{"id":17015,"date":"2024-08-12T04:41:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T04:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=17015"},"modified":"2024-08-12T04:41:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T04:41:37","slug":"melbourne-stars-beat-pakistan-in-top-end-t20-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=17015","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Stars beat Pakistan in Top End T20 series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1723373350254.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1723373350254.jpg 721w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FB_IMG_1723373350254-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Darwin : Pakistan Shaheens fell 47 runs short against Melbourne Stars in their second match of the Top End T20 series at the Gardens Oval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tayyab Tahir\u2019s unbeaten half-century (57 not out, 43b, 6x4s, 1&#215;6) went in vain as Shaheens finished with 128-9 in 20 overs in pursuit of the 176-run target. Opening batter Sahibzada Farhan scored 26 off 13 balls clubbing two fours and two sixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Haseebullah\u2019s (11, 20b, 1&#215;6) departure in the seventh over with the scorecard reading 44-2, the Shaheens batting line-up collapsed as they lost seven wickets for just 47 runs. Tayyab and Arif Yaqoob added an undefeated 37-run partnership for the last wicket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Melbourne Stars, after opting to bat first, got off to a strong start as the opening pair of Liam Blackford and Ashley Chandrasinghe stitched a 91-run partnership off 74 balls. Blackford hit seven fours for his 43-ball 55 while his partner, Chandrasinghe, contributed 47 off 42 balls which involved four boundaries and two sixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leg-spinner Arif Yaqoob drew the first blood for Shaheens as he dismissed Blackford. Three overs later, Dylan Brasher (10, 9b, 1&#215;4) was sent packing by Jahandad Khan, bringing an end to a 27-run second wicket partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam Elliot (17 not out, 8b) and Arjun Nair (36 not out, 15b, 3x4s, 3x6s) added a quick-fire 55-run partnership off just 23 balls for the fifth wicket that lifted the Stars to 175-4 in the allotted 20 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Shaheens, Jahandad bagged two wickets while Arif dismissed one batter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan Shaheens will play their next match against Tasmania at the DXC Arena, Darwin on 13 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darwin : Pakistan Shaheens fell 47 runs short against Melbourne Stars in their second match of the Top End T20 series at the Gardens Oval. Tayyab Tahir\u2019s unbeaten half-century (57&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[125,88],"class_list":["post-17015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-icc-international","tag-pakistan-cricket-board-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17017,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17015\/revisions\/17017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}