Pakistan vs Australia 2nd T20I: PAK beat AUS by 90 runs in 2nd T20, seal series

Oh a beauty from Shadab. Fullish length leg break that zups back in sharply on Cooper Connolly, who had absolutely no idea about that. The ball hits the middle stump.

Connolly b Shadab Khan 1 (4)

Australia 54/5 in 7.3 overs

Cam Green manages to get something out of this powerplay for Australia but Pakistan well ahead overall at this stage.Saim Ayub tossed up the second ball of that over on a length at middle stump, Green tonks it miles up in the air over long on for a six. Then he hits the next ball in the same direction, this time it bounces once before the reaching the boundary for four runs. The next ball is another looped up delivery on length, this time pitching in middle stump. Doesn't matter, Green smashes it over long on for another six. Three runs off the last two balls.

Green on 19 off seven, Renshaw on two off four.

Australia 48/3 in 6 overs

And just like that, Australia's destructive pair are back in the hut! Around the wicket, wide of the crease and Ayub brings it into the stumps with the angle. Head made room and it looks like he is done by the ball staying low. The ball hits the stumps.

Head b Saim Ayub 4 (5)

Australia 22/2 in 3.1 overs

Well, not the fastest of starts considering the usual standards of Marsh and Head but Pakistan would know just how quickly these two alone can make a target close to 200 look quite similar to something around 120. Marsh has seen more of the ball, he is on 12 off eight, Head on four off four.

Like Australia did earlier, Pakistan have also turned to spin straightaway after the first over. Saim Ayub bowled the second and now here comes Abrar Ahmed for the third.

Australia 16/0 in 2 overs

"(On his partnership with Usman Khan) I think we did a good job. In the previous match as well, we had the momentum but after losing back-to-back wickets, it was difficult for the new batsman to get going immediately. I wasn't middling the ball initially but Usman took the pressure off me and it was an important partnership. (Conditions) It's spinning but it's a much better pitch for batting when compared to the last game. (On his fitness) The recovery is going really well. Coming back after surgery is never easy, but thankfully the comeback has been quite good. I’ll try to carry the momentum into my bowling as well. The confidence level needs to be high in ICC tournaments. I feel that both Nawaz and I have very important roles in this team, whether it’s batting or bowling. We both need to stay in good form in both departments."

Xavier Bartlett to bowl the last over of the innings, Usman launches the first ball downtown for four and that takes him to 52 off 34 balls! What a knock this has been from Usman. Pakistan 12 runs away from 200.

Usman Khan is playing a good hand here. Matt Short bowls the 16th over, his second ball is on length outside off, Usman sends it soaring over midwicket for a gigantic six. He takes a single and then Shadab Khan sends the fourth ball over mid off for another six. A single and two run off the last two balls.

Usman on 37 off 27, Shadab on 11 off eight.

Pakistan 155/4 in 16 overs

Well the run rate has dropped off a cliff after that powerplay but even then, it is sitting at a healthy 9.60. Agha got to a brilliant half-century in just 25 balls. He is on 58 off 31 balls, Usman Khan at the other end on eight off as many.

That's another rollicking stand between these two, 55 in just 25 balls. Connolly with a quick one through the air fifth ball of the sixth over, Ayub came down the track to try and hit it over midwicket. Missed it completely and big appeal for LBW which the umpire turns down. Marsh takes the review, pitching in line, impact in line and hitting the stumps.

Now here comes Babar Azam.

Ayub lbw b Connolly 23 (11)

Pakistan 72/2 in 5.5 overs

Well the Pakistan captain has been putting on a show ever since he has walked in. Kuhnemann's fourth ball of the fourth over is sent over extra cover inside out for six. Then Agha skips down the track and smashes the fifth ball through midwicket for four. The sixth is sent over extra cover again, this time for four.

Agha has raced to 26 in 11 balls, Ayub on 18 off eight.

Pakistan 49/1 in 4 overs

Just the five runs off the first four balls and then Ayub skips down the track to the fifth ball, slashes it through cover for four. Bartlett then pitches up the next ball outside off, its drilled past the non-striker for another four.

It's a new surface at the Gaddafi Stadium for the second T20I. Has a covering of dry grass, pretty abrasive and looks slightly more rolled on than what the was the case for the first match. Looks like a good pitch to bat on but spin will play a role.

Salman Ali Agha flips the coin and Mitchell Marsh gets his call wrong. Pakistan are batting first in Lahore

That is what a number of former Pakistan players are asking seeing the squad that Australia have fielded for this series. Travis Head is leading as a stand-in skipper in place of Mitchell Marsh and there are three uncapped players in the squad. Besides, they are without star names like Josh Hazelwood, Tim David, Glenn Maxwell and Nathan Ellias while the players who were available like skipper Marsh, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglish, Scott Abbott and Ben Dwarshuis, did not feature in the first match on Thursday. READ MORE.

Matthew Short, Travis Head(c), Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe(w), Jack Edwards, Xavier Bartlett, Adam Zampa, Mahli Beardman, Mitchell Marsh, Sean Abbott, Marcus Stoinis, Ben Dwarshuis, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann

Saim Ayub and Salman Agha were the architects of Pakistan's victory in the first T20I, with the former giving a glimpse of his potential with both bat and ball. For Australia, it was Adam Zampa who was the standout and the spinner later said that the 2021 T20 World Cup champions could be subject to a trial by spin in the upcoming edition of the tournament as was the case in Lahore in the first T20I. Stay tuned for more updates!