DTVHINDI
The third and decisive ODI of the three-match ODI series between Pakistan and Australia was played in Perth today. In this match, Pakistan has defeated Australia by eight wickets. With this victory, Pakistan has also won the series 2-1. For the first time after 22 years, Pakistan has defeated Australia at home in a bilateral ODI series.
Like both the matches of the series, the Pakistani fast bowlers dominated the final ODI as they bowled out the host team for only 140. After this, Pakistan got off to a great start by Sam Ayub (42) and Abdullah Shafiq (37) and the Pakistani team won the match in just 26.5 overs.
Earlier in 2002, Pakistan had played a bilateral ODI series in Australia for the first time and they had won 2-1 in this three-match series. In this series too, Pakistan had lost the first match and then by winning two consecutive matches, they made a spectacular comeback and won the series. Here too the bowlers played an important role in winning the next two matches.
AUS vs PAK: This was the condition of the third ODI match
Talking about the match, Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and chose bowling. This decision of the captain proved to be correct and the Australian team collapsed for 140 runs. Although there were no senior players in this team, still these players came home after playing good cricket. Only four bowlers bowled for the Pakistan team.
Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah got 3 wickets each and Haris Rauf got two wickets. For Australia, Sean Abbott scored 30 runs and Matthew Short scored 22 runs. Apart from these, no batsman could score more than 20 runs. For Pakistan, Sam Ayub scored 42 runs, while Abdullah Shafiq played an inning of 37 runs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan returned unbeaten after scoring 30 runs and Babar Azam scored 28 runs. Lance Morris took 2 wickets for Australia.
