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Australia put an end to its first tour to Pakistan in 24 years with a 3-wicket win. It was a complete team performance in this one-off T20 of the Pak vs Aus. Contributions from the teammates ensured the visitors a victory having 163 runs on the scoreboard with 5 balls to spare.
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The captain Aaron Finch played an important knock of 55 runs in 45 deliveries. Some small yet crucial innings of the middle-over batters took the team to 163-7 in 19.1 overs. Nathan Ellis scalped 4 wickets for 28 runs and restricted Pakistan to 162-8. Babar Azam was phenomenal and smashed 66 runs in 46 deliveries.
Australia won the 3-Test series 1-0, lost the ODI series 2-1, and won the one-off T20 in the Pak vs Aus series. Some Australian players took a rest from the white-ball series. Also, Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith had to miss the matches due to injuries.
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It has been a wonderful tour and we've loved every bit of it: Aaron Finch post Pak vs Aus series
Finch seemed pleased with his team's white-ball players and how they are forming a dominant lineup for the upcoming World Cups. In the post-match conference, he said, "It was certainly was, the way our bowlers attacked after the start they got, such an inexperienced attack as well was fantastic," said Finch in the post-match conversation. Nathan Ellis came back well after a rough start which showed his character. Really good sign of things to come for our white-ball team. Everything we do will be with one eye on the World Cup – both in the T20 format and the ODIs."
The entire Australian squad felt grateful for this historical series and for being the first Australian team to tour here after 24 years. He said, "From the Australian cricket team and everyone at cricket Australia we are very grateful for the opportunity to be the first Australian team to tour here after 24 years; What the fans have given us, what the PCB have given us and all the staff that has been around us, it has been a wonderful tour and we've loved every bit of it; Thank you to the PCB and the fans - you've made it an incredibly special tour for a lot of people".