Opener D'Arcy Short made the most of a recall to Australia's playing XI with a 53-ball 76 against Pakistan in the Twenty20 tri-series final at Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Australia captain Aaron Finch chipped in with 47, but Pakistan broke through repeatedly in the latter stages of the innings to keep Australia to 183 for 8. Pakistan held their own at the death to keep Australia to under 200, but had made a scrappy start in the field.

Finch was given a first-ball reprieve when he was dropped by Shoaib Malik in the deep after top-edging a hook, and several misfields allowed any pressure with the new ball to be immediately dissipated. Finch punished Pakistan for their errors by cracking two fours and three sixes during the course of a 95-run opening stand. Short was also dropped just after he had reached a 39-ball fifty, but could not better his previous T20I high score of 76, driving a length delivery from teenage seamer Shaheen Afridi straight to debutant Sahibzada Farhan in the covers.