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5th over: Australia 22-1 (Short 7, Hardie 1) A great over from Shaheen but Hardie somehow quickly holds the Pakistani back. The biggest call was for lbw when Shaheen brought the fourth ball back to the right-hander and it flew past his pads. Pakistan considers a review but Rizwan is a split second too slow and his late request is dismissed – fortunately for the tourists as replays show the ball passed through middle and leg. It feels like even the little things are going Pakistan's way at the moment. Virgin over!

4th over: Australia 22-1 (Short 7, Hardie 1) Australia's opening duo once again fail to make the most of a good start as Naseem sends Fraser-McGurk back to the pits. The young man wanted to drive up the mountain with his head and feet still and could only find one edge. Naseem is elated and tests Aaron Hardie from the start. The Pakistan pacer quickly settled into the bouncy Optus Stadium pitch.

WICKET! Fraser-McGurk vs Rizwan vs Naseem 7 (Australia 20-1)

3rd over: Australia 20-0 (Short 7, Fraser-McGurk 7) Left armer Shaheen bowls around the wicket and lets the ball fly nicely away from Short. The opener brings a straighter, fuller performance to the middle for a couple. A decent over, but Australia's first pair survived the third over for the first time in the series.

2nd over: Australia 18-0 (Short 5, Fraser-McGurk 7) Naseem Shah almost made the breakthrough with his second throw when Fraser-McGurk pushed between the second and third slips. This one reared up in the Australian opener and was lucky that the pitch was as thick as it was, but he'll be happy to take the four runs. JFM works off his pads for a few minutes and then survives a half-hearted run-out call to round out the over.

1st over: Australia 12-0 (Short 5, Fraser-McGurk 1) A relaxed first over from Shaheen Shah Afridi allows the Australian pair to take the lead, while Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk each hit the mark with a quick single. A wild throw sails between first and second slip to the edge of the pitch for five wides, Shah sends another wide header to first slip and Short ends the over with four all-runs from a great drive. Just the start Australia needed.

The national anthems are sung, the Australian openers are in front of the goal and Shaheen Shah Afridi storms in with the ball in hand. Keep playing!

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Pakistan wins the toss and elects to field

Back to the white-ball game, but in a faraway land, England bounced back from their ODI series loss to West Indies to win their first T20I in the Caribbean. An attack from Phil Salt sealed the deal at his former home ground:

With one eye already on the blockbuster Test series against India, which begins in Perth on November 22, Australia has named its first squad. Nathan McSweeney won the Great Australian Bat Off and will open alongside Usman Khawaja, while there is a curious choice for the replacement batsman. Full squad here:

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