Australia beats sensational Rauf in low-budget thriller

Looking back on his time after the game, Rauf was happy with his efforts and professed his love for bowling at the MCG.

“I knew in my heart that I had a chance to score a hat-trick in this stadium again. I love the MCG, I have a lot of memories from this stadium, so I love (playing here),” Rauf said. scored a hat-trick on his Big Bash League debut at the MCG against Sydney Thunder.

Although Australia slipped from a commanding 113/2 to 139/6 and 185/8 at one stage, captain Cummins came to the rescue with a fighting 32* that helped the hosts salvage the situation with two wickets.

Despite the defeat, visiting captain Mohammad Rizwan was pleased with the resilience shown by his team and stood by his strategy of not using the fifth bowling option for his defence.

“I think we did very well. As a bowling group we decided that there would be no fifth or sixth bowlers because there would never be 50 overs in a game. We missed a few chances and luck was on Australia’s side, so congratulations. them.

“It is difficult to understand anything in this game, the result is in the hands of God, but I am happy with the fight we put up,” said Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan.