King takes three wickets, Australians give up 28 extras in eventful eight overs

Rain spoilt Alana King’s annihilation of the Pakistan batting order as Australia continued their Commonwealth Games warm-up in their Twenty20 clash in Northern Ireland.

Only eight overs in the tri-series opener were completed as the match in Derry was washed out with the Australians delivering a mixed bag from their bowling spell.

Pakistan collapsed to 6-56, however 28 of those runs came from extras.

Alana King took three wickets in one over but fell just short of a hat-trick.Credit:Getty Images

Leg-spinner King, who was thrown the ball by captain Meg Lanning in the seventh over, ran riot, snaring three wickets in her single over, with her hat-trick denied by a wide that separated her first and second scalps.

King finished with figured of 3-8, all LBW, while Megan Schutt collected 1-6 and Ashleigh Gardner 2-11.

“I’m happy to have the ball in my hand in any situation to be honest so it was good to roll a few out,” said the 26-year-old King.

“We figured out that anything full was easy to play, so we just needed to bring our length back a little bit and make sure that we bring the stumps into play.”

Australia will be looking to improve with the ball in their second clash against hosts Ireland.

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