pak vs aus 1st odi australia beat pakistan by 2 wickets melbourne cricket ground pat cummins

Australia defeated visiting team Pakistan by two wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. With this, host Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. Captain Pat Cummins also took two wickets and returned unbeaten after scoring 32 runs. Pakistan is on Australian tour for three-match ODI and T20 series each.

This match played at Melbourne Cricket Ground reached a very exciting situation. There was a close contest between the two teams in a low scoring match. At one time Australia needed 19 runs, while only two wickets were left. After this, captain Pat Cummins took up the responsibility and led the host team to victory in a thrilling match. Pakistan was restricted to 203 runs after which Australia won the first match by scoring 204 runs for 8 wickets in 33.3 overs.

Chasing the target of 204 runs, Australia’s start was also not special. Australia had lost the wickets of Matthew Short and Jake Fraser McGurk for 28 runs. After this, Steve Smith and Josh English together took the score to 113 runs. Smith was out after scoring 44 runs while Josh was out after scoring 49 runs. After this, wickets kept falling one after the other and Australia’s score became eight wickets for 185 runs. Captain Pat Cummins, along with Starc, led the team to a thrilling victory by two wickets.