Pakistan vs Australia, 2nd T20I, Australia tour of Pakistan, 2026 - Player Highlights

Abrar Ahmed to Matthew Short, out Caught by Babar Azam!! Nine down! It's the away-turner again from Abrar, however, he bowls it wider on this occasion. Short swings hard and ends up slicing the loft up in the air. Babar runs in from long-off to reverse-cup it. Trademark 'buzz off' celebration from Abrar. Matthew Short c Babar Azam b Abrar Ahmed 27(23) [4s-3]

Abrar Ahmed to Matthew Short, FOUR, 76.7kph, googly but it's overpitched, Short clears his front leg and brings his bottom hand into play to wallop it over midwicket for a one-bounce four

Abrar Ahmed to Matthew Short, 1 run, 82.4kph, tossed up and full, driven hard and along the ground to long-on

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, 1 run, 82.5kph, slower and fraction short, Short looks to play across the line and inside-edges to backward square leg

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, 1 run, drifting in towards leg, Short gets low to scoop and then turns the bat-face to send it towards short third man. There's an appeal for lbw but that's clearly off the bat

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, wide, legbreak well outside off and Short leaves it alone

Usman Tariq to Matthew Short, 1 run, 77.4kph, spins back in from a length, Short reads it off the deck and punches it to sweeper cover off the back foot

Usman Tariq to Matthew Short, FOUR, low-arm release, full and on the stumps, Short gets low and sweeps hard in front of square on the leg-side. The ball reaches the fence in a jiffy

Usman Tariq to Matthew Short, no run, round-armish, spins in from a length, played back at the bowler

Usman Tariq to Matthew Short, 2 runs, width on offer, cut to sweeper cover

Usman Tariq to Matthew Short, no run, length outside off, chopped to cover

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, 1 run, full delivery, Short clears his front leg to chip-drives it to long-off

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, 1 run, 82.2kph, full and on the stumps, Short sweeps to deep square leg

Usman Tariq to Matthew Short, 1 run, offbreak that spins back in sharply, Short goes back to work it into the leg-side and gets an inside edge to backward square leg

Usman Tariq to Matthew Short, 1 run, 78.6kph, pauses and bowls it slow, full on middle-leg, driven down to long-on

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, 1 run, fuller on middle, Matthew Short gets forward to drive to sweeper cover

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, FOUR, wry smile from Shadab Khan. It's tossed up full the leg-break outside off, Matthew Short looks to slogsweep and the thick outside-edge flies away well wide of short third man, beats the chase and slide of the fielder

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, no run, slower and this leg-break turns from off, Matthew Short gets forward to push, skews off the thick outer half to backward point, rolls to the man

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, 2 runs, flat good length on middle, Matthew Short goes on the back foot and makes room slightly to force it wide of the dive of cover to his left

Mohammad Nawaz to Matthew Short, no run, slower and drifts in and is outside the leg-stump, Matthew Short gets forward to defend it back to Mohammad Nawaz

Mohammad Nawaz to Matthew Short, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, Matthew Short gets forward to push with a full-face to long-off

Mohammad Nawaz to Matthew Short, no run, tossed up full on middle, Matthew Short gets forward to drive and nearly spoons a catch back, just short

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, no run, googly and full on the stumps, pushed back to the bowler

Shadab Khan to Matthew Short, 1 run, tossed up and very full on middle and leg, Matthew Short gets forward and takes it on the full, drives it down to long-on