australia vs pakistan
Not even a year has passed since the Australian cricket team became the world champion and it has suffered a very bad defeat at home. Pakistan team has created a new record by defeating Australia badly 2-1 in the 3-match ODI series. Australia had won by 2 wickets in the first ODI match played in Melbourne but then Pakistan counterattacked and created history by winning both the matches. The second ODI match was played at Adelaide Oval in which Australia’s batsmen succumbed to Pakistan’s excellent bowling. In this match, Pakistan had registered a spectacular victory by 9 wickets. Now by winning the third match, Pakistan has achieved a big feat on Australian soil.
Pakistan team created history
In this third ODI match played in Perth, the host Australia team, batting first, got bundled out for just 140 runs in 31.5 overs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah took 3 wickets each, while Haris Rauf, who took the wicket in the last match, took 2 wickets. After this, Pakistan achieved the target of 141 runs by losing 2 wickets. The opening pair of Sam Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq made a partnership of 84 runs for the first wicket. Mohammad Rizwan returned unbeaten after scoring 30 and Babar Azam 28 runs.
This victory of the Pakistan team can be gauged from the fact that the team has succeeded in winning the ODI series on Australian soil after 22 years. Earlier, Pakistan had defeated Australia 2-1 in the ODI series in 2002. If we look at it in terms of days, Pakistan has defeated Australia for the first time in an ODI series on Australian soil after 8,187 days. Not only this, Pakistan has succeeded in defeating Australia at home for only the second time in the history of its ODI cricket.
Pakistan’s performance in ODI series against Australia in Australia
- Pakistan 2 – 1 Australia in 2024
- Pakistan 1 – 4 Australia in 2017
- Pakistan 0 – 5 Australia in 2010
- Pakistan 3 – 2 Australia in 2002
Pakistani bowlers performed brilliantly in this entire series. Haris Rauf took 10 wickets in 3 matches while Shaheen Afridi took 8 wickets. Naseem Shah managed to take 5 wickets. Mohammad Hasnain took 3 wickets. Haris Rauf was awarded the Player of the Series and Player of the Match awards for taking the most wickets.
Pakistan won bilateral series against Australia in Australia (all formats)
- Pakistan 2 – 1 Australia 2002
- Pakistan 2 – 1 Australia in 2024*
