Pakistan have strengthened their eighth position in ODI World Cup SuperLeague Points Table by a historic series victory against Australia.Pakistan won the third and final ODI by 9 wickets to clinch the seriesvictory against Australia.
Pakistan bounced back in the series after losing the first ODI. Followingthe record-smashing chase in the 2nd ODI, Pakistan outclassed Australia bytop-quality bowling in the final contest.
Pakistan pacers dominated from the very first ball as for the first time inhistory both Aussie openers walked back without scoring. Owing to AlexCarey’s 56 and Sean Abbot’s 49, Australia managed 210 before getting allout in the 42nd over. Pace bowlers ruled the day as Muhamad Wasim and HarisRauf bagged 3 wickets each while Shaheen Afridi got two for 40.
In the second innings, Pakistan sealed the series victory with acomfortable chase as Babar Azam smashed his second hundred of the series.Pakistan chased 210 with relative ease.
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Before the third match of the series, points of both Australia and Pakistanwere at level with that of Afghanistan and West Indies respectively. Afterwinning the series decider, Pakistan have cemented their position in theeighth spot as they are now ahead of West Indies. On the other hand,Australia remain at fourth spot just above Afghanistan.
