third ODI: Babar Azam guides Pakistan to collection win over Australia with stellar hundred
2 min readPakistan romped to a nine-wicket win over depleted Australia within the third one-day worldwide on Saturday and clinched the collection 2-1.
third ODI: Babar guides Pakistan to collection win vs Australia with stellar hundred (AP Photot)
HIGHLIGHTSPakistan beat Australia by 9 wickets to seal ODI collectionBabar Azam scored his sixteenth ODI hundred on SaturdayBabar Azam shared a 190-run stand with Imam-ul-Haq
Skipper Babar Azam smashed his second successive hundred as Pakistan thrashed Australia by 9 wickets within the closing one-dayer to say a 2-1 collection victory on Saturday.
The basis 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 smashed an unbeaten 105 and opener Imam-ul-Haq made 89 not out as they made gentle work of the meagre chase to information Pakistan dwelling with 12.2 overs to spare.
Australia, put into bat, acquired off to a horror begin once 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 vacationers and Ben McDermott (36), Sean Abbott (49) and Cameron Green (34) helped them cross the 200 mark. The Australian bowlers had little to defend.
Nathan Ellis eliminated Fakhar Zaman for 17 however Imam and Babar ensured there was no dramatic batting collapse that might enable Australia again into the competition.
Babar, who solid 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.
