US Cricket fan won't let her wedding stop her watching; hailed by ICC

A cricket fan from United States of America, Hasan Tasleen, did t let her wedding stop her from watching her favourite team play, as she watched contest between Australia and Pakistan after she returned home from her wedding. Hasan Tasleem, who lives in Detroit Michigan, sent a letter to ICC along with a picture of her family and herself watching match while bride (Hasan) was welcomed to close family with a traditional ceremony. fan revealed that she had stayed up on countless days during odd hours to watch Pakistan in action against or teams. Hasan Tasleen said that even though it was her wedding night, she wasn't going to miss Pakistan's T20 clash against Australia. ICC took to Twitter to share letter penned by Hasan Tasleen and a picture of couple watching game on ir television screen along with ir family. 

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US cricket fan doesn't let her wedding stop her from watching cricket

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Steve Smith shines for Australia

Steve Smith had come out to middle at fall of David Warner's wicket. Chasing a target of 151, Aussies had got off to a good start as opening pair of David Warner and captain Aaron Finch had added 30 runs before southpaw was castled by Mohammad Amir in quest of scoring quick runs. Warner's opening partner Finch did t last long eir and hosts were reduced to 48/2. Steve Smith n anchored Australian run chase as he and Ben McDermott added 58 runs for third wicket stand before McDermott was trapped in front of wicket of Imad Wasim. Meanwhile, Smith ensured that Aussies lost more wickets as he took responsibility of scoring bulk of runs. In end, his efforts paid off as Australia reached target in 19th over. Smith remained unbeaten on a 51-ball 80 at a strike rate of 156.86 including 11 boundaries and a maximum. 

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Can Pakistan level series?

Pakistan, who are currently top-ranked T20I side have t had a good time in game's shortest format so far. In fact, y have t won any T20I series this year. After winning 11 consecutive T20I series under captaincy of Sarfaraz Ahmed, Pakistan had lost an away series against South Africa earlier this year and were whitewashed at home by Sri Lanka recently after which Sarfaraz was sacked from captaincy and was replaced by Babar Azam in shortest format.  w, Pakistan cant win series, but y can certainly ensure that it ends in a stalemate provided y win third and final T20I which will be played at Optus Stadium in Perth on Friday.

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