Australia’s women simply love playing T20 cricket at North Sydney Oval. Heading into the first of three matches against Pakistan, they had won all nine short-form internationals they had previously played at the picture-postcard ground. And under clear blue skies on Tuesday, the reigning world champions in this format were in no mood for that impressive run to end.
Having restricted Pakistan to 118 – a subpar total considering the quality of the wicket and the boutique ground’s short boundaries – the home side made short work of the modest run chase, knocking off the required runs with more than six overs to spare. The convincing eight-wicket victory makes it 10 on the trot at North Sydney.
