PAK vs AUS 3rd T20I Highlights - Lahore (01 February 2026)

Short and on middle, Babar Azam swats it to wide long on for a single.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Shadab Khan drives it to long on for a run.

Short and around off, Babar Azam punches it through covers for another run.

Good stop! Flighted, full and on off, Shadab Khan uses his feet and drills it wide of long off. The fielder quickly moves to his right and dives to stop the boundary. Two taken.

Shortish and on off, Shadab Khan stabs it out to extra cover.

Floated, full and on off, Shadab Khan pushes it through covers for one.

Flatter, full and around leg, Shadab Khan goes down for the sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads.

Floated, full and outside off, Shadab Khan reaches out for it and stabs it through extra cove for a run.

Drops it a bit short and on iddle, Babar Azam moves back and nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a brace.

Short again and on leg, Babar Azam works it through square leg for one.

FOUR! Streaky but they all count! Flighted, full and on middle, does not turn much. Shadab Khan goes down for the sweep but gets a top edge that flies over the keeper's head and rolls to the fence behind for a boundary.

SIX! Clean strike this time! Matthew Short bowls this a lot quicker, fuller but on the pads. Shadab Khan picks it up, brings his wrists into play and whips it over the deep square leg fence for a biggie. 14 runs off the over!

Short of a length and on off, takes off a bit, Babar Azam dabs it down towards point for a single. He is signalling to his partner that this replacement ball just took off from the deck.

Hard length and on off, Shadab Khan pats it in front of short cover for a run.

Bangs this into the pitch, on middle and leg, takes pace off, Babar Azam rolls his wrists and plays a controlled pull wide of deep square leg for a brace.

Pitched up and around off, Babar Azam slices it away wide of long off for one.

Swing and a miss! Short of a length and outside off, slower again. Shadab Khan backs away a bit too much. He slashes hard to reach out but misses.

FOUR! Finds the gap! This is short again, on middle, pace on this time. Shadab Khan gets on top of the bounce and pulls it away between long on and deep mid-wicket for a boundary.

Floated, full and on middle and leg, turns away, Babar Azam backs away and punches it to long off for a single. It looked like he did not read the spin there.

SIX! Straight as an arrow! Arm ball, full and on middle, angling in. Shadab Khan backs away, gets right underneath it and tonks it over the bowler's head for a biggie.

SIX MORE! Another fine shot! A leg-break, full and on off, turns away. Shadab Khan clears his front leg away, hits it with the spin to loft it over the long on fence for half a dozen more.

Flatter, short and outside off, Shadab Khan cuts it away wide of deep point for a couple of runs.

Swing and a miss! Tossed up, full and on off, turns away, Shadab Khan goes down for the slog sweep but misses.

Pushed through quicker, full and outside off, skids through, Shadab Khan throws his arms at it but misses. Two dots to end the over.

On a length and on off, Babar Azam pushes it towards covers for a single. He moves to 49 now.

SIX! Shadab Khan is dealing in sixes here! Fuller delivery, on middle, Shadab Khan once again gets his front leg out of the way and launches it high and handsomely over the long on fence for another biggie.

SIX! That is an outrageous shot! Ben Dwarshuis bangs this into the pitch and around off. Shadab Khan gets into position for the pull over square leg. However, he adjusts to the line of the ball and swats it down the ground over the long on fence for half a dozen more. Incredible hitting.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Ben Dwarshuis has the last laugh here. He goes fuller and well outside off, angling away to keep it out of the reach of the batter. Shadab Khan just throws his bat at it and is in no position to control his shot. Gets a thick outside edge behind, where Josh Philippe dives to his right to take a sharp catch. Shadab walks back for a fiery 46 off just 19 balls.

Hard length and around off, Mohammad Nawaz has a swipe across the line but misses.

Short of a length and on middle, Mohammad Nawaz pulls it to deep square leg for a run.

WIDE! Good length but way outside off, Mohammad Nawaz fails to reach it. Wided

FOUR! Up and over! Short of a legnth and around off, takes pace off. Mohammad Nawaz opens the face of his bat and glides it over backward point for a boundary.

OUT! TAKEN! Cameron Green gets a wicket now. He goes hard into the pitch, on middle, gets some extra bounce off the deck. Mohammad Nawaz tries to pull it away but the ball gets big on him. He also ends up hitting it much straighter towards long on, where Matthew Short takes a simple catch. Pakistan are 194/6 now.

Back of a length and on middle, Faheem Ashraf miscues his pull off the inner half of the bat towards square leg for a single.

WIDE! Fuller but down the leg side, Babar Azam misses his flick. Called a wide.

FIFTY FOR BABAR AZAM! A much-needed knock from him and this will give a lot of confidence going into the World Cup. Just what Pakistan would have hoped for in this series. This is short again and on middle, Babar Azam gets hurried onto his pull. Gets a top edge that lands safely into the vacant square leg region. They cross. He raises his bat to soak in all the applause.

NO BALL AND FOUR! Not ideal from Cameron Green. He loses his grip and bowls a high full toss, outside off. Faheem Ashraf is not going to miss out on that and carves it over point for a boundary. It is called a No Ball as this is above the waist of the batter. Free Hit to follow. Also, 200 up for Pakistan.

FOUR! Not where he intended it to go, but will take i! A bouncer, on middle, Faheem Ashraf  tries to pull but gets a top edge that flies over the keeper's head to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

Just a single to end the innings then! Cameron Green goes fuller and around off, Faheem Ashraf drills it towards long off for one. Pakistan finish on 207/6!