- Australia lose third T20 by 33 runs and series 3-0
- ‘We just panicked a little bit again,’ says Aaron Finch
Australia slumped to a grim whitewash defeat in the T20 series against Pakistan, losing the third and final game in Dubai by 33 runs. Chasing 151 to win in the dead rubber, the tourists were bowled out for 117 with five balls to spare in a dismal ending to the tour of the UAE, where they again proved no match for the world’s No 1-ranked T20 side, failing to build any substantial batting partnerships.
The tourists promoted Alex Carey to open alongside captain Aaron Finch, and the decision looked like a stroke of genius when Carey belted 20 off the first over including two sixes. But Finch holed out at mid on in the second over and wicketkeeper Carey followed in the third, squirting a Mohammad Hafeez delivery to Faheem Ashraf in the same spot.
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