australia vs pakistan
The ODI series between Australia and Pakistan has started. The first ODI match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in which host Australia won in a thrilling manner. Australia defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets to take 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series. Batting first, the entire Pakistan team could not even play 50 overs. Pakistan team collapsed for just 203 runs in 46.4 overs. Mohammad Rizwan played the most innings for Pakistan. Rizwan played an inning of 44 runs in 71 balls with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, Naseem Shah contributed 40 runs.
Chasing Pakistan’s 203 runs, Australia also had a very poor start. The team’s opening pair returned to the pavilion within just 28 runs. After this Steve Smith and Josh English together took charge of the innings. There was a partnership of 85 runs between the two for the third wicket. This partnership was broken by Haris Rauf by dismissing Steve Smith in the 17th over. After this, Josh English was also dismissed on the next ball. The Australian team came under pressure due to the fall of 2 wickets back to back. After this there was a flurry of troubles. Australia lost 7 wickets within 155 runs. Sean Abbott also remained on the score of 185 runs.
Pat Cummins played captaincy innings
In this match, Pakistan team had a great chance to defeat Australia but Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc dashed the hopes of the visiting team. Pat Cummins played the captaincy innings and died after leading his team to victory. Cummins played an unbeaten inning of 32 runs. With this victory, Australia achieved a big feat.
Australia created history
Actually, Australia registered its 71st win against Pakistan in ODI cricket. In this way, Australia equaled the record of West Indies in terms of registering the most ODI wins against Pakistan. Earlier, the record of highest win in ODI against Pakistan was in the name of West Indies. Now the wins of both Australia and West Indies are equal. Both the teams have won 71-71 ODI matches against Pakistan. Australia will now have a chance to leave West Indies behind in the second match.
Most wins against Pakistan in ODI cricket
- 71 – Australia (109 matches)
- 71 – West Indies (137 matches)
- 59 – Sri Lanka (157 matches)
- 57 – England (92 matches)
- 57 – India (135 matches)
- 52 – South Africa (83 matches)
- 51 – New Zealand (116 matches)
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