The hard work of Pakistani bowlers went in vain, Cummins snatched the victory with his bat.
Australia defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the first ODI.
The start of the tour of Australia for Pakistan cricket team has not been as expected, in which they had to face defeat by 2 wickets in the first match of the three-match ODI series played at Melbourne ground. In this match, Kangaroo team captain Pat Cummins’s excellent performance with both ball and bat was seen, on the basis of which Australia achieved the target of 204 runs in 33.3 overs at the loss of 8 wickets. In this match, a very poor performance was seen from the batsmen of Pakistan team who could not bat even the full 50 overs and the entire innings was lost after scoring 203 runs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan scored the maximum 44 runs with the bat in this match for Pakistan.
Australia also lost 6 wickets till the score of 139.
When the Australian team got the target of 204 runs in the first match of this ODI series played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, everyone expected that they would achieve it easily, but on the basis of their excellent performance, the Pakistani bowlers reached the score of 139. The match was made exciting by sending 6 Australian players to the pavilion. After this, when Australia lost its 7th wicket in the form of Aaron Hardy at the score of 155, then captain Pat Cummins, who came to bat, not only handled the innings from one end but also showed positive style with the bat and took the team towards victory. Did the work of carrying. However, the match became more exciting when the Australian team lost its 8th wicket in the form of Sean Abbott at the score of 185. From here, Cummins did not allow the team to suffer any further setbacks and also returned with victory. Cummins’ bat saw an unbeaten inning of 32 runs in 31 balls, while for Australia, Josh English played important innings of 49 runs and Steve Smith also played important innings of 44 runs.
Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi made the match exciting with the ball.
If we talk about the performance of Pakistani team in this match, the batsmen might have disappointed but the bowlers did their job very well. From Pakistan side, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi were amazing with the ball, in which Rauf took 3 wickets while Afridi also managed to take 2 wickets. Apart from this, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain also managed to take 1 wicket each. Now the second match of the ODI series between the two teams will be played on November 8 at Adelaide grounds.
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