[Story] | Australia's Darkest Sporting Day - From Turmoil to Triumph

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SECOND T20 v PAKISTAN IN UAE – ABU DHABI

Pakistan XI:

A SHEHZAD
F ZAMAN
B AZAM
S MALIK
H SOHAIL
S AHMED
I WASIM
S KHAN
F ASHRAF
H ALI
M AMIR

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
C LYNN
T HEAD
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
K RICHARDSON
A TYE
B STANLAKE

Notable moments -

> Pakistan have won the toss and elect to bat first.

> Not the best start with the ball with the first four going for 38 runs, but once AJ Tye got in things slowed up dramatically. Glenn Maxwell profited from that and Kane Richardson closed out the innings with his last two overs going for four runs total.

> Travis Head smashes a beautiful six over cover to bring up his 50 off just 26 balls

Australia lead the three match series 2 - 0.

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THIRD T20 v PAKISTAN IN UAE – ABU DHABI

Pakistan XI:

A SHEHZAD
F ZAMAN
B AZAM
S MALIK
H SOHAIL
S AHMED
I WASIM
S KHAN
F ASHRAF
H ALI
M AMIR

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
N MADDINSON
T HEAD
M STOINIS
A TURNER
A CAREY
A AGAR
J FAULKNER
K RICHARDSON
B STANLAKE

(Nic Maddinson in for Chris Lynn, Ashton Turner in for Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner in for AJ Tye)

Notable moments -

> Australia won the toss and have sent Pakistan in to bat.

> Very bad with the ball today. Very, very bad.

> Plenty of starts but failure to capitalise, very tough to build any sort of momentum which was unfortunate.

Australia win the three match series 2 - 1.

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SERIES STATISTICS

*Apologies about the cut up nature of the Australian stats, the Kolpak players mentioned in a previous squad post were littered all through this stats screen.

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ODI SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA SERIES

* Vice Captain Aaron Finch will miss the series through injury. Mitch Marsh makes his return to the ODI squad and will also take on the Vice Captaincy duties.

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FIRST ODI v SOUTH AFRICA IN AUSTRALIA – BRISBANE

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A CAREY
T HEAD
S MARSH
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
M MARSH
A AGAR
P CUMMINS
M STARC
K RICHARDSON

South Africa XI:

A MARKRAM
H AMLA
Q DE KOCK
D MILLER
F DU PLESSIS
H KLAASEN
C MORRIS
W PARNELL
V PHILANDER
K RABADA
D STEYN

Notable moments -

> Australia have won the toss and have sent South Africa in to bat.

> Mitch Starc strikes first ball, removing the super talented Aiden Markram.

> Mitch Starc returns with a bang, claiming five scalps for just 32 runs. (ATR?)

> Shaun Marsh posts a match-winning 50 off just 52 deliveries.

> Mitch Marsh caught off a no ball on just one. Huge moment in the match.

Australia lead the three match series 1 - 0.

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SECOND ODI v SOUTH AFRICA IN AUSTRALIA – ADELAIDE

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A CAREY
T HEAD
S MARSH
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
M MARSH
A AGAR
P CUMMINS
M STARC
K RICHARDSON

South Africa XI:

A MARKRAM
H AMLA
Q DE KOCK
D MILLER
F DU PLESSIS
H KLAASEN
C MORRIS
W PARNELL
V PHILANDER
K MAHARAJ
D STEYN

(Keshav Maharaj in for Kagiso Rabada)

Notable moments -

> Australia have won the toss and have elected to bowl.

> Ashton Agar who has struggled somewhat has Aiden Markram caught off a no ball in his third over. Brilliant.

> Alex Carey returns to form with the bat, smashing his 50 off just 52 deliveries.

> Alex Carey take a bow! 100 off just 93 balls. Marcus Stoinis can't take this one off him!

> Alex Carey. Wow. 153 off just 132 balls, and just one run away from steering this entire innings towards victory. What an incredible innings from the eight-gamer!

Australia lead the three match series 2 - 0.

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THIRD ODI v SOUTH AFRICA IN AUSTRALIA – HOBART

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A CAREY
T HEAD
C LYNN
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
M MARSH
P CUMMINS
AJ TYE
K RICHARDSON
J PARIS

(Chris Lynn in for Shaun Marsh, AJ Tye in for Ashton Agar, Joel Paris in for Mitch Starc)

South Africa XI:

A MARKRAM
H AMLA
Q DE KOCK
D MILLER
F DU PLESSIS
H KLAASEN
C MORRIS
W PARNELL
V PHILANDER
K RABADA
D STEYN

(Kagiso Rabada back in for Keshav Maharaj)

Notable moments -

> South Africa have won the toss and have elected to bowl first.

> Travis Head returns to form with his 50 coming off just 39 balls.

> Marcus Stoinis soon follows suit with 50 off 64 balls.

> D'Arcy Short claims his first One Day International wicket, being Vernon Philander.

Australia win the series 3 – 0.

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SERIES STATISTICS

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T20 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT

*Aaron Finch is still injured and will miss the single scheduled T20.

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DEBUTANT ALERT

In news just breaking, former star Shane Watson has just presented 25 year old quick Joel Paris with his T20 cap. The injury prone Western Australian left armer has returned to form in the last few weeks taking 12 wickets from his six JLT One-Day Cup games at an average of 22.92, and thoroughly impressed coach Ricky Ponting on his return to the national setup, taking 3-33 merely days ago. Joel Paris becomes the 91st cricketer to represent Australia in T20 cricket.

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T20 v SOUTH AFRICA IN AUSTRALIA – CARRARA

Australia XI:

D SHORT
T HEAD
C LYNN
A TURNER
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
A AGAR
J PARIS
K RICHARDSON
A TYE

South Africa XI:

A MARKRAM
H AMLA
Q DE KOCK
D MILLER
J MALAN
Z HAMZA
S MUTHUSAMY
F ADAMS
V PHILANDER
M PRETORIUS
B FORTUIN

Notable moments -

> South Africa won the toss and decided to bat first.

> Conditions are made for batting so the mostly bloated bowling figures don't concern me all that much. Kane Richardson incredible.

> Alex Carey the star once again, his 50 coming off just 30 deliveries.

> Glenn Maxwell joins him one delivery later, with a huge six over cover. His 50 off 25 balls.

> Glenn Maxwell and Alex Carey's partnership of 118* is a new all-time record sixth wicket partnership for Australia in T20 cricket.

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T20 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT - HOME SERIES v INDIA

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FIRST T20 v INDIA IN AUSTRALIA – BRISBANE

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
C LYNN
T HEAD
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
K RICHARDSON
J PARIS
A TYE
A ZAMPA

India XI:

V KOHLI
S DHAWAN
S IYER
R JADEJA
R SHARMA
M PANDEY
M DHONI
R ASHWIN
A KARNEWAR
B KUMAR
A SHETH

Notable moments -

> Australia have won the toss and will bowl first.

> Conditions not great for bowling, but a few really poor overs in particular cost us a lot of runs. Kane Richardson is outstanding though.

> In the end those few really poor overs cost us victory. Without anyone really going big we end up just 11 runs short.

India lead the three match series 1 – 0.

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SECOND T20 v INDIA IN AUSTRALIA – MELBOURNE

Australia XI:

D SHORT
A FINCH
C LYNN
T HEAD
M STOINIS
G MAXWELL
A CAREY
K RICHARDSON
J PARIS
A TYE
A ZAMPA

India XI:

V KOHLI
S DHAWAN
S IYER
R JADEJA
R SHARMA
M PANDEY
M DHONI
R ASHWIN
B KUMAR
A SHETH
L MERIWALA

(Lukman Meriwala in for Akshay Karnewar)

Notable moments -

> Australia have won the toss and will bowl first.

> Adam Zampa has proved to be an inspired selection, claiming Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Jadeja and Manish Pandey in the one over.

> Never seen anything like this batting innings. Australia have gone from 0/29 off two (and 1/41 off four) to 6/54 off 11. We’ve lost 5/13 from seven overs. I don’t even know how that happens.

> What a disappointing batting innings. Had them cold and no real explaination as to what happened.

India lead the three match series 2 - 0.