Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis were undefeated in a six-hitting feast to lead Australia into the Twenty20 World Cup final, putting an end to Pakistan’s aspirations of reaching the final.
Despite the loss, Pakistani cricket fans from all areas of life, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, praised the Green Shirts’ overall performance at the T20 World Cup.
In Dubai, Australia were chasing 177 for victory and were 96-5 when Stoinis (40) and Wade (41), who hit the winning six in his 41, put on 81 runs to finish the match with one over to spare.
Wade, who was dropped on 21 by Hasan Ali, then hammered three straight sixes off Shaheen Shah Afridi in the 19th over to set up a title match against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday.
