- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.6 Slip intact. Lobbed up fuller and turns away markedly, he gets flummoxed and fell in the trap, leaned at it and tried to deflect it behind square but ends up edging it and Salman takes a safe and low catch. Pakistan strikes and it's the danger man Carey who has to go. Excellent change of bowling and Abrar has produced his magic right in his first over! 34/126.1 Around the wicket, he is so clever! On a length and it's gripping, shaking, popping and drifting away from off, he comes down and plays down the wrong line, missed the outside edge and he was down the track, Ghazi, with a sharp piece of glove work, whips off the bails in a flash and the set batter departs. This is not what the doctor prescribed for Australia. Just when they were building towards a stable platform for a later tee off, the partnership gets broken. Experienced campaigner removed from the equation. Meanwhile, Arafat continues to shine with his beautiful variation and cunning spinning methods. 123/513.3 Pushed through on middle from around the wicket and he tries an adventurous reverse-sweep and it looks stone dead, umpire didn't hesitate to raise his finger in agreement with Arafat. Bold shot and only thing that could save him his bat and belated review points towards no bat involved which is now confirmed by the ultra-edge. Pitching in line, impact in line and the ball fully crashed onto the leg-stump so congratulations to Arafat for his first wicket in international ODI cricket! Growing in confidence after bowling first few overs and he has got the danger man as he loves to take the bowlers on and doesn't like getting dictated. Massive breakthrough much to the delight of Shaheen and company 62/213.5 Doesn't survive an lbw shout! Marnus Labuschagne gone on nought! Goes back to in-curler and Arafat slides one in on a brisk pace, the leg-stump was visible and he has to go! long chat and he almost sent it upstairs and eventually ran out of time; wise decision, would have been a waste of review. Australia in a spot of bother after being put on a trial by spin 62/315.2 That is majestic! Such a clever operator! Showing his full range of tricks! that is sensational from the young man! Bit short and landed on leg-stump and then made it spin across extravagantly, Green remains stuck deep in the crease unable to track the spin and fathom the wizardry of Arafat, the ball clatters onto the top of the off-stump and Arafat is making it look like child's play. Australia plunge further into abyss. Need massive rebuilding work 68/438.1 The change of angle works; around the wicket, touch short and gets it to veer back alarmingly, irksome angle, kept going in and he attempts to play a risky backfoot cut, ball hits the off-stump right in the middle of the stump and Abrar gets his second in his last over. He has bowled well 179/730.5 Salman gets his first and Australia lose their sixth wicket! You could sense something's got to give and the debutant wanted to make an impression, cut loose and was trying a few things, tries to slam a cut off his backfoot and ended up getting a thick edge to Ghori who takes a splendid catch; has been phenomenal with the glove work. And now Australia needs to adjust their plans; focus should be on playing all overs and prevent getting bowled out 145/644.1 all over! Round the wicket, a little bit of pace off at 123kph, Kuhnemann gives himself a touch of room, pushes with hard hands and it just loops up to midwicket for a simple catch 200/1042.5 and this one is through, that's five on debut! Another arm-ball, angling in at the stumps, Ellis goes back with an open face and is beaten over the top edge. What a performance from Arafat 199/843.5 this one does it! Pinpoint yorker from Shaheen, fired under Tanveer's bat and into the base of off stump. Might have actually beaten the edge as a full toss 200/9Extras13 (lb 6, w 7)TOTAL200 all out (44.1 Overs, RR: 4.52)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Alex Carey, 6.6 ov), 2-62 (Josh Inglis, 13.3 ov), 3-62 (Marnus Labuschagne, 13.5 ov), 4-68 (Cameron Green, 15.2 ov), 5-123 (Matthew Short, 26.1 ov), 6-145 (Oliver Peake, 30.5 ov), 7-179 (Matt Renshaw, 38.1 ov), 8-199 (Nathan Ellis, 42.5 ov), 9-200 (Tanveer Sangha, 43.5 ov), 10-200 (Matthew Kuhnemann, 44.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Shaheen Shah Afridi 6 0 19 1 3.16 26 2 0 2 0 Haris Rauf 5.1 0 24 1 4.64 21 4 0 2 0 Abrar Ahmed 10 0 44 2 4.4 32 3 1 1 0 Arafat Minhas 10 1 32 5 3.2 40 2 0 1 0 Shadab Khan 8 0 54 0 6.75 14 5 0 0 0 Salman Agha 5 0 21 1 4.2 19 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.2 taken at long-off! Farhan couldn't hold himself back. Tossed up by Sangha, Farhan gave himself room outside leg, looks to launch this down the ground and slices it to Short who is again very safe in the deep 49/25.2 well judged at deep midwicket! Sadaqat takes Kuhnemann on with the slog sweep, he seems to have got it well at first glance but it doesn't quite have the legs as Short takes it inches inside the rope, tosses the ball up as he goes over the rope and regathers in the field of play. Perfectly done from Short (and more efficient third umpire work from Richard Kettleborough as he confirms it's a clean catch) 25/138.2 Oh, befuddles him with a well-disguised slower back of a length delivery, it cut back sharply and didn't bounce much, wanted to cut the straighter and ends up making a mess of his stumps, towards middle-stump. Undone by the lack of bounce and sharp movement 176/340.3 Too slow for a slow delivery that it almost forgot it had to reach the batter, kept very low and hit his pad around that knee roll as he attempted to flick it away, beaten by the snail speed delivery, three reds and it's stone dead lbw, remarkable innings come to an end 185/442.1 Over the wicket, tosses it up fuller on middle, spins away a touch and he is early through the sweep, it's plumb lbw and he rightly doesn't send it upstairs. Excellent wicket-to-wicket stuff, Australia would rue the batting collapse earlier, could have taken the game right down to the wire with like 50 more runs perhaps 195/5Extras7 (lb 1, w 6)TOTAL202/5 (42.3 Overs, RR: 4.75)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Maaz Sadaqat, 5.2 ov), 2-49 (Sahibzada Farhan, 12.2 ov), 3-176 (Babar Azam, 38.2 ov), 4-185 (Ghazi Ghori, 40.3 ov), 5-195 (Salman Agha, 42.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NT Ellis 7 0 45 2 6.42 20 6 0 1 0 B Stanlake 6 0 37 0 6.16 20 5 0 2 0 MP Kuhnemann 10 1 29 1 2.9 38 1 0 0 0 T Sangha 10 3 31 1 3.1 39 2 0 0 0 MW Short 3 0 11 0 3.66 7 0 0 0 0 MT Renshaw 5 0 33 0 6.6 14 4 1 0 0 M Labuschagne 1.3 0 15 1 10 3 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Pakistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
16.30 start, First Session 16.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.30, Second Session 20.30-0.00
Match days
30 May 2026 - day/night match (50-over match)
ODI debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 3.4: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - MW Short (Struck down)
- Australia: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 142 runs, 6 wickets)
- Over 13.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - JP Inglis (Struck down)
- Drinks: Australia - 68/4 in 15.2 overs (MW Short 31)
- Australia: 100 runs in 20.5 overs (125 balls), Extras 6
- MW Short: 50 off 66 balls (6 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (MW Short 24, MT Renshaw 29, Ex 2)
- Australia: 150 runs in 32.3 overs (195 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: Australia - 153/6 in 34.0 overs (MT Renshaw 43, MP Kuhnemann 4)
- MT Renshaw: 50 off 52 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 37.5: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - MP Kuhnemann (Struck down)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 7 runs, 3 wickets)
- Australia: 200 runs in 43.2 overs (260 balls), Extras 13
- Innings Break: Australia - 200/10 in 44.1 overs (B Stanlake 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 41 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 139 runs, 2 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Pakistan - 76/2 in 18.0 overs (Babar Azam 24, Ghazi Ghori 15)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (Babar Azam 21, Ghazi Ghori 27, Ex 2)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 23.5 overs (143 balls), Extras 3
- Over 27.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - Babar Azam (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Babar Azam: 50 off 71 balls (3 x 4)
- Over 31.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - Babar Azam (Struck down)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 140/2 in 34.0 overs (Babar Azam 53, Ghazi Ghori 44)
- Ghazi Ghori: 50 off 77 balls (7 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 134 balls (Babar Azam 42, Ghazi Ghori 52, Ex 6)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 34.5 overs (209 balls), Extras 7
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 22 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 40.3: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - Ghazi Ghori (Struck down)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 42.3 overs (255 balls), Extras 7
Match Coverage
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Renshaw and Short scored half-centuries but Australia could only post 200 against the home side's spinners
Shaheen Afridi on Pakistan quicks losing speed: 'Machines deteriorate with time'
Afridi said Rizwan's omission from the ODIs against Australia was to give youngsters chance ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup
Pakistan's famous cheerleader 'Chacha Cricket' to retire this year
The third ODI against Australia in Lahore will be his last at home, though he is hoping to cheer Pakistan on in England later in the year
Babar returns while understrength Australia look to 2027 and beyond
Some familiar names return for Pakistan while Australia have fresh faces in the absence of a number of frontline stars




