Australia Completes T20 Series Sweep Against Pakistan

Marcus Stoinis holds the sixth position among Australia’s all-time top run-scorers in T20 cricket. In the third T20 match held in Hobart, Pakistan posted a total of 117 runs in 18.1 overs, with Babar contributing 41 runs from 28 deliveries, while Aaron Hardie claimed 3 wickets for 21 runs. Australia then reached 118 for 3 in 11.2 overs, propelled by Marcus Stoinis’s unbeaten 61 runs from 27 balls. Australia secured a seven-wicket victory, thereby winning the series 3-0. Marcus Stoinis delivered an undefeated innings of 61 runs from 27 deliveries, leading Australia to a decisive seven-wicket win over Pakistan and securing a 3-0 clean sweep in the T20 series. His innings, which included five fours and five sixes, enabled Australia to chase down the target of 118 with 8.4 overs remaining at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Earlier in the match, Pakistan experienced a collapse, going from 61 for 1 to being all out for 117. Aaron Hardie claimed 3 wickets for 21 runs, Adam Zampa took 2 for 11, and Spencer Johnson, named player of the series, contributed with 2 wickets for 24 runs. Captain Josh Inglis commented on Stoinis’s performance, stating, “When Stoinis is going like that, he’s really hard to stop.” Inglis is scheduled to join the Australia Test squad for the initial match of a five-Test series against India, commencing on Friday in Perth. Australia had previously won the first T20 match in Brisbane by 29 runs and the second in Sydney by 13 runs. In related news, Pakistan has named former fast bowler Aqib Javed as their interim white-ball coach. This appointment follows Gary Kirsten’s resignation last month. Test coach Jason Gillespie had overseen the Australia tour, during which Pakistan achieved their first one-day series victory in Australia in 22 years. Javed’s tenure is set to commence with the tour of Zimbabwe on Sunday and will continue until the Champions Trophy, an event hosted by Pakistan that starts in February.