needs to play better. Iftikhar was excellent today.
The bowling from Pak. was overall decent today. Just not enough runs on the board. All the bowlers were okay apart from Wahab.
Hopefully we see a couple of changes in the Pakistani team at Perth in the 3rd game.
Pakistan have to make a change in that top order. Fakhar and Haris haven't been performing. One of Imam or Khushdil should come in for the third match.
Good to see Babar scoring runs. Asif Ali needs to play better. Iftikhar was excellent today.
The bowling from Pak. was overall decent today. Just not enough runs on the board. All the bowlers were okay apart from Wahab.
Hopefully we see a couple of changes in the Pakistani team at Perth in the 3rd game.
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But but Smith is rubbish in T20s according to some. 
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Batting less us down, but a couple bowlers didnt do too well either.
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We're losing match after match after match, basically becoming a minnow.
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Australia took a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 International series against Pakistan with a comfortable seven-wicket win in Canberra on Thursday, 5 November.
Steve Smith’s unbeaten 80, his highest T20I score since August 2015, helped steer Australia’s chase of 151, a target they eventually achieved with nine balls to spare. At the other end was Ashton Turner (8*), who had walked in at the departure of Ben McDermott (21), with whom Smith shared a crucial stand worth 58 runs.
The chase started in blazing fashion, with David Warner carting Imad Wasim for four fours in the second over of the innings. However, his quick cameo was truncated by Mohammad Amir, who cleaned him up on 20, ending Warner’s unbeaten run across four T20I innings where he garnered 219 runs.
Smith’s first scoring shot was a six off Amir, a trademark whip that sailed over square leg, but Australia were pegged back soon after, when Aaron Finch sent a Mohammad Irfan delivery straight to mid-off, leaving the side at 48/2.
With more than a 100 still needed, Smith ensured that the runs kept flowing, even as McDermott second-fiddle, scoring just one boundary in his 22-ball knock. When Imad Wasim snared McDermott leg-before, Australia still required 45 from seven overs, but Smith kept the momentum going with back-to-back fours off Amir and Wahab Riaz. He reached his 50 off 36 balls, and pillaged 29 runs off 15 deliveries, with Turner hitting the winning runs off the third ball of the 19th over.
Earlier, it was a late blitz by Iftikhar Ahmed, at No.6, that lifted Pakistan past 150. His 34-ball 62, laden with three sixes and five fours, helped Pakistan score 44 in the last four overs, recovering well after Babar Azam’s exit left them at 106/5.
It was Azam (50) who guided Pakistan in the first half of the innings, slamming his second consecutive fifty and the 12th in the format. Opening the innings, he kept one end busy even as he regularly lost partners on the other side, with Ashton Agar’s twin strikes reducing them to 62/3, and then 70/4.
Despite Iftikhar’s blitz, the total wasn’t nearly enough for Pakistan, handing Australia their sixth win in a row in T20Is, which equalled their unbeaten runs in 2010 and 2017-18. With the first game having been washed out, Pakistan will look to draw the series in Perth, where the third and final game will be played, on 8 November.
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Steve Smith’s unbeaten 80, his highest T20I score since August 2015, helped steer Australia’s chase of 151, a target they eventually achieved with nine balls to spare. At the other end was Ashton Turner (8*), who had walked in at the departure of Ben McDermott (21), with whom Smith shared a crucial stand worth 58 runs.
The chase started in blazing fashion, with David Warner carting Imad Wasim for four fours in the second over of the innings. However, his quick cameo was truncated by Mohammad Amir, who cleaned him up on 20, ending Warner’s unbeaten run across four T20I innings where he garnered 219 runs.
Smith’s first scoring shot was a six off Amir, a trademark whip that sailed over square leg, but Australia were pegged back soon after, when Aaron Finch sent a Mohammad Irfan delivery straight to mid-off, leaving the side at 48/2.
With more than a 100 still needed, Smith ensured that the runs kept flowing, even as McDermott second-fiddle, scoring just one boundary in his 22-ball knock. When Imad Wasim snared McDermott leg-before, Australia still required 45 from seven overs, but Smith kept the momentum going with back-to-back fours off Amir and Wahab Riaz. He reached his 50 off 36 balls, and pillaged 29 runs off 15 deliveries, with Turner hitting the winning runs off the third ball of the 19th over.
Earlier, it was a late blitz by Iftikhar Ahmed, at No.6, that lifted Pakistan past 150. His 34-ball 62, laden with three sixes and five fours, helped Pakistan score 44 in the last four overs, recovering well after Babar Azam’s exit left them at 106/5.
It was Azam (50) who guided Pakistan in the first half of the innings, slamming his second consecutive fifty and the 12th in the format. Opening the innings, he kept one end busy even as he regularly lost partners on the other side, with Ashton Agar’s twin strikes reducing them to 62/3, and then 70/4.
Despite Iftikhar’s blitz, the total wasn’t nearly enough for Pakistan, handing Australia their sixth win in a row in T20Is, which equalled their unbeaten runs in 2010 and 2017-18. With the first game having been washed out, Pakistan will look to draw the series in Perth, where the third and final game will be played, on 8 November.
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He might not have the ability to clear the pickets as regularly as some of his more powerful teammates but Steve Smith proved he can be just as damaging in T20 cricket with a signature innings on Tuesday night in Canberra.
Smith was breathtaking in guiding Australia to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the second Gillette T20I at Manuka Oval, scoring an unbeaten 80 from 51 balls with 11 fours and one six.
It was an innings of two halves – his first 51 came from 36 balls with impeccably timed shots through or over the inner circle and along the lightning outfield, before he opened up his arms to finish off the match with a flurry of boundaries that ranged from audacious to outrageous.
It's hard to believe the right-hander averages just 27.47 in T20I cricket but that figure is a reflection of his early career when he played as a leg-spinner and batted in the lower order. Since he's moved to the top of the order, which began when he was named captain in August 2015, Smith averages 48.57 at No.3 and does so not by muscling fours and sixes but by timing deliveries better than a stopwatch.
"If you look at my batting record in T20 internationals, it's not crash hot," Smith said after play.
"I guess you have to bear in mind … (early in my career) I was batting No.8 or 9, coming in and slogging, facing half a dozen balls tops. It's never easy so it's going to affect your record at some point.
"I don't doubt my ability. I know the tempos of the game … and I've played a lot of (T20) cricket now.
"I may not be as strong as some of the other guys but I use placement and timing.
"The white ball usually flies off the bat particularly when it's brand new. If you're timing the ball well you get value for your shots most places."
Smith's ability to problem solve on the run has astonished the likes of coach Justin Langer and Test legend Steve Waugh, and now the 30-year-old has been dubbed 'Mr Fix It' by his teammates.
When Australia lose early wickets – which has been rare this summer – Smith's ability to analyse the situation of the game and take control of the match has taken the T20 side to another level.
It's a role Smith enjoys playing and one he looks set to occupy for a long time yet.
"If you're chasing you weigh up the situation and what you need and what you need to go at, which bowlers you want to target and just work out the maths in your head and that's chasing," he explained.
"Batting first you have to sum up conditions and how the wicket is playing, what you think a good score is and who is in the opposition, all those sorts of things.
"I've played a lot of cricket now, I'm pretty experienced and my role in this team is to fix it if the top don't come off.
"They (the top order) have been exceptional in these games that we've played, Sri Lanka and the first one against Pakistan before we got washed out.
"They're pretty consistent up top so if they don't come off then it's up to me to fix it."
While Smith's wizardry is becoming almost expected, he still leaves his teammates in awe.
Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar watched Smith's innings from the Manuka Oval dugout and was baffled as to how the No.3 was taking down a formidable Pakistan attack.
"Consistently, guys are turning to each other going 'How the hell does he do that? How does he play that shot?'," Agar told cricket.com.au when asked how the team reacts when Smith is batting.
"But when you actually think about it, it becomes clear, he puts so much time and effort into his batting.
"He's totally obsessed with batting and people call him crazy or special or whatever it may be, but he gets the job done every single time and that's when you're a great player."
Gillette T20 INTLs v Pakistan
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Musa Khan, Shadab Khan, Usman Qadir.
November 3: First T20I, SCG, No result
November 5: Second T20I, Manuka Oval, Australia won by seven wickets
November 8: Third T20I, Perth Stadium, 4.30pm (Fox & Kayo)
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ste...80-career-world-cup-no3-highlights/2019-11-05
Smith was breathtaking in guiding Australia to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the second Gillette T20I at Manuka Oval, scoring an unbeaten 80 from 51 balls with 11 fours and one six.
It was an innings of two halves – his first 51 came from 36 balls with impeccably timed shots through or over the inner circle and along the lightning outfield, before he opened up his arms to finish off the match with a flurry of boundaries that ranged from audacious to outrageous.
It's hard to believe the right-hander averages just 27.47 in T20I cricket but that figure is a reflection of his early career when he played as a leg-spinner and batted in the lower order. Since he's moved to the top of the order, which began when he was named captain in August 2015, Smith averages 48.57 at No.3 and does so not by muscling fours and sixes but by timing deliveries better than a stopwatch.
"If you look at my batting record in T20 internationals, it's not crash hot," Smith said after play.
"I guess you have to bear in mind … (early in my career) I was batting No.8 or 9, coming in and slogging, facing half a dozen balls tops. It's never easy so it's going to affect your record at some point.
"I don't doubt my ability. I know the tempos of the game … and I've played a lot of (T20) cricket now.
"I may not be as strong as some of the other guys but I use placement and timing.
"The white ball usually flies off the bat particularly when it's brand new. If you're timing the ball well you get value for your shots most places."
Smith's ability to problem solve on the run has astonished the likes of coach Justin Langer and Test legend Steve Waugh, and now the 30-year-old has been dubbed 'Mr Fix It' by his teammates.
When Australia lose early wickets – which has been rare this summer – Smith's ability to analyse the situation of the game and take control of the match has taken the T20 side to another level.
It's a role Smith enjoys playing and one he looks set to occupy for a long time yet.
"If you're chasing you weigh up the situation and what you need and what you need to go at, which bowlers you want to target and just work out the maths in your head and that's chasing," he explained.
"Batting first you have to sum up conditions and how the wicket is playing, what you think a good score is and who is in the opposition, all those sorts of things.
"I've played a lot of cricket now, I'm pretty experienced and my role in this team is to fix it if the top don't come off.
"They (the top order) have been exceptional in these games that we've played, Sri Lanka and the first one against Pakistan before we got washed out.
"They're pretty consistent up top so if they don't come off then it's up to me to fix it."
While Smith's wizardry is becoming almost expected, he still leaves his teammates in awe.
Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar watched Smith's innings from the Manuka Oval dugout and was baffled as to how the No.3 was taking down a formidable Pakistan attack.
"Consistently, guys are turning to each other going 'How the hell does he do that? How does he play that shot?'," Agar told cricket.com.au when asked how the team reacts when Smith is batting.
"But when you actually think about it, it becomes clear, he puts so much time and effort into his batting.
"He's totally obsessed with batting and people call him crazy or special or whatever it may be, but he gets the job done every single time and that's when you're a great player."
Gillette T20 INTLs v Pakistan
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Musa Khan, Shadab Khan, Usman Qadir.
November 3: First T20I, SCG, No result
November 5: Second T20I, Manuka Oval, Australia won by seven wickets
November 8: Third T20I, Perth Stadium, 4.30pm (Fox & Kayo)
https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ste...80-career-world-cup-no3-highlights/2019-11-05
A disrupted side with too many changes will not win.
PCB have significantly reduced our chances in the T20 WC by changing The coaching staff and captain.
Pakistan started to build good momentum at the end of the ODI WC and the sensible thing would have been to remain committed despite shortsighted calls for wholesale changes.
We now have a completely new setup and expectations should be lowered significantly as a team that is subject to change do not perform consistently. Also be ready for a revolving door approach for an extended period of time.
PCB have significantly reduced our chances in the T20 WC by changing The coaching staff and captain.
Pakistan started to build good momentum at the end of the ODI WC and the sensible thing would have been to remain committed despite shortsighted calls for wholesale changes.
We now have a completely new setup and expectations should be lowered significantly as a team that is subject to change do not perform consistently. Also be ready for a revolving door approach for an extended period of time.
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We have won 6 consecutive ODIs with 4 in WC and 2 against Srl. Yes in T20s we have been poor in the last years or so.
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But but Smith is rubbish in T20s according to some.
Wouldn't be surprised if it came from [MENTION=143344]babajee[/MENTION] - he said the exact word (in bold) to describe Kane Williamson in the shortest format as well.
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Thats what you will get when you bring oldies for T20Is and put youngsters in for tests..Pathetic!!
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Australia were quite clinical. Pakistan need to play out of their skins to win the 3rd game.
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Pakistan arrive in Perth.
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