Pakistan defeated Australia by 8 wickets in the third ODI. With this, the team won the 3-match series 2-1. After 22 years, Pakistan has defeated Australia in the ODI series in its own home. Earlier it was defeated in the year 2002. On Sunday, Pakistan won the toss in Perth and decided to bowl first. Australia’s team was reduced to 140 runs in 31.5. Pakistan achieved the target of 141 runs in 26.5 overs by losing 2 wickets. At the same time, Haris Rauf took 2 wickets for just 24 runs in 7 overs for Pakistan. Rauf was selected as the Player of the Match. He also received the Player of the Series award. He took 10 wickets in the series. There was a partnership of 84 runs for the first wicket between Shafiq-Ayub. Both Pakistan openers Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq gave a strong start of 84 runs. Saim scored 42 and Shafiq scored 37 runs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 30 not out and Babar Azam scored 28 runs. There was an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs between the two. Lance Morris took both the wickets from Australia’s side. Australia’s batting failed
The host team’s batting flopped on the bouncy pitch of Perth and could only score 140 runs in 31.5 overs. The top-5 batsmen of the team could not score more than 25 runs. Opener Matthew Short scored 22 runs and Sean Abbott scored the highest 30. In Perth, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl, which was proved right by the fast bowlers. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah took 3-3 wickets. Haris Rauf took 2 wickets. Mohammad Hasnain got one wicket. While one batsman retired hurt. Sean Abbott took the score close to 150
After losing 6 wickets for 88 runs, number 8 batsman Sean Abbott took the team’s score beyond 140. He was the top scorer of the team by scoring 30 runs. He shared a 30-run partnership with Adam Jampa and a 22-run partnership with Spencer Johnson. The top-5 batsmen added only 55 runs, Short scored 22 runs
Australian batsmen were seen struggling against Pakistani pacers. The top-5 batsmen of the team together scored 55 runs, out of which opener Matthew Short scored the highest 22 runs. He was sent to the pavilion by Haris Rauf. Naseem Shah gave the first blow to the team in the fourth over of the innings. He got Jack Fraser McGurk caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. Jack wanted to drive the ball going outside the off stump. The ball took the outer edge of the bat and went into the wicketkeeper’s gloves. Maxwell out on zero for the second time in the series, Cooper injured
Glenn Maxwell got out on zero for the second time in this series. He was caught by Saim Ayub off Haris Rauf. He could not open his account in the first match as well. Before this, left-handed batsman Cooper Connolly (7 runs) got injured during the innings. Mohammad Hasnain’s bouncing ball hit his left hand. He wanted to pull this ball. Pakistan team was searched a lot after winning the ODI series in Australia
Pakistan team defeated Australia 2-1 in the 3 match series. After 22 years, Pakistan has defeated Australia in the ODI series in its own home. Earlier it had defeated in the year 2002. After this, people searched PAKvsAUS a lot. See Google Trends below… Source: Google Trends
