PERTH: Australia won the series against Pakistan by ten wickets in the third and final T20I of the series at Optus Stadium.
In the previous match, Australia beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second T20 with the first one being washed out by rain, leading the series by 1-0.
Openers David Warner and Aaron Finch were untroubled at the crease in reply, with Finch’s boundary on the final ball giving him 52 runs from 36 balls. Warner added 48 runs from 35 deliveries as Australia scored 109 without loss in 11.5 overs.
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Earlier, Mitchell Starc took advantage of a green-tinged pitch to help Australia restrict Pakistan to 106 for 8 after being sent in to bat by Finch.
Starc took the key wicket of Pakistan captain Babar Azam, then hit the stumps of No 3 Mohammad Rizwan to be on a hat-trick in only the third over.
Pakistan was dismissed on a below-par score of 106 and Australia chased it down without losing any wicket in just 12 overs. Sean Abbot was declared player of the match.
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