ADELAIDE: Australia is now in more trouble as Mohammad Haris made another breaththrough through Hasnain removed Steven Smith, leaving Australia at 101/5.
Earlier, Haris Rauf’s double strike to remove Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne put Australia under pressure.
Before Haris’ double strike, Shaheen Shah Afridi made an early breakthrough for Pakistan, dismissing Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matt Short during the second ODI at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Pakistan’s skipper Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and elected to bowl first against Australia in the second ODI of the three-match series here at Adelaide Oval on Friday.
Mohammad Rizwan stated that Pakistan would go with their previous lineup. Australia, however, made one change to strengthen their bowling attack, replacing Sean Abbott with pacer Josh Hazlewood.
Australia leads the three-match series 1-0. A win today would seal the series for Australia, while Pakistan must win to level the series and set up a decisive third match.
Pak vs AUS head-to-head
Pakistan and Australia have met 109 times in One Day Internationals. with the six-time World Cup champions holding a dominant edge, winning 71 matches compared to Pakistan’s 34.
Australia’s record in ODIs on home soil is equally strong, having won 38 of their 57 encounters, while Pakistan has secured 17 victories in Australia.
Pakistan will play three ODIs and as many T20Is against Australia before traveling to Zimbabwe for a bilateral white-ball cricket series.
The Australia tour will run from November 4 to 18, while the matches in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, will be played from November 24 to December 5.
This is Pakistan’s first ODI series after its group stage exit from the 2023 World Cup. On the other hand, Australia last played an ODI series in September, defeating arch-rivals England 3-2 in a five-match series.
Playing XIs
Pakistan squad: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub,Muhammad Irfan Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain.
Australia squad: Matt Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.
