Pat Cummins-led Australia defeated Mohammad Rizwan's Pakistan by a margin of two wickets in an action-packed first One-Day International of the three-match series on Monday, 4th of November at Cricket Ground of Melbourne. Aussie skipper Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Steven Smith and wicketkeeper batsman Josh Inglis played an important role for the home side as they took a 1-0 lead in the series by winning in the low-scoring thriller.



 Pakistani seamer Haris Rauf was good with the ball for the visitors but the Shaheens were not able to put a high score on the board as the Mighty Australians chased down the target of 204 runs with two wickets to spare.



Having opted to field first after winning the toss on a tricky Melbourne wicket, Starc made an immediate impact as he dismissed opening batter Saim Ayub (1 run in 5 balls) in the 3rd over of the Pakistani inning. The left arm Aussie seamer carried on with his dominance as he struck again with the ball, dismissing the other opening batter Abdullah Shafique (12 runs in 26 balls) in the 7th over.



With the Shaheens sitting at a score of 24-2, experienced batter Babar Azam tried his best to turn things in favor of his team by playing a decent knock of 37 runs but he too was sent back to the dugout by leg spinner Adam Zampa.



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The Green Shirts' newly appointed skipper Mohammad Rizwan steadied the sinking ship of the tourists by playing a knock of 44 runs as his team finished their inning for a score of 203 runs in 46.4 overs as they got bundled our by the rampant bowling effort of the Aussies. Mitchell Starc ended the match with figueres of 3-33 next to his name while the duo of Zampa &amp; Cummins scalped two wickets a piece.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Skipper Pat Cummins helps his team secure the win with the help of a crucial 32-Run inning</h2>



Chasing a modest score of 204 runs, the home side started the chase on a poor note as they lost the opening duo of Jake Fraser-Mcgurk and Matthew Short on an early note. However, Josh Inglis and experienced batsman Steven Smith stitched an important partnership of 85 runs for the 3rd wicket before the former threw his wicket away to right arm fast bowler Haris Rauf on a score of 44 runs with the Kangaroos getting reduced to a score of 113-3.



Middle order batsman Marnus Labuschagne gave company to Inglis in the middle as they tried to get involved in a big partnership but Josh was dismissed after scoring 49 runs.Following the dismissal of Inglis, the Australians experienced a batting-collapse as the trip of Glenn Maxwell, Labuschagne and Aaron Hardie all gave their wickets away in quick-succession and the Pat Cummins-led team found themselves struggling at a score of 155-7.



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But, bowling All-Rounder Sean Abbott played an important inning of 13 runs before getting run-out and captain Cummins helped his team get over the line by playing a match-winning inning of 32 runs in 31 deliveries.



The 2023 ODI World Cup winners will square off versus the Shaheens in the second One Day International on the 8th of November in the city of Adelaide.



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Australia edge out Pakistan by 2 wickets in action-packed 1st ODI, take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series

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Josh Inglis: In what proves to be a massive news, Australia's hard hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Josh Inglis has been appointed as the captain for the T20 International series versus Pakistan.Interestingly, the 29-year-old will also handle the leadership duties of the 2023 ODI World Cup winners in the third and final One Day International as the players picked in the squad for the forthcoming 2024 Border Gavaskar Trophy versus India get ready.



Josh has replaced Cummins as the skipper of the side, who, along with other senior members - Steven Smith, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne and Mitchell Starc will be missing the final fixture of the One Day International Series as they prepare themselves for the difficult Team India challenge.



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With regular-captain Cummins getting himself ready and fully prepared for the BGT and regular T20 International skipper Mitchell Marsh missing out due to being on parternity-leave, the selection committee of the Kangaroos have backed Inglis, who has experience of captaining teams in Domestic Cricket.



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In the absence of important-players, the fast bowling duo of Spencer Johnson and Xavier Bartlett along with wicket-keeper batsman Josh Philippe have been added to the squad.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Australia hoping to clinch the series in the 2nd One Day International match</h2>



In what proved to be a low-scoring thriller and a nail-biting contest, the home side managed to finish out on top by a margin of two wickets in the opening fixture of the three-match series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.



Batting first, the Mohammad Rizwan-led team managed to post a score of just 203 runs on the board as the Australian bowling unit wrecked havoc.



Babar (37 runs) and skipper Rizwan (44 runs) showed some retaliation and thanks to a late cameo with the bat by Naseem Shah, the Green Shirts managed to post an average-total on the score board.



However, the Pakistani bowlers created a nightmare for the Aussie batters as right arm pacer Haris Rauf dismissed three batters to turn the match in the favor of his team. But, much to the dismay of the Shaheen supporters, captain Pat Cummins maintained his composure and played an unbeaten knock of 32 runs in 31 deliveries to help his team end the match on a winning note. Now, with the senior-players given some rest for the final match of the series, the Kangaroos will be looking to clinch the ODI series by winning the second match.



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Pakistan: The last match of the three-match One-Day International series between Australia and Pakistan was played in Perth on 10 November (Sunday). In this match, Pakistan won by 8 wickets over hosts Australia. In the match, the Green Shirts got a target of 141 runs to win, which it achieved in just 26.5 overs. With this victory, the Shaheens under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan won the three-match ODI series 2-1. The Kangaroos had won the first match of the series by a margin of 2 wickets, while the Pakistani team won the second match by 9 wickets.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pakistan's 22 year wait is over</h2>



If we look at it, Pakistan team has defeated Australia in a bilateral ODI series at their home after 22 years. Earlier in 2002, under the captaincy of Waqar Younus, the Green Shirts had defeated the Aussies 2-1 in an ODI series at their home. This means that Pakistan's victory is quite historic. Fast bowler Haris Rauf was selected as 'Man-of-the-Match' and 'Man-of-the-Series'.



Chasing the target in this match, the Mohammad Rizwan-led outfit got off to a great start. The opening duo of Abdullah Shafiq and Saim Ayub together got involved in a partnership of 84 runs for the opening wicket, which made the job easy for Pakistan. Shafiq scored 37 runs in 53 balls with the help of 1 four and a six. Ayub scored 42 runs in 52 balls, which included 4 fours and a maximum.



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Later, the duo of Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq were run out by pacer Lance Morris. From here, Babar Azam and skipper Mohammad Rizwan joined hands in the middle and they stitched an unbeaten partnership of 58 runs to take Pakistan to the doorstep of victory. Babar contributed 30 runs in 28 balls with the help of four fours. While Rizwan scored an unbeaten 30 runs. Rizwan hit two maximums and a four in his 27-ball inning.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Kangaroos swept away by the storm of the trio of Shaheen-Naseeem-Rauf</h2>



Earlier, Australia, who lost the toss and came to bat first, were bundled out for an embarrassing score of 140 runs in 31.5 overs. Sean Abbott top scored with a knock of 30 runs in 41 balls for Australia, which included 2 fours and a six. Opening batsman Matthew Short scored 22 runs. Apart from this, only Adam Zampa (13 runs), Aaron Hardy (12 runs) and Spencer Johnson (11* runs) could reach double figures. The duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah took three wickets a piece for the visitors while Haris Rauf dismissed 2 batters and Mohammad Hasnain got one wicket.



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