T20I Tri Series 2018 : Final, AUS vs PAK - Statistical Highlights

All the key stats and facts from the final match of T20I tri series between Australia and Pakistan in Harare.

Fakhar Zaman played a match winning knock of 91 runs against Australia in the final. (Photo - getty)

Pakistan continued to dominate in the T20I format as they won their 9th consecutive T20I series/tournament after defeating Australia by 6 wickets in the final match of T20I tri-series in Harare.

Australia after winning the toss and opting to bat first posted a good total of 183/8 with the help of D''Arcy Short's 76 and captain Aaron Finch's 47 runs innings. In response, Pakistan lost two wickets in the first over of their innings but Fakhar kept on playing his shots and pulled things back in Pakistan's favor and his 91 runs knock set the game for his team. In the end Shoaib Malik (43*) and Asif Ali (17*) helped to chase down the target in the last over of innings. 

All the key stats and facts from the final match of T20I tri-series between Australia and Pakistan in Harare :

9 - This was Pakistan's 9th consecutive T20I series/tournament win and they are the first team to achieve this feat. Since WT20 2016 Pakistan have won all the T20I series they played. 

52 - Mohammad Amir became the 6th Pakistani player to take 50 or more T20I wickets.

Most wickets for Pakistan in T20Is -

Shahid Afridi - 97

Umar Gul - 85

Saeed Ajmal - 85

Sohail Tanvir - 54

Mohammad Amir - 52

Mohammad Hafeez - 51

91 - Fakhar Zaman's 91 is the highest individual score by a player in a T20I tournament final. He broke the record of Marlon Samuels' 85* runs against England in Kolkata in 2016.

184 - Pakistan chased down a target of 184 runs which is their highest successful run chase in T20I format. The previous was 176 against Bangladesh in WT20 2012 at Pallekele and also against Zimbabwe at Lahore in 2015. 

278 - Fakhar Zaman scored 278 runs in this T20I series - the most runs by a Pakistani player in a T20I series/tournament.

Most runs for Pakistan in a T20I series/tournament -

Fakhar Zaman - 278 in Tri-series (ZIM, PAK & AUS), 2018

Salman Butt - 223 in ICC WT20, 2010

Misbah-Ul- Haq - 218 in ICC WT20, 2007

Shoaib Malik - 195 in ICC WT20, 2007

 
 

By Jasveer Singh Kharra - 09 Jul, 2018

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