Azam, Shadab’s heroics help Pakistan whitewash Australia in T20 series

Pakistan on Sunday ended 3 match T20 series against Australia on a high note with a whitewash by beating visitors by a comfortable margin

Opener Babar Azam struck a half-century and leg-spinner Shadab Khan claimed three wickets to lead Pakistan to a 33-run victory.

Azam’s 40-ball 50 lifted Pakistan to another challenging total of 150-5 before Shadab’s 3-19 helped bowl Australia out for 117 in 19.1 overs.

It is Pakistan’s first-ever whitewash against Australia in a limited-over series and their 10th series win under Sarfraz Ahmed since he took over as captain in September 2016.

Pakistan justified their world-number-one ranking in the shortest format of the game, following a 66-run thrashing in Abu Dhabi with an 11-run win in Dubai.

Australia’s batting line-up never recovered from being bowled out for 89 in the first game.