Thanks to the unbeaten innings of 32 runs by captain Pat Cummins, Australia defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the first ODI. With this, the Kangaroo team has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3 match series.
Talking about the match, Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Pakistan could not play the full 50 overs and was reduced to 203 runs. In reply, the target was chased by losing only 8 wickets in 33.3 overs. Pakistani bowlers performed well, but they could not make their team win.
Pakistan’s poor start
Pakistan got off to a poor start after coming to bat first. At a score of three, the team was hit first. Sam Ayub was bowled by Mitchell Starc. After five balls, Ayub scored one run. In the seventh over, the team received the second blow. Abdullah Shafiq became the victim of Starc. Shafiq scored 12 runs in an innings. Babar Azam, the former captain, hit 37 runs off 44 balls. He was bowled by Adam Zampa.
Rizwan, the captain, scored 44 runs.
Following this, Irfan Khan scored 22 runs, Shaheen Afridi scored 24, Captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 44, Kamran Ghulam scored 5, and Agha Salman scored 12. The account for Haris Raus didn’t even open. Naseem Shah scored 40 runs in 39 balls during his innings.
Mohammad Hasnain scored two runs and was still undefeated. Mitchell Starc, the Player of the Match, claimed three Australian wickets. Adam Zampa and captain Pat Cummins both claimed 2-2 wickets. In addition to them, Marnus Labuschagne and Sean Abbott each claimed one wicket.
The first setback also occurred in the third over itself for the Australian squad, who had come out to pursue the goal of 204 runs. With four balls, Matthew Short scored one run. In the fourth over, Jack Fraser-McGurk was caught out. With 14 balls, he scored 16 runs. Steve Smith then took over the innings. With 46 balls, he scored 44 runs.
Bad start for the Kangaroos too
Josh Inglis failed to reach the half-century mark. He scored 49 runs while facing 42 balls. With 13 balls, Marnus Labuschagne scored 16 runs. A golden duck preyed on Glenn Maxwell. Sean Abbott and Aaron Hardy each scored ten and thirteen runs. Mitchell Starc was still undefeated at two runs and captain Pat Cummins was still undefeated at thirty-two runs off thirty-one balls.
