Australia beat Pakistan by 92 runs in first ODI

KARACHI:
Wicketkeeper batsman Mathew Wade scored his maiden century in the 50-over format as Australia beat Pakistan by 92 runs in the first ODI of the five-match series at The Gabba in Brisbane on Friday.

The hosts were in spot-of-bother after being restricted to 78 for 5 in the 17th over, but Wade along with all-rounder Glenn Maxwell scored 82 runs for the sixth wicket to take hosts to a respectable total of 268 for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 50 overs.

Australia hand Lynn, Stanlake ODI debuts against Pakistan

Wade finished not out on 100 off 100 balls with the help of seven fours and two sixes, whereas Maxwell scored 60 off 56 balls with the help of seven boundaries.

For Pakistan, young pacer Hasan Ali was the pick of the bowlers as he claimed three wickets, whereas left-armer Mohammad Amir and all-rounder Imad Wasim picked two wickets each.

Babar Azam’s knock destroys Cricket Australia XI

Chasing 269 to win, visitors started well but once opener Sharjeel Khan got out in the 9th over, the team never managed to recover and kept losing wickets at the regular interval, and was eventually bowled out in the 43rd over at the score 176.

Young Babar Azam finished with the top score of 33 off 46 balls for Pakistan, whereas for Australia, all-rounder James Faulkner picked four and pacer Pat Cummins claimed three wickets.

Presentation ceremony:

Man of the match:

Mathew Wade: It feels great. It was challenging with the ball swinging and seaming around. Maxi [Glenn Maxwell] took pressure off me and it gave me time to settle. To be honest in the last over, I was extremely tired as I could hardly see the ball. We thought 268 was a fighting total on that pitch, as it was hard to score freely even once you get in.

Azhar Ali: It’s [hamstring]a bit sore but hopefully it will recover soon. Physio will have a better look at it and we will know by tomorrow how far I will go in this series. Full credit to the bowlers for the way they bowled, but we have to give full credit to [Mathew] Wade as he batted extremely well. 260 odd was achievable, all we needed was few good partnerships, but we kept loosing wickets.

Steve Smith: It was a pretty average start, but Mathew Wade played an exceptional innings. 270 was around par on that pitch but the bowlers did really well. I thought all of them bowled in good areas, and they used the change of pace really well.



The second match of the series will be played in Melbourne on Sunday. So till then, it goodbye from all of us here, and we will see you on Sunday hopefully. Cheers!



PAK 176 (43 overs)

And That's it. It's all over then. Australia beat Pakistan by 92 runs to go 1-0 up in the five-match series.

Pat Cummins to start his new over.



PAK 174-9 (42 overs)

Seven runs and a wicket off the over.

James Faulkner to start his new over.



PAK 167-8 (41 overs)

Just four off the over.

Pat Cummins to start his new spell.



PAK 163-8 (40 overs)

Just four runs and a wicket off the over.

James Faulkner to start his new over.



PAK 159-7 (39 overs)

Just two and a wicket off the over.

Mitchell Marsh to start his new spell.



PAK 157-6 (38 overs)

Just three off the over.

James Faulkner to start his new spell.



PAK 154-6 (37 overs)

11 off the over, a good one for Pakistan.

Mitchell Marsh to start his new spell.



PAK 143-6 (36 overs)

Just two off his last over. Brilliant bowling performance from the part-timer.

Head to continue.



PAK 141-6 (35 overs)

Just three off the over.

Starc to continue.



PAK 138-6 (34 overs)

Just three off the over.

Head to continue.



PAK 135-6 (33 overs)

Just three and a wicket off the over.

Mitchell Starc is back for another spell.



PAK 132-5 (32 overs)

Just two off the over.

Head to continue.



PAK 130-5 (31 overs)

Just a single and a wicket off the over.

Cummins to continue.



PAK 129-4 (30 overs)

Just four off the over.

Head to continue.



PAK 125-4 (29 overs)

Seven off the over. A good one for Pakistan.

Pat Cummins to start his new over.



PAK 118-4 (28 overs)

Five off the over.

Travis Head to start his new spell.



PAK 113-4 (27 overs)

Just four off the over.

Marsh to start his third over.



PAK 109-4 (26 overs)

Just three and a wicket off the over.

Pat Cummins to start his second spell.



PAK 106-3 (25 overs)

Just four off the over.

Marsh to start his second over.



PAK 102-3 (24 overs)

Four off the over.

Head to continue.



PAK 98-3 (23 overs)

Four runs off the over.

Marsh to start his second over.


PAK 94-3 (22 overs)

Just a single off the over.

Head to continue.



PAK 93-3 (21 overs)

Just two off the over.

Mitchell Marsh to start his first over the day.



PAK 91-3 (20 overs)

Just five off the over.

Head to continue.



PAK 86-3 (19 overs)

Five off the over. A good one for Pakistan.

Starc to continue.



PAK 81-3 (18 overs)

Just two off the over.

Head to continue.



PAK 79-3 (17 overs)

Six runs and a wicket off the over.

Starc to continue.



PAK 73-2 (16 overs)

Just two runs off the over.

Travis Head to start his first over of the day.



PAK 71-2 (15 overs)

Six run off the over.

Starc to start his second spell.



PAK 65-2 (14 overs)

Just two off the over.

Cummins to continue.



PAK 63-2 (13 overs)

13 runs off the over.

Faulkner to continue.



PAK 50-2 (12 overs)

Just three off the over.

Cummins to continue.



A wicket maiden from James Faulkner. Pressure is mounting on Pakistan.

Faulkner to continue.



PAK 47-1 (10 overs)

Eight runs off the over.

Pat Cummins to continue.



PAK 39-1 (9 overs)

Just one run and a wicket off the over.

James Faulkner to start his second over.



PAK 38-0 (8 overs)

Just three off the first over.

Pat Cummins to start his first over of the day.



PAK 35-0 (7 overs)

Six off the over.

James Faulkner to start his first over of the day.



PAK 29-0 (6 overs)

11 off the over, and Stanlake clearly looks in trouble.

Stanlake to continue



PAK 18-0 (5 overs)

Six off the over. A good one for Pakistan.

 Starc to continue



PAK 12-0 (4 overs) 

Just a single off the over.

Stanlake to continue.



So former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja think 269 is an achievable target? Any thoughts?

PAK 11-0 (3 overs) 

Four runs and four byes off Starc's second over.

So it's Starc to continue.



PAK 2-0 (2 overs) 

Just one off Stanlake's first over in international cricket.

So it's Billy Stanlake to bowl the second over of the Pakistan's innings.



PAK 1-0 (1 overs)

Just one run off the first over.

So it's Azhar Ali and Sharjeel Khan to open for Pakistan, and Mitchell Starc to begin for Australia.



So that's it from us for the first session. Do join us for the live updates from the second half.



AUS 268-9 (50 overs)

A brilliant finish from Hasan Ali with the bowl as he gave away just seven off the final over, whereas Mathew Wade scored his maiden ODI century on the last ball of the innings.

Hasan Ali to bowl his last over of the innings.



AUS 261-9 (49 overs)

Eight of Amir's last over.

Mohammad Amir to bowl his last over of the day.



AUS 253-9 (48 overs)

Nine runs off Hasan's over. A expensive one for Pakistan

Hasan Ali to continue.



AUS 244-9 (47 overs)

Nine off the over, a expensive one from Amir.

Mohammad Amir to continue.



AUS 235-9 (46 overs)

Two and a wicket off Hasan's seventh over of the innings.

Hasan Ali to start his seventh over of the day.



AUS 233-8 (45 overs)

Nine off the over.

Mohammad Amir to continue.



AUS 224-8 (44 overs)

Wahab Riaz to start his sixth over of the day.



AUS 213-8 (43 overs)

Five runs and a wicket off Amir's seventh over of the day.

Mohammad Amir to start his new spell.



AUS 208-7 (42 overs)

11 off Nawaz's eight over, and this might be the end of him in the bowling today. The youngster did a good job for his team and for his captain.

Mohammad Nawaz to continue.



AUS 195-7 (41 overs)

Just two off the over. Fantastic spell from Imad today. Was a treat to watch today.

Imad Wasim to bowl his last over of the day.



AUS 193-7 (40 overs)

Four off the over.

Nawaz to continue.



AUS 189-7 (39 overs)

Six off the over.

Imad Wasim to start his ninth over of the day.



AUS 183-7 (38 overs)

Six off the over.

Nawaz to continue.



AUS 177-7 (37 overs)

Just two off the over.

Hafeez to continue.



AUS 175-7 (36 overs)

Just two off the over.

Nawaz to continue.



AUS 173-7 (35 overs)

Just three off the over.

Hafeez to continue.



AUS 170-7 (34 overs)

Just two and a wicket off the over.

Mohammad Nawaz to replace Wahab Riaz.



AUS 168-6 (33 overs)

Five off Hafeez's fifth over.

Mohammad Hafeez to start his new spell.



AUS 163-6 (32 overs)

Just three off the over.

Wahab Riaz to continue.



AUS 160-6 (3 overs)

Seven runs and a wicket off the over.

Hasan Ali to start his sixth over.



AUS 153-5 (30 overs)

Just four off the over.

Wahab Riaz to start his third spell of the day.



AUS 149-5 (29 overs)

Just five off Hasan's over.

Hasan Ali to continue.



AUS 144-5 (28 overs)

Nine off Nawaz's over.

FOUR! Reverse sweep and another boundary.

Nawaz to continue.



AUS 135-5 (27 overs)

Five off the over.

Hasan Ali to start his second spell.



AUS 130-5 (26 overs)

FOUR! Full and Maxwell reverse sweep one for a boundary. Brilliant shot.

Nawaz to continue.



AUS 124-5 (25 overs)

11 off Imad's eighth over of the day.

FOUR! Another one from Maxwell. He is on the move and so is Australia.

Imad to continue.



AUS 113-5 (24 overs)

Six off Nawaz's first over.

FOUR! Maxwell welcomes Nawaz with a boundary off his first ball of the day.

Mohammad Nawaz to start his first over of the day.



AUS 107-5 (23 overs)

Just two off the over.

Imad to continue.



AUS 105-5 (22 overs)

Amir to continue.



AUS 98-5 (21 overs)

Four off Imad's over.

Imad to continue.



AUS 94-5 (20 overs)

Six off Amir's fifth over.

Mohammad Amir returns for his second spell.



AUS 88-5 (19 overs)

Just two off the over.

Imad to continue.



AUS 86-5 (18 overs)

Five off Wahab's third over.

Wahab Riaz to start his third over.



AUS 81-5 (17 overs)

Just four and wicket off Imad's fourth over of the day. He is clearly on song today.

Imad Wasim to continue.



AUS 77-4 (16 overs)

Five off Wahab's second over.

Wahab Riaz to start his second spell of the day.



AUS 72-4 (15 overs)

Just two off the over.



AUS 70-4 (14 overs)

Just three off the over.

Hafeez to continue.



AUS 67-4 (13 overs)

Just two runs and a wicket off the Imad's second over.

Imad Wasim to continue.



AUS 65-3 (12 overs)

Just three off the over.

Mohammad Hafeez to start his third over of the day.



AUS 62-3 (11 overs)

Imad Wasim to start his first over of the day.



AUS 61-3 (10 overs)

Nine runs and a wicket off Hasan's third over.

FOUR! Travis Head is not in the mood to hang around.

Hasan Ali to start his third over.



AUS 52-2 (9 overs)

14 off Wahab's first over of the day. Clearly other bowlers are not stepping up their game.

FOUR! Short and Travid Head cuts one through for a boundary.

Wahab Riaz to start his first over of the day.



AUS 38-2 (8overs)

13 off Hasan's second over of the day, clearly not a good start for the youngster.

Hasan Ali to start his second over of the day.



AUS 25-2 (7 overs)

Four off Amir's fourth over of the day.

Amir to start his fourth over of the day.



AUS 21-2 (6 overs)

Eight off Hasan's first over of the day

Hasan Ali to start his first over of the day.



AUS 13-2 (5 overs)

What a brilliant over for Amir, as he picked two biggest scalp of the day for team Pakistan in two consecutive deliveries.

Amir to continue.



AUS 11-0 (4 overs)

Five off Hafeez's second over.

Hafeez to continue.



AUS 6-0 (3 overs)

Three off Amir's second over.

Amir to continue.



AUS 2-0 (2 overs)

Just one from the over.

Mohammad Hafeez to try with his spin.



AUS 1-0 (1 over)

David Warmer and Travis Head will open for the hosts.

Mohammad Amir to bowl the first over for Pakistan.



Toss: Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat first against Pakistan.