Melbourne: Australia have won the first ODI after a thrilling match defeating Pakistan by two wickets.
The host Australia have won the match before 99 balls remaining.
Pakistan bowlers Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi , Naseem Shah and Hasnain Ali with their tremendous performance turned the low score match a thriller.
Harris Rauf top wicket taker with three wickets, Shaheen Shah Afridi two wickets, Naseem Shah and Muhammad Hasnain one wicket each.
Earlier, Pakistan whole team bowled out at 203 runs in 46.4 overs while skipper Muhammad Rizwan remained top scorer with 44 runs.
Australia invited Pakistan to bat after winning the toss while Pakistan opening order deteriorated earlier as Syim Ayub lost his wicket just one one run while Abdullah Shafique also out early with a score of 12 runs.
Captain Muhammad Rizwan made 44 runs, Baber Azam 37 runs, Salman Agha 12 runs , Iran Khan on his debut scored 22 runs while Naseem Shah scored career best score of 40 runs.
Mitchell Starc got 3 wickets while Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa took two wickets each.
Sean Abbott, Marnus Labuschagne got one wicket each.
Pakistan Playing 11
Abdullah Shafique,Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan † (c), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Agha, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Aamer Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Haseebullah Khan †
Australia Playing 11
Sean Abbott, Marnus Labuschagne got one wicket each.
Australia Team: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis †,
Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins (c),
Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa
