Australia's "lack of execution" with the ball came as the reason they fell to Pakistan in Thursday's T20 tri-nations match, according to pace bowler Andrew Tye.
Australia were beaten by a convincing 45 runs, with Pakistan's Fakhar Zaman's 73 setting up Pakistan's innings before Shaheen Afridi claimed 3-37 in just his second T20 International match.
Pakistan were a completely different side than the one that lost to Australia by nine wickets only three days ago. This time, they took 51 runs from the power play, up from 23 in their first encounter - showcasing a new attack-first intent.
The world no.1 side went to work, quickly nullifying Billy Stanlake, who took 4-8 in their last meeting, as they attacked the quicks, making Australia captain Aaron Finch turn to his spinners to help slow the batsman's run rate.
Contrastingly, Australia's middle order contributed just the 38 runs and were seemingly out of sorts through lack of match practice.
"We didn't execute our plans very well. We probably set our fields a bit wrong at times as well," Tye said post-match.
"These guys are world-class athletes, they’re the best at what they do.
"If they are walking out to the crease not ready to perform, well then they haven’t prepared well enough. I don’t think that’s a factor.
"The work they’ve done in the nets against bowlers and with the coaches is second to none. We were just off the mark today.”
Tye's form in 2018 has been exceptional in the game's shortest form. He is currently the leading T20 wicket taker in world T20 - with 22 wickets across 14 matches to his name.
