Pakistan team after winning the series.
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 beat Australia in the ODI series at home. Previously, it was rejected in 2002.
On Sunday in Perth, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Australian team was reduced to 140 in 31.5 overs. Pakistan achieved the target of 141 runs by losing 2 wickets in 26.5 overs.
At the same time, for Pakistan, Haris Rauf took 2 wickets for just 24 runs in 7 overs. Rauf was voted 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 Pakistani openers Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq gave a good start of 84 runs. Saim played an inning of 42 runs and Shafiq played an inning of 37 runs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 30 runs and Babar Azam scored 28 runs. There was an unbeaten 58-run partnership between the two. Lance Morris took both wickets for Australia.
Australia’s batting failed. The host team’s batting failed on the bouncy Perth pitch and could only score 140 runs in 31.5 overs. The top 5 batsmen of the team could not score more than 25 runs. Flyhalf Matthew Short scored 22 points and Shaun Abbott scored top 30.
In Perth, Pakistan won the toss and decided to field, which the fast bowlers proved right. Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah took 3 wickets each. Haris Rauf took 2 wickets. Mohammad Hasnain got a wicket. While a batsman retired injured.
Haris Rauf (right) and Naseem Shah sent Australia’s top 5 batsmen to the pavilion cheaply.
Shaun Abbott took the score close to 150. After losing 6 wickets for 88 runs, number 8 batsman Shaun Abbott took the team’s score past 140. He was the highest scorer for the team scoring 30 points. He had a 30-run partnership with Adam Zampa and 22 runs with Spencer Johnson.
Top 5 batsmen added only 55 runs, Short scored 22 runs. Australian batsmen were seen struggling in front of Pakistani pacers. The top 5 batsmen of the team together scored 55 runs, among which opener Matthew Short scored the maximum 22 runs. Haris Rauf sent him to the pavilion.
Naseem Shah dealt the first blow to the team in the fourth innings. He had Jack Fraser McGurk caught by wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan. Jack wanted to get the ball off stump. The ball took the outer edge of the bat and went into the wicketkeeper’s gloves.
Maxwell at zero for the second time in the series, Cooper injured Glenn Maxwell was at zero for the second time in this series. He was caught by Haris Rauf in the hands of Saim Ayub. He couldn’t open his account even in the first game.
Earlier, left-handed batsman Cooper Connolly (7 runs) was injured during the innings. Mohammad Hasnain’s bouncing ball hit his left hand. They wanted to shoot that bullet.