Pakistan crash out of the World T20

Shahid Afridi's men face 21-run defeat against Steven Smith-led Australia

All the ifs and buts of Pakistan's qualification for the semi-finals of the World T20 ended when they were beaten by 21 runs at Mohali by Australia.

Australia won the toss and opted to bat first in the all-important match for both teams and scored 193-4 in their 20 overs.

Unbeaten Steven Smith top-scored for the Kangaroos with 61 off just 43 balls courtesy seven boundaries. Shane Watson's late 21-ball 44-run innings also helped the Australian's cause.

Wahab Riaz and Imad Wasim bagged two wicket apiece for Pakistan.

In their chase, Pakistan were always behind the required run-rate as Sharjeel Khan (30) and Khalid Latif (46) tried to guide the team past the finishing line.

Shoaib Malik also made an important contribution of 40 runs off just 20 balls but to no use for Pakistan.

For Australia, James Faulkner bagged a five-for courtesy two braces in the 18th and 20th over.

Post-match presentation

Shahid Afridi: "I will go back to Pakistan and then decide if I am going to continue. I will analyse my form and also my performance. I am fine as a player but its very difficult to captain the side with so much pressure and expectations. I will take four to five days and then decide. I want to thank the management and the cricket board for their constant support."

Man of the match is James Faulkner: "I was lucky there at the end. More importantly, we are back on track. We have played well all summer back home. We showed what we can do with the bat. Looking forward to the next game against India, who are a tough opponent at home. We should be up for the challenge.

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PAK 172-8 (20 overs)

FOUR! Muhammad Sami finds the midwicket fence.

OUT! Wahab attempts to clear the boundary and is caught too. Wickets falling for Pakistan like a deck of cards. Meanwhile, Faulkner is on a hat-trick.

OUT! Sarfraz tries to act smart, instead is caught at point.

Faulkner for the last over.



PAK 164-6 (19 overs)

FOUR! Through covers by Malik and Pakistan finding some solace in end-of-innings boundaries.

SIX! Malik goes over long-on for some consolation.

Four off the first four balls.

Coulter-Nile in for the penultimate over.



PAK 150-6 (18 overs)

Sarfraz Ahmed walks in and helps Malik take two. Single to end the over. Pakistan need 44 off 12 now; quite impossible now.

OUT! Imad walks in and swings hard. Manages only a top-edge to the mid-off fielder.

BOWLED! Latif goes for a swing and misses the ball completely.

Single off the second ball.

Faulkner is back too. Single to start with.



PAK 145-4 (17 overs)

Khalid ends the over with a single.

Again in the block hole, Malik get one more. Singles won't hurt Australia at this point.

FOUR! Lucky boundary for Malik. Short and the top-edge flies over the keeper's head.

Malik gets one in the block-hole and gets one from it.

Latif gets one from long on.

Shane Watson is back. Single to start the over.



PAK 135-4 (16 overs)

Pakistan need 59 off 24 balls.

Single on the second last ball. Will Malik go for a big one on the last ball? He walks out but get only a single.

Low full-toss hit into the hands of the lone covers fielder. No run.

Walks out of the crease again and Malik gets a single this time.

SIX! Malik goes aerial over the bowler's head.



Adam Zampa in for his last over. Single by Latif.



PAK 125-4 (15 overs)

Single by Latif to end the over.

Malik cuts and gets two for it. Single follows.

Single follows and Malik faces now.

FOUR! Through covers and Latif finds the fence.

Hazlewood is back. Latif takes two on the first.



PAK 114-4 (14 overs)

Three more singles follow. Pakistan need 80 off 36 now.

Shoaib Malik is the new man in... he opens his account with a single.

STUMPED! This time Afridi (14) improvises and gets stumped. He didn't get caught earlier and he does this to himself this time. He started like that and he has probable ended his career like that.



Zampa? Who Zampa? Afridi walks out and dispatches it over the bowler's head. SIX!





PAK 104-3 (13 overs)

Beaten by pace as Latif plays it towards covers. No run.

FOUR! Short and swung hard by Latif towards deep midwicket.



Short and Afridi ducks. Short again and he swings but survives as the ball lands in the no-man land.



Single taken as Latif goes down town this time.

Coulter-Nile welcomed by Latif with a slog towards midwicket. FOUR!





PAK 94-3 (12 overs)

Afridi faces the last ball... Maxwell stops in his run up. SIX! Bowls again and this time Afridi leaves the stumps and slams it over long-on.



Latif faces Maxwell... plays four dots. Afridi itching at the non-striker's end. Finally a single off the fifth ball.



PAK 87-3 (11 overs)

Latif takes one from long-on on the last ball off the over.

BOWLED! Umar Akmal misses a slow leg spinner as he tries to sweep. Look who walked in? It is Shahid Khan Afridi. Blocks and dances down the pitch for a single from long-off.



Khalid follows it up with a single.

FOUR! Short and Umar swings at it. Maxwell runs forwards but the ball just bounces it front of him and runs to the boundary.

Zampa is back.



PAK 79-2 (10 overs)

Two more singles to end the over.

Khalid takes one from long-on. Umar gives him the strike back with a single from the leg side.

Umar cuts it towards third man for another single.

Glenn Maxwell in with his off-spinners as Latif faces. Single taken.



PAK 73-2 (9 overs)

Umar ends the over with a dot.

Single taken after the keeper fumbles the take behind the stumps.

SIX! Khalif Latif gets on the front foot and sends the ball over the midwicket fence.



Umar Akmal gets two as Usman Khawaja dives and saved a couple of runs. Follows it up with a single off a leading edge.

James Faulkner is back and bowls to Latif. Single taken.



PAK 62-2 (8 overs)

Dot to end the over. Spinner stopping the flow of runs for Australia.

Four off the first five balls.

Adam Zampa with some leg-spin now.



PAK 58-2 (7 overs)

Single to end the over. Umar firing at the right moment for Pakistan.

FOUR! Hit past mid-off by Umar. He is dealing in boundaries at the moment.

FOUR! Umar walks out and Watson drops it short. He dispatches it towards midwicket.



Two taken by Umar.

SIX! Length ball timed over midwicket by Umar.



Shane Watson now to Umar Akmal... starts with a dot.



PAK 41-2 (6 overs)

Umar Akmal joins Khalid Latif in the middle.

BOWLED! Sharjeel tries to pull a not-so-short ball and inside-edges it onto the stumps. Pakistan lose their main man in this mammoth chase. Someone else will have to step up today with some big hitting. Will it be Shahid Afridi? We'll see.



Dot played towards short cover.

FOUR! Back of the hand slow ball and Sharjeel leg-glances it towards square leg.



James Faulker in.



PAK 36-1 (5 overs)

Short ball, swing and miss from Latif. Next ball darted into Latif pads and he fails to connect the bat to it. Tow dots to end the over.

Two runs from midwicket follow. Latif contributing nicely to the cause.

FOUR! Hit past mid-on for a boundary by Latif.



No run on the next ball. Sharjeel anxiously waiting at the non-striker's end.

Hazlewood to Latif... incoming delivery blocked.



PAK 30-1 (4 overs)

Two runs to the end the over from deep midwicket by Sharjeel.

Short from round the wicket and Sharjeel misses it. Dot again.

Sharjeel finds the fielder on the next ball at point. Dot.

FOUR! Short and Sharjeel whacks it with power towards midwicket.



Two taken from a mis-fielding short fine leg by Sharjeel.

Coulter-Nile in for his second over from round the wicket to Latif. Single taken.



PAK 21-1 (3 overs)

Khalid Latif is the new man in... Guides the ball towards square leg for a single off the last ball.

OUT! Useless shot from Shehzad. Top-edge and the fielder from mid-off takes the catch with an inverted cup. Shehzad falls for only one run.



FOUR! Muscled through the leg side. In-form Sharjeel is punishing the Australians.



Hazlewood continues.



PAK 14-0 (2 overs)

Swing and a miss to end the over.

FOUR! Straight as an arrow. Sharjeel finding the sweet part of the bat.



FOUR! Cut again and this time a little squarer. Another boundary for Sharjeel.



Swing and a miss from Sharjeel.

Dot followed by a FOUR! Sharjeel cuts it to beat a diving short fine leg to the boundary.



Nathan Coulter-Nile is the second new ball bowler for the Kangaroos.



PAK 2-0 (1 over)

Just a hint of outswing and Shehzad is beaten on the last ball. Slow start by Pakistan.

Ahmed Shehzad swings and misses a wide-ish delivery on off. Hazlewood follows up with a delivery on stumps and Shehzad blocks it to the best of his ability.

Dot, wide and a single to start the over as Sharjeel faced it.

Josh Hazlewood opens the bowling for Australia. Sharjeel Khan and Ahmed Shehzad are out there to open the chase for Pakistan.



Wahab Riaz on his bowling spells: "I could have done better. Maxwell and Smith played well. I think we can do it [chase the target] and we have to do it as this is our last chance."



AUS 193-4 (20 overs)

Leg bye to end the Aussie innings.

SIX! Watson goes big over the leg side.



Watson has three balls to do something... Slow ball and Watson top-edges it over the head of the keeper. FOUR!



Beats Smith with two short balls and Smith takes a single.

Muhammad Amir. Starts with two wides.



AUS 179-4 (19 overs)

What was that? Smith walked towards the off side and his stumps were completely open to hit. Instead, Wahab followed him. FOUR towards leg.



Two taken by Watson followed by a single.

FOUR! Cracking shot. That sound of the bat. Watson punishes the full-toss.



Watson beaten by a full pacy off side delivery.

Wahab Riaz in for the penultimate over. Single from the first ball.



AUS 167-4 (18 overs)

Single to end the over.

Single and Smith hits a FOUR! Cuts it and finds the gap between point and gully,

SIX! Watson goes inside out and clears the covers boundary.



Two taken and Smith gets his FIFTY. Follows it up with a single.



Muhammad Sami.



AUS 152-4 (17 overs)

FOUR! Swings again and this time finds the fence square through off.

SIX! Watson stamping his authority over Amir. Goes over deep midwicket.

Single from Smith.

FOUR! Khalid Latif should have stopped that but it was placed nicely as well.



Watson swings but gets only a single from midwicket.

Muhammad Amir is back. Single by Smith off the first ball.



AUS 135-4 (16 overs)

Single off the last ball as well.

Watson follows the boundary up with a single.

FOUR! Short and pulled beautifully by Watson. Someone needs to remind Wahab that this is not an Australian pitch.



Smith on 42 plays a dot. Finds a single from fine leg.

Wahab Riaz is back with Watson facing. Single taken off the first ball.



AUS 127-4 (15 overs)

Three runs off the over. He finishes with figures of 27-0 after four overs.

Shahid Afridi in for his last over.



AUS 124-4 (14 overs)

FOUR! Smith disects the cover field.



Shane Watson walks in to join captain Smith. He has announced his retirement after the World T20.

OUT! Maxwell's mishits finds the long-on fielder.



FOUR! Smith goes through covers.

Imad Wasim into his last over.



AUS 112-3 (13 overs)

SIX! Wide on off and Maxwell whacks it over extra cover.



FOUR! Short and Maxwell pulls it with authority.



Another wide! Maxwell cuts and finds point fielder to play a dot on the legal delivery.

Single and a dot follow. Maxwell to face the fourth ball.

FOUR! Short and on off and the edge from Smith flies towards the third man boundary.



Sami is back. Starts with a wide. Will Sami ever find his line and length?



AUS 95-3 (12 overs)

Three off the last three.

Australian batsmen rotating the strike and finding a boundary in every over. Smart cricket from the Australians.

Two off the first three balls.

Imad Wasim into his third over.



AUS 90-3 (11 overs)

Fourteen runs off the over.

FOUR! Maxwell sweeps and finds the unguarded deep midwicket boundary.



FOUR! Reverse sweep goes over the head of the keeper. Maxwell accounts for it.



Shahid Afridi.



AUS 76-3 (10 overs)

Last ball... Smith steers it towards the open leg side and takes another one.

Six runs off the first five balls.

Imad Wasim again.



AUS 70-3 (9 overs)

Last ball... another single by Smith to end the over.

Five runs off the first five balls.

Shahid Afridi continues.



AUS 64-3 (8 overs)

FOUR! Swept by Smith to earn a boundary.

Glenn Maxwell joins Smith.

BOWLED! Aaron Finch misses and watches as his woodwork trembles.



Imad Wasim is the new bowler. Starts with a dot.



AUS 55-2 (7 overs)

Dot and a single to end the over. Just five off Afridi's over.

Four singles off the first four balls.

Captain Shahid Afridi comes on to bowl. This might be the last time we see him bowl his leg-spinners.



AUS 52-2 (6 overs)

FOUR! On his legs and Smith pads it past the short fine leg fielder.

FOUR! Australia just ran four runs. Two fielders converge and between the time they did so, Smith and Finch ran four.

Finch rotates strike too. Smith plays a dot on the next ball.

Captain Steven Smith is the next man in... Single taken!

BOWLED! Wahab is on fire today! He is finding the blockhole with ease. This time its Warner.



Wahab is back.



AUS 42-1 (5 overs)

Dot followed by a single on the last ball.

FOUR! Warner cuts a pacy delivery past point.

Dot followed by a single by Finch.

FOUR! Finch welcomes Sami with a boundary. Sami under pressure.



Sami in for his second over.



AUS 32-1 (4 overs)

FOUR! Warner cuts it past point on the second ball he faces.



David Warner walks in at number three... receives an inswinging yorker and blocks it.

BOWLED! Khawaja beaten by a pacy yorker in the block hole. Wahab on target! Pakistan strike.



LBW appeal but the slow ball was drifting down the leg side.

SIX! Khawaja stands and slaps a short ball over deep midwicket's head.

Single taken from short fine leg.

Wahab Riaz is back from the injury and into the attack early.



AUS 21-0 (3 overs)

No run as Khawaja hits it towards mid-on.

Dot to Finch as Amir comes round the wicket. Next ball, Finch fetches three runs from covers.



Quick single from point. Finch faces next.

Khawaja beaten by an incoming delivery. The ball went over the off stump.

Single from mid-on by Finch.

Muhammad Amir continues.



AUS 16-0 (2 overs)

FOUR! Cracked through covers by Khawaja. Shoaib Malik wasn't able to stop it with his bare hands.



Quick single stolen from mid-on by Finch.

Single taken and Finch is on to face the next ball.

Cuts but Khawaja finds the fielder. Dot.

WIDE! And that was very wide actually. Keeper collected it from the first slip.

Dot to Khawaja. Good comeback by Sami.

FOUR! Sami wanders on the leg side and Khawaja just swings it past short fine leg fielder.



Muhammad Sami in with the new ball.



AUS 5-0 (1 over)

Finch leaves an outgoing delivery.

Single taken and Finch faces the last ball.

FOUR! Leading edge by Khawaja runs away to the boundary. The outfield is lightening fast!



An outswinger from Amir and Khwaja is beaten once again.

Khawaja tries to connect his bat with the ball and misses it. Beaten by pace of Amir. Another dot.

Khawaja leaves the first ball. The ball was bolwed just outside the off stump. Good leave!

Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja open the batting for Australia. Meanwhile, Muhammad Amir is warming up to bowl the first over for Pakistan. Must-win game for Pakistan and here is their best bowler with the ball. Game on!



National anthems of both teams are being played at Mohali.



Ahmed Shehzad: We are very confident about the game. This game is very important for us. We need to do well here.



Toss

Shahid Afridi: We are not relying on toss today, we just have to win today. Irfan is resting, Wahab Riaz is back. I haven't taken any decision [on retirement]. I will do it in front of my nation.

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Pitch report

Mohali has always favoured the batsmen and with slight grass on the surface today to hold the pitch together, it is again not going to offer any assistance to the bowlers.

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