It’s not even a year since the Australian cricket team became world champions and they have suffered a crushing defeat at home. Pakistan team has created a new record by beating Australia 2-1 badly in 3 match ODI series. Australia won the first ODI in Melbourne by 2 wickets but then Pakistan struck back and created history by winning both the matches. The second ODI was played at the Adelaide Oval in which Australia’s batsmen fell short against Pakistan’s superb bowling. In this match, Pakistan won by 9 wickets. Now by winning the third match, Pakistan has achieved a big achievement on Australian soil.
Pakistan team has created history
Batting first in this third ODI match played in Perth, the host Australia team was bowled out for just 140 runs in 31.5 overs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah took 3 wickets each while Haris Rauf, the wicket taker 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 put on 84 runs for the first wicket. Mohammad Rizwan returned unbeaten with 30 and Babar Azam scored 28 runs.
This victory of the Pakistan team can be estimated from the fact that the team has managed to win the ODI series after 22 years on the soil of Australia. Before this, Pakistan defeated Australia 2-1 in the ODI series in 2002. If we look in terms of days, Pakistan have beaten Australia for the first time after 8,187 days on Australian soil. Not only this, Pakistan managed to beat Australia at home only for the second time in its ODI cricket history.
Pakistan’s performance in the 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
The Pakistani bowlers performed brilliantly throughout this series. Haris Rauf took 10 wickets in 3 matches and Shaheen Afridi took 8 wickets. Naseem Shah managed to take 5 wickets. Mohammad Hasnain took 3 wickets. Haris Rauf was awarded Player of the Series and Player of the Match for taking the most wickets.
Pakistan win bilateral series against Australia in Australia (all formats)
- Pakistan 2 – 1 Australia 2002
- Pakistan 2 – 1 Australia in 2024*
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