The Pakistan skipper smashes his second successive hundred.
The Pakistan skipper smashes his second successive hundred.
Skipper Babar Azam smashed his second successive hundred as Pakistan thrashed Australia by 9 wickets within the last one-dayer to say a 2-1 collection victory on Saturday, April 2, 2022.
The inspiration of the win was laid by Pakistan’s fiery tempo trio of Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Shaheen Afridi who bundled out Australia for 210 inside 42 overs.
Babar’s unbeaten 105 and opener Imam-ul-Haq’s 89 (not out) made mild work of the meagre chase to information Pakistan residence with 12.2 overs to spare.
Australia, put into bat, acquired off to a horror begin after they slumped to 6 for 3.
Shaheen (2-40) eliminated in-form Travis Head with the primary ball of the match earlier than Haris (3-39) dismissed Aaron Finch and Marnus Labuschagne in fast succession.
Alex Carey (56) top-scored for the guests and Ben McDermott (36), Sean Abbott (49) and Cameron Inexperienced (34) helped them go the 200-mark however the Australia bowlers had little to defend.
Nathan Ellis eliminated Fakhar Zaman for 17 however Imam and Babar ensured there was no dramatic batting collapse that will enable Australia again into the competition.
Babar, who cast an unbroken 190-run partnership with Imam, hit 12 boundaries in his sixteenth ODI century.
Australia, who received the three-test collection 1-0, will conclude their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years with a one-off Twenty20 match, additionally in Lahore, on Tuesday.
