Mitchell Starc- Pat Cummins created a stir, Australia defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the first ODI.
Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI: On the basis of Mitchell Starc's brilliant bowling and Pat Cummins' all-round performance, Australia defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the first ODI match played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday (November 4). Defeated by. With this, Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
After being invited to bat first, Pakistan scored 203 runs in 46.4 overs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 44 runs in 71 balls, Naseem Shah scored 40 runs in 39 balls, Babar Azam scored 37 runs in 44 balls.
Bowling brilliantly for Australia, Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for 33 runs, for which he was adjudged Player of the Match. Apart from this, Adam Zampa and captain Pat Cummins took 2-2 wickets, Sean Abbott and Marnus Labuschagne took 1-1 wicket in their account.
Australia had a bad start while chasing the target and on a total score of 28 runs, opening batsmen Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matthew Short were out and returned to the pavilion. After this, Josh Inglis and Steve Smith together took charge of the innings and made a partnership of 85 runs for the third wicket.
English scored 49 runs in 42 balls (four fours and three sixes) and Smith scored 44 runs (six fours) in 46 balls. After this, Australia's innings faltered, but Cummins played an unbeaten inning of 32 runs (four fours) in 31 balls.
In bowling for Pakistan, Haris Rauf took 3 wickets, Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain took 1 wicket each.
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