Australia v Pakistan: Marcus Stoinis shines as hosts win T20 series 3-0

Marcus Stoinis hit an unbeaten 61 off 27 balls as Australia thrashed Pakistan by seven wickets to seal a 3-0 clean sheet in the T20 series.

He hit five fours and five sixes to propel them to a target of 118 with 8.4 overs to spare at Bellerive Oval in Hobart.

Pakistan earlier collapsed from 61-1 to 117 as Aaron Hardie took 3-21, Adam Zampa 2-11 and player of the series Spencer Johnson 2-24.

“When Stoinis goes like that, he’s really hard to stop,” said captain Josh Inglis, who will join Australia’s Test squad for the first of five Tests against India starting on Friday in Perth.

Australia won the first T20 in Brisbane by 29 runs and the second in Sydney by 13 runs.

Pakistan, who this month won their first one-day series in Australia in 22 years, begin a white-ball tour of Zimbabwe on Sunday.