Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten 61 off just 27 balls as Australia cruised to a seven-wicket victory over Pakistan on Monday night, completing a 3-0 clean sweep in the T20 series.
Stoinis hammered five fours and five sixes, guiding Australia to their modest target of 118 with 8.4 overs to spare at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
Earlier, Pakistan crumbled from 61-1 to be bowled out for 117. Aaron Hardie claimed 3-21, Adam Zampa 2-11, and player of the series Spencer Johnson contributed 2-24 in a dominant Australian bowling display.
“When Stoinis is going like that, he’s really hard to stop,” said captain Josh Inglis, who will now join the Australia Test squad for the first of five Tests against India starting Friday in Perth.
Australia had already secured the series with wins in Brisbane by 29 runs and in Sydney by 13 runs.
In other news, Pakistan has appointed former fast bowler Aqib Javed as interim white-ball coach.
Following Gary Kirsten’s resignation last month, Test coach Jason Gillespie stepped in to lead the Australia tour, during which Pakistan secured their first ODI series win in Australia in 22 years.
Javed will begin his tenure with Pakistan’s tour of Zimbabwe starting Sunday and remain in charge until the Champions Trophy, hosted by Pakistan and scheduled to begin in February.
