PAK vs AUS 1st ODI: Australia has defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the first ODI match. In this match played in Melbourne, Pakistan team was limited to 203 runs while playing first, in reply Australia won the match with 99 balls remaining. Shaheen Afridi, who returned to Pakistan, took 2 important wickets, but could not take the team to victory. Babar Azam also became the center of discussion in this match, who scored 37 runs.
In this match, Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved to be correct. Due to lethal bowling by Australia, Pakistan had lost 4 wickets till the score of 70 and meanwhile Babar Azam was clean bowled by Adam Zampa on the score of 37 runs. New captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 44 runs. Small partnerships continued to form between the players. Shaheen Afridi impressed with his innings of 24 runs and Naseem Shah with his innings of 40 runs. Mitchell Starc took the maximum wickets for Australia, who sent 3 batsmen to the pavilion.
Australia’s thrilling victory
The Australian team, which came to chase the target of 204 runs, also had a bad start. Matthew Short and Jake Fraser McGurk had lost their wickets by the score of 28 runs. After that, Steve Smith and Josh English took command, between whom the partnership of 85 runs had largely put the match in the favor of host Australia. But as soon as Steve Smith was out after scoring 44 runs, Australia lost the next 4 wickets within 26 runs.
Pakistan had made a comeback in the match, but captain Pat Cummins became an obstacle in the way of their victory. Cummins ensured his team’s victory by 2 wickets by playing an unbeaten captaincy inning of 32 runs. Apart from him, Josh English made an important contribution of 49 runs. Harris Rauf took the most wickets for Pakistan, who dismissed 3 batsmen.
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