Latest News :- Australia won the first ODI match against Pakistan by 2 wickets. In the match held in Melbourne yesterday, Pakistan team, batting first, was out for 203 runs in 46.4 overs. Captain Mohammad Rizwan added 44, Babar Azam added 37, Irfan Khan added 22 and Shaheen Shah Afridi added 24 runs. In the last innings, Naseem Shah scored 40 runs in 39 balls with the help of 4 sixes and one four. Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for Australia. Pat Cummins and Adam Jamba took 2-2 wickets.

Playing with a target of 204 runs, the Australian team won by scoring 204 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 33.3 overs. Josh English added 49 runs and Steve Smith added 44 runs. For Pakistan, Haris Rawoob took 3 wickets and Shaheen Shah Afridi took 2 wickets. Captain Pat Cummins performed well and scored 32 runs in 31 balls to lead the team to victory even though the team was in trouble at 155 runs losing 7 wickets. Australia won by 2 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series. The second match will be played in Adelaide on 8th.