HOBART, Australia, Nov 18, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Marcus Stoinis slammed five huge 
sixes in an unbeaten 61 as Australia crushed Pakistan by seven wickets in 
Hobart on Monday to secure a 3-0 T20 series whitewash.

Chasing a meagre 118, the hosts hit the target in the 12th over to hand 
Pakistan a reality check after the visitors won the preceding ODI series 2-1.

Stoinis was unstoppable once he got going, also blasting five fours in his 
27-ball masterclass.

"It's really nice to get another win and go 3-0 up," said Australia skipper 
Josh Inglis.

"When he's going like that, it's really hard to stop," he added of Stoinis. 
"One of those sixes was probably the biggest I've seen."

The match at Bellerive Oval was a dead rubber after Australia won a rain-hit 
match in Brisbane by 29 runs and then in Sydney by 13 runs.

After opting to bat, Pakistan raced to 62-1 before crumbling to 117 all out 
in the 19th over with Babar Azam top-scoring on 41 and Aaron Hardie taking 3-
21.

Jake Fraser-McGurk began the run chase with consecutive boundaries from 
Shaheen Shah Afridi before the speedster dismissed Matt Short for two, caught 
at mid-on by Irfan Khan.

Fraser-McGurk (18) followed next over, undone by the sheer pace of Jahandad 
Khan in another mis-fire by the 22-year-old.

But Inglis kept the scoreboard ticking over alongside Stoinis, who let rip in 
the ninth over, punishing Haris Rauf for 20, including a massive six that 
landed on the stadium roof.

Their 55-run partnership ended when Inglis scooped Abbas Afridi to Rauf on 
27, which brought Tim David to the crease.

He was bystander to Stoinis, who brought up his fifth T20 half-century with 
another giant six before seeing them home.

"There's lots of positives, the way some of the players batted and bowled, 
these youngsters will come good," said Salman Agha, Pakistan's skipper for 
the night with Mohammad Rizwan rested.

"It's a big achievement for us to win a one-day series here after 22 years, 
we could have done better in the T20 series but we'll come back stronger."

Sahibzada Farhan opened the Pakistan batting with Azam in the absence of 
Rizwan.

But on a chilly evening, he lasted just seven balls before top-edging a short 
one from Spencer Johnson -- fresh from taking five wickets in Sydney -- to 
Xavier Bartlett.

Azam produced a series of elegant strokes as he and Haseebullah Khan put on a 
quickfire 44 for the second wicket.

But Kahn was no match for Adam Zampa's spin, collecting an outside edge on 24 
to Short.

Pakistan's woes mounted with Usman Khan (3) caught on the ropes after 
slogging Hardie and Agha trapped lbw by the same bowler for one.

It left them reeling on 72-4 at the halfway mark and when Zampa bowled Azam 
and Khan (10) was needlessly run out they were in deep trouble.

Shaheen Shah Afridi blasted the only six of the innings, but didn't last as 
the tailenders were mopped up.