Pakistan vs Australia highlights: PAK beat AUS by 111 runs in Lahore

Mohammad Nawaz has picked up two more wickets and got his five-wicket haul. First, it was Phillipe who slog-swept and square-leg took the catch, and then Cooper Coonelly charged one down the track and got stumped. And then it was Abrar's turn, who scalped Mitchell Owen.

Mohammad Nawaz has picked up another set batter, Green, too. The ball was pitched and turned away from the right-hander, and the batter lost his off-stump. It has been trial by the spin for the Aussies through the series and they have failed every single time through the tournament.

Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green are in the middle for Australia. It is very hard to see how Australia can win this game, but it will not be a bad time for Stoinis and Green to test themselves later in the innings by treating this as a simulation for the world cup. Well, the pressure cannot be matched, but the quality of bowling would not be that different.

Matt Renshaw has fallen here. That is the second wicket for Shaheen Shah Afridi in this spell. He has been able to swing the ball both ways, and Renshaw, not knowing what to do, tried to play the scoop shot and lost his stumps. Australia has lost three wickets in the first three overs and it seems like heading into the World Cup, Australia are going to be whitewashed.

Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Khawaja Nafay(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed

Australia (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Philippe(w), Mitchell Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Adam Zampa

Shadab Khan is the last man to fall. He did bat pretty well, certainly has turned the game on its head. This is the approach Pakistan need going into the World Cup, and Babar Azam has played pretty well here, anchoring the innings. However, he could have certainly looked to play a few more shots and up the ante.

Nafay is the last wicket to fall. He was hitting the ball pretty cleanly before he perished. Coonelly tossed one up, which the batter tried to whack through the long-off region, but got the toe-end, and the ball went high in the air and a fielder at long-off came in a bit and took a simple catch. Neverhtless it was a pretty good innings from the batter.

Pakistan, for the third game in a row, have batted pretty well in the first 10. Going into the World Cup, it is a huge positive for them. Time and again in the tournaments gone by, their batting has been something which has not come together, but so far in this series, the way they have batted signs seem to be positive.

Babar Azam has come early on here. He did not have a good series so far, but today he has all the time to get himself in the powerplay rotate strike through the middle overs and accelerate in the final overs, which is how an orthodox Babar Azam T20I innings looks like. It is a pretty good start, though, for Pakistan in the power play here.

Mathew Kuhnemann and Mathew Short have taken the new ball for Australia here first up. Yes, Australia does have an issue with their fifth bowler, but Pakistan batters would be happier to face part-timers/all-rounders who are also spinners than the pacers Australia possesses in this attack. Well, what do we know as we update Fakhar Zaman falls.

It's the same pitch that featured in the first game. It’s the same sort of surface. It’s a used pitch, so there’ll be a little more spin on it. The pace won’t really be there, it won’t skip onto the bat. The curators have done a massive job. To be able to produce dry pitches in this weather is something you have to applaud. I think these are the pitches Pakistan wanted. Now, the interesting fact, we spoke about this yesterday, is the pace at which you bowl. Pakistan’s spinners are much slower than Australia’s, and because of that slowness, they’ve got more out of the surface. It’s a challenge to construct runs when you’re not used to pitches that don’t come onto the bat. And I don’t think spin is the problem. I don’t think turn is the problem. It’s actually the pace of the surface that Australia are struggling with. I don’t think it’s a surface where you can use the pace. Ramp shots and playing behind the wicket are quite difficult. What you can do is try and get at the ball. When it’s bowled slowly, you have the opportunity to come down the wicket. I think the use of feet has been lacking. We’ve seen batters stuck at the crease, trying to use pace that simply isn’t there. One thing they can do is actually run at the bowling, because Pakistani bowlers are giving you that chance. Once again, fair to say spin will play a part.

Hopefully we get a chaseable total today. We’ve got to look at the conditions over the last few games and hopefully we can respond to that. Any time you’re in these circumstances, there are always lessons to come out of it. We need to keep our intent, and it’s an important game for us to hopefully finish the series with a win. There are four changes. (Remember the changes?) No, I never do.

Mitchell Marsh(c), Matthew Short, Cameron Green, Matt Renshaw, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Philippe(w), Mitchell Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Adam Zampa

Pakistan Squad: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Agha(c), Babar Azam, Usman Khan(w), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Usman Tariq, Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Salman Mirza, Khawaja Nafay

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