Pakistan (134) fall short as Australia (147/9) win the second T20I by 13 runs taking unassailable 2-0 lead with 1 game remaining

[BouncerGuy]

After suffering a crushing defeat in the opening T20I, the Pakistan team would aim to put in a strong performance in the second match of the three-match T20I series against host Australia.

The second T20I between Australia and Pakistan will be played in Sydney on November 15.

Squads:

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (captain, wicketkeeper), Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Usman Khan.

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

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[BouncerGuy]

Sydney:

Pakistan/Australia T20 Cricket Series

The Pakistan cricket team has arrived in Sydney for the second T20 match.

The second T20 match between Pakistan and Australia will start tomorrow at 7 PM local time.

 

[Vikram1989]

It's raining heavily from morning and rain is predicted till tomorrow afternoon. I don't think scg will have any kind of sluggishness for first 10 overs atleast.sure adv for toss winner

 

[BouncerGuy]

It's raining heavily from morning and rain is predicted till tomorrow afternoon. I don't think scg will have any kind of sluggishness for first 10 overs atleast.sure adv for toss winner

If it is another shortened game then the advantage will be with Australia no matter the toss.

 

[IAJ]

@BouncerGuy Bro, you need to change the date to 16 November in the heading. I thought Pakistan were getting back to back drubbing.

 

[Vikram1989]

If it is another shortened game then the advantage will be with Australia no matter the toss.

It's won't be shortened match.rain will stop by afternoon tomorrow. So it should be a full match

 

[BouncerGuy]

@BouncerGuy Bro, you need to change the date to 16 November in the heading. I thought Pakistan were getting back to back drubbing.

Yeah I changed it... I messed the dates.

hoping for Pakistan to win this game anyways.

 

[BouncerGuy]

It's won't be shortened match.rain will stop by afternoon tomorrow. So it should be a full match

Hope so. These shortened games have no credibility

 

[stani_pak]

I think for this ground a spinner is needed and pakistan should make some changes to the sqaud, ideally 2 max 3. The result is jot that important need to give the guys on the bench a chance to play. Also some change is needee because team combination is all over the place


However I have a funny feeling they will end up going with the same squad as the first t20.

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

I think for this ground a spinner is needed and pakistan should make some changes to the sqaud, ideally 2 max 3. The result is jot that important need to give the guys on the bench a chance to play. Also some change is needee because team combination is all over the place


However I have a funny feeling they will end up going with the same squad as the first t20.

Bro Why pak is not playing spinner they should know it was spinners who made pak win the great test series vs england and aqib rightly pointed out what is your formula in tests at home he clearly said it is spinners vs sena teams.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

I have very little hopes from Pakistan, Australia may take the series tomorrow

 

[Mohraheem]

Pakistan needs to get out of MisbahTukTuk Defensive tactics! Rizwan said “Very fast game” in his interview.. I got a message for Rizwan… no one is going bowl you baby balls before you start hitting hard. You need to grow some strength and start hitting in t20… if you can’t do that .. resign and go play test matches… stop with the dot balls

 

[Kroll]

Looking forward to Pak racking up 285 tomorrow or chasing down 200 in 10 overs if batting second.

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Pak needs to be smart in rain affected games. No point in sending Rizwan as opener during them

 

[Nasty Naz]

I have very little hopes from Pakistan, Australia may take the series tomorrow

Just look at the squad. Full of inexperienced players and full of accumulators.

Squad was changed for the sake of it due to the poor WC but its obvious players like Saim/Fakhar etc need to be in the squad.

 

[gazza619]

Looking forward to Pak racking up 285 tomorrow or chasing down 200 in 10 overs if batting second.

Well there is this new kid on the block who can achieve such feat. He is also seen as future captain by some.

Bhoojo tou jaane…

 

[gazza619]

I have very little hopes from Pakistan

That is actually a positive sign

 

[Kianig89]

Pakistan limit as batting unit is 170, Australia are favourites

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Pakistan limit as batting unit is 170, Australia are favourites

and Australia's limit is 270 so expecting no competition at all.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Looking forward to Pak racking up 285 tomorrow or chasing down 200 in 10 overs if batting second.

RizBar 10 wickets win coming.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Pakistan limit as batting unit is 170, Australia are favourites

Which puts pressure on our bowlers as always as they will have to win the game for us.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

RizBar 10 wickets win coming.

why Australia not going to bat?

 

[emranabbas]

Well there is this new kid on the block who can achieve such feat. He is also seen as future captain by some.

Bhoojo tou jaane…

Are you referring to the player who has played the following impactful innings?

• 25* off 7 balls vs Afghanistan (2021 T20 World Cup)
• 41* off 27 balls vs Zimbabwe
• 38 off 18 balls vs New Zealand
• 39 off 24 balls vs South Africa

 

[hamzie]

Raining at the moment here

 

[gazza619]

Are you referring to the player who has played the following impactful innings?

• 25* off 7 balls vs Afghanistan (2021 T20 World Cup)
• 41* off 27 balls vs Zimbabwe
• 38 off 18 balls vs New Zealand
• 39 off 24 balls vs South Africa

Yeh he has. In addition he averages 0.5 outside of these innings. Quite impactful. Init.

 

[emranabbas]

Yeh he has. In addition he averages 0.5 outside of these innings. Quite impactful. Init.

better than Babar and Rizwan put together in a situation like we had in the last game.

 

[gazza619]

better than Babar and Rizwan put together in a situation like we had in the last game.

Well T20 is converted into T7 and every game is T7 then yes may be. His overall output is terrible though.

 

[emranabbas]

Well T20 is converted into T7 and every game is T7 then yes may be. His overall output is terrible though.

Don't use the T7 excuse asif normally plays the last 2 overs chasing a massive total

A T2 if that's what you like to call it and still does 100x better than babar and rizwan did put together

Reason why he should be up the order instead of Babar and rizwan

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Seems like a cloudy weather with not much rain.. which means 2-0 is on the cards!

 

[mominsaigol]

To my fellow brothers. Might not he able to type much during the game as I'll be watching it live.

However, if anyone of you manages to catch me on camera, I'll be the guy waving at the screen like a maniac with an Australia Zindabad T shirt. Amen.

 

[moghul]

If it is another shortened game then the advantage will be with Australia no matter the toss.

no, weather will be no issue , it will be a full game .

 

[moghul]

Usman Khan should not be in the team , he can only score in slow and low wickets , although Sydney is not a fast wickets but he won;t be able to bat there . To me, Omair Yusus looks more technically sound batter .

 

[BouncerGuy]

Usman Khan should not be in the team , he can only score in slow and low wickets , although Sydney is not a fast wickets but he won;t be able to bat there . To me, Omair Yusus looks more technically sound batter .

I like this idea. Might as well just try Omair instead of Usman hack.

 

[hamzie]

Sun is out

 

[BouncerGuy]

Sun is out

Hope so it remains fine. Want to see a full game.

 

[Devadwal]

I have very little hopes from Pakistan, Australia may take the series tomorrow

Just few day's ago Pakistan fan's were saying this new Age Pakistan team is very different and they are going to win the both of the series against Australia with ease. What happened now?

 

[BouncerGuy]

Just few day's ago Pakistan fan's were saying this new Age Pakistan team is very different and they are going to win the both of the series against Australia with ease. What happened now?

Judging this team based on a 7 over game. Not fair. Pakistan is behind Australia in shorter format but cannot be righting them off based on that.

 

[adi_62941]

Wondering why do shaheen, naseem and rauf has to play each and every match. Should need to select amir jamal and one specialist spinner. Salman nonserious agha is also dont deserve with his amazingly un beautiful pul shots

 

[BouncerGuy]

They should play a spinner for one of the pacers like Maybe Naseem. I would also like Jahandad in the 11

 

[Kianig89]

For SA series we need changes

Fakhar Saim Babar Rizwan Salman Irfan* Abbas SSA Rauf Hasnain Naseem/Spinner *Jehandad

 

[alishahid]

Pakistan got the team completely wrong the other day. Should have played a spinner. But nevertheless too little of a game to judge. Hopefully we see the below line up today

Farhan
Rizwan
Babar
Usman
Salman
Irfan
Jahandad
Minhas
Naseem/Abbas
Shaheen
Haris

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan got the team completely wrong the other day. Should have played a spinner. But nevertheless too little of a game to judge. Hopefully we see the below line up today

Farhan
Rizwan
Babar
Usman
Salman
Irfan
Jahandad
Minhas
Naseem/Abbas
Shaheen
Haris

Good team. I would love to see this team as well.

 

[Ahmed216]

Salman Agha should be nowhere close to any T20 side. Just a pathetic selection

 

[alishahid]

Good team. I would love to see this team as well.

In the long run, replace farhan with fakhar and replace salman with a solid big hitter and pak got a very strong team. Babar and rizwan wont be going anywhere so leaving out saim.

Look at the way srilanka is playing its cricket under jayasuriya. Its an amazing transformation that has happened in the last few months. Charith is doing an amazing job as well. So a good coach and a good captain is needed. Rizwan and jason would bring about that combo

 

[BouncerGuy]

Salman Agha should be nowhere close to any T20 side. Just a pathetic selection

He is the VC of the team because of his ODI stint.

 

[Mercurial]

Why is there no spinner in the playing XI? Shadab Khan should be batting at No. 8 as a spin all-rounder. There is no proper batting all-rounder who can also bowl four overs, like Aamer Yamin. Kamran Ghulam should be in the playing XI too; he can bowl if required.

This batting lineup is pathetic, and the tail is far too long for T20I cricket. Haseebullah shouldn’t be playing as a specialist batsman, and Agha Salman shouldn’t be playing T20I cricket at all. Irfan Khan is too inexperienced.

My main concerns are the lack of a proper spinner, a long tail, and not having at least five proper batsmen in the playing XI.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Why is there no spinner in the playing XI? Shadab Khan should be batting at No. 8 as a spin all-rounder. There is no proper batting all-rounder who can also bowl four overs, like Aamer Yamin. Kamran Ghulam should be in the playing XI too; he can bowl if required.

This batting lineup is pathetic, and the tail is far too long for T20I cricket. Haseebullah shouldn’t be playing as a specialist batsman, and Agha Salman shouldn’t be playing T20I cricket at all. Irfan Khan is too inexperienced.

My main concerns are the lack of a proper spinner, a long tail, and not having at least five proper batsmen in the playing XI.

Arafat Minhas can be tried here. He can bat

 

[PakPremi]

Well T20 is converted into T7 and every game is T7 then yes may be. His overall output is terrible though.

Flopped even in sixes tournament.

 

[Mercurial]

Arafat Minhas can be tried here. He can bat

Arafat Minhas can be tried here. He can bat

But he has only played 9 T20s, which makes his selection utterly ridiculous. However, considering the limited options we have right now, he should be picked.

 

[adi_62941]

There is no single good hitter in batting lineup. All are same level players when it comes to power hitting.
Jehandad should play instead of naseem. Naseem is a waste in T20s. He has same length of bowling either irrespective of the format. No brain only looks

 

[imshally81]

How is weather today ?

 

[BouncerGuy]

How is weather today ?

Looks pretty ok to me.

 

[mominsaigol]

How is weather today ?

Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs. Pun intended.

It's cloudy atm

 

[BouncerGuy]

Pakistan T20I Performance at Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches - 3
Won - 2
Lost - 0
No Result - 1
%W - 66.66

 

[mominsaigol]

Pakistan T20I Performance at Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches - 3
Won - 2
Lost - 0
No Result - 1
%W - 66.66

Australia and Pakistan have never met in SCG? That's surprising. Cause ik Pakistan has never beaten aus in aus in t20

 

[BouncerGuy]

Toss update:

Australia have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

[imshally81]

Australia won the toss and bat again

 

[Mohraheem]

Hoping not to see tuktuk today

 

[imshally81]

Toss update:

Australia have won the toss and have opted to bat

One batsman is short in Pakistani team

 

[mominsaigol]

Toss update:

Australia have won the toss and have opted to bat

Pakistan's t20 side is so weak compared to their odi side smh.

 

[Rana]

Kasam kha li hai Shaheen, Naseem aur Rauf main so koi rest nahi kari ga

Excellent rotation policy by PCB

 

[jattafridi]

Australia 221

PAKISTAN 168

Come on Pakistan

 

[BouncerGuy]

Good to see a left-arm chinaman in the squad.
Hoping for him to do well.

 

[emranabbas]

Kasam kha li hai Shaheen, Naseem aur Rauf main so koi rest nahi kari ga

Excellent rotation policy by PCB

Rotation policy by rizwan and babar then pcb

It was better had aqib stuck to selecting the playing xi than giving rizwab an input

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Kasam kha li hai Shaheen, Naseem aur Rauf main so koi rest nahi kari ga

Excellent rotation policy by PCB

Bro if they rest Australia will score 200.

Rizwan karay ga 200?

 

[mango_bite77]

Anything over 170 would be out of chase for Pak. Again reiterating, who is the think tank behind dropping Saim for T20s.

 

[mominsaigol]

Anything over 170 would be out of chase for Pak. Again reiterating, who is the think tank behind dropping Saim for T20s.

They dropped him due to poor form in t20. Management felt he was only suited to tests and odi where in tests he was slowly accumulating 50's.

Moronic Management has no clue how to groom players .

Imagine dropping an all format player (saim) for a test player (Farhan) in t20

 

[mango_bite77]

Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs. Pun intended.

It's cloudy atm

Have a lovely time.

 

[mango_bite77]

They dropped him due to poor form in t20. Management felt he was only suited to tests and odi where in tests he was slowly accumulating 50's.

Moronic Management has no clue how to groom players .

Imagine dropping an all format player (saim) for a test player (Farhan) in t20

We badly need him and Fakhar in the team, at any cost.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Another day another hammering?

 

[MenInG]

Sydney and spinners do well?

 

[mominsaigol]

Have a lovely time.

The weather is nice. It's cloudy but a few clear skies. Half full crowd atm and it'll likely fill up soon. Plus it's the beginning of summer. Not too hot, not too cold either. Beautiful day today.

Sydney is the place to watch cricket. Every other place always has empty stadiums. Even MCG is empty unless it's a tournament or the ashes or BGT or something like that.

 

[hamzie]

Decent crowd here at the stadium

 

[Rana]

Yes Razor

 

[Mohraheem]

Aggressive start by Aussie! Pakistan should learn something … not every match is a misbahpassion Tuktuk style match

 

[emranabbas]

Ye kya hogaya? Shaheen akram afridi

 

[Rana]

Beautiful effort by Naseem

 

[emranabbas]

Poor pakistani fans at the stadium already looking depressed

 

[Rana]

22 in first over

Pakistan will score this in 3

 

[emranabbas]

But but but it's t7 match so it's OK to have a phainty