Australia thrash Pakistan by 86 runs to seal ODI series
Josh Hazlewood celebrates after removing Azhar Ali, Australia v Pakistan, 4th ODI, Sydney, January 22, 2017. PHOTO COURTESY: CRICKET AUSTRALIA
The visitors downfall in the do-or-die match was courtesy poor fielding, where the Men in Green dropped six catches to let hosts scored a mammoth 353 for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 50 overs.
Opener David Warner finished the innings with the top score after scoring 130 off 119 with the help of 11 fours and two sixes.
He was well supported by lower order hitting from Glenn Maxwell (78 off 44) and Travis Head (51 off 36) as hosts posted a massive total on the board.
For Pakistan, young pacer Hasan Ali registered his career-best figure of five for 52 in his 10 overs.
Chasing 354 to stay alive in the series, visitors had an ideal start from opener Sharjeel Khan, who scored a quickfire 74 off 47 balls, which included 10 fours and three sixes.
Once he got out, the Men in Green could not manage to cope up with increasing run rate and were bowled out for 267 in the 44th over.
For Australia, leg-spinner Adam Zampa and pacer Josh Hazlewood picked three wickets each.
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David Warner: Yea absolutely loved it. It was quite slow tonight. It’s always special to put your team in strong position. Credit to them [Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head] for scoring quickly. They had the balls in their range, and they smashed it for some quick runs.
Azhar Ali: Yea I think it was always going to be a tough chase. In the field we missed some opportunities. We fielded below par and that’s why they scored that many runs. If we would have hold on to our chances, things could have been different. Around 300 was chasable, but I think we let them score too many runs. We will come hard in the last match and try to finish the series on a high.
Steve Smith: It was pretty special. I thought we started very well. David Warner was fantastic at the top, so was [Glenn] Maxwell and [Travis] Head. When you score 350 plus, you don’t lose many matches. Hopefully we can put another performance like this in Adelaide in a few days’ time.
Over 44: PAK 267
Josh Hazlewood.
Over 43: PAK 261-8
Eight runs off the last over from Zampa, who finished with match figures of 10-0-55-3.
Zampa to bowl his last over.
Over 42: PAK 253-8
Six off the over and a wicket
Pat Cummins
Over 41: PAK 247-7
Zampa.
Over 40: PAK 242-6
Thirteen runs off the over.
Cummins.
Over 39: PAK 229-6
Three off the over.
Starc.
Over 38: PAK 226-6
Seven off the over courtesy a FOUR.
Hazlewood.
Over 37: PAK 219-6
Starc.
Over 36: PAK 216-5
Head.
Over 35: PAK 206-4
Hazlewood.
Over 34: PAK 201-4
Six off Head's over.
Over 33: PAK 195-4
Over 32: PAK 190-4
Five off the over.
Zampa.
Over 31: PAK 185-4
Only two runs off Hazlewood's over.
Over 30: PAK 183-4
40 off 40!
Zampa.
Over 29: PAK 181-3
Four off it.
Cummins.
Over 28: PAK 177-3
Only two off the over.
Zampa.
Over 27: PAK 175-3
Cummins.
Over 26: PAK 167-3
Two runs off Zampa's over.
Over 25: PAK 165-3
Two runs off Cummins' over.
Over 24: PAK 163-3
Head.
Over 23: PAK 154-3
Seven runs from it.
Starc.
Over 22: PAK 147-3
Three runs of Head's over.
Over 21: PAK 144-3
Six off the over.
Over 20: PAK 138-3
Six off the over.
Head.
Over 19: PAK 132-3
Zampa.
Over 18: PAK 123-3
Only three off it.
Head.
Over 17: PAK 120-3
Over 16: PAK 116-2
Seventeen off the over. One maximum followed by two FOURs past short third man.
Head.
Over 15: PAK 99-2
Zampa goes for 11. Sharjeel with two FOURs.
Over 14: PAK 88-2
Over 13: PAK 81-1
Six off the over courtesy a FOUR by Sharjeel.
Leggie Adam Zampa introduced into the attack.
Over 12: PAK 75-1
Head goes for five.
Over 11: PAK 70-1
Cummins give two in his over.
Over 10: PAK 68-1
Two runs off off-spinner Travis Head's over.
Over 9: PAK 66-1
Seven off the over.
Cummins.
Over 8: PAK 59-1
Nine off the over.
Over 7: PAK 50-1
Goes for only three runs.
Pat Cummins now.
Over 6: PAK 47-1
Nice way to end the over.
First of the match. Hope not the last!
Hazlewood.
Over 5: PAK 33-1
Seven runs off the over.
Starc.
Over 4: PAK 26-1
Hazlewood.
Over 3: PAK 21-1
Goes for six in his over courtesy a boundary by Sharjeel Khan.
Starc now.
Over 2: PAK 15-1
Over 1: PAK 11-0
Two FOURS in the very first over. Pakistan showing intent!
Azhar Ali and Sharjeel Khan are out there to start Pakistan's chase. Mitchell Starc is back for Australia and will open the bowling for the hosts.
AUS 353-6 (50 overs)
Mitchell Starc is the new batsman in.
Hasan Ali.
AUS 339-4 (49 overs)
Junaid.
AUS 324-4 (48 overs)
Eight from the over.
Hasan Ali.
AUS 316-4 (47 overs)
Matthew Wade is the new batsman in.
Amir.
AUS 303-3 (46 overs)
13 runs from the over.
Junaid.
AUS 290-3 (45 overs)
Amir.
AUS 276-3 (44 overs)
Junaid.
AUS 266-3 (43 overs)
Amir.
AUS 258-3 (42 overs)
Hafeez.
AUS 246-3 (41 overs)
Imad.
AUS 235-3 (40 overs)
Six from the over.
Junaid.
AUS 229-3 (39 overs)
Imad.
AUS 220-3 (38 overs)
Five from the over.
Hasan.
AUS 215-3 (37 overs)
Two from the over.
Imad.
AUS 213-3 (36 overs)
Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell are the new batsmen on the pitch.
Hasan Ali.
AUS 208-1 (35 overs)
Imad.
AUS 196-1 (34 overs)
Five runs from the over.
Hasan Ali.
AUS 191-1 (33 overs)
Imad.
AUS 185-1 (32 overs)
Amir.
AUS 178-1 (31 overs)
Three from the over.
Imad.
AUS 175-1 (30 overs)
Amir returns.
AUS 170-1 (29 overs)
Imad.
AUS 162-1 (28 overs)
Malik.
AUS 155-1 (27 overs)
Imad.
AUS 148-1 (26 overs)
Six runs from the over.
Shoaib Malik to try with his spin.
AUS 142-1 (25 overs)
Imad Wasim into the attack.
AUS 133-1 (24 overs)
Junaid.
AUS 127-1 (23 overs)
Hafeez.
AUS 116-1 (22 overs)
Junaid is back in the attack.
AUS 107-1 (21 overs)
Two from the over.
Hafeez.
AUS 105-1 (20 overs)
Two off the over.
Hasan.
AUS 103-1 (19 overs)
Five from the over.
Hafeez.
AUS 98-1 (18 overs)
Hasan.
AUS 92-0 (17 overs)
Two from the over.
Hafeez.
AUS 90-0 (16 overs)
Hasan.
AUS 86-0 (15 overs)
Four from the over.
Hafeez.
AUS 82-0 (14 overs)
Two from the over.
Hasan.
AUS 80-0 (13 overs)
Four runs from the over.
Hafeez resumes bowling.
AUS 76-0 (12 overs)
Hasan Ali replaces Amir.
AUS 70-0 (11 overs)
Junaid.
AUS 63-0 (10 overs)
Four runs from the over.
Amir.
AUS 59-0 (9 overs)
Just two off the over.
Junaid.
AUS 57-0 (8 overs)
Three from the over.
Amir.
AUS 53-0 (7 overs)
Junaid.
AUS 47-0 (6 overs)
Amir.
AUS 37-0 (5 overs)
Junaid Khan replaces Hafeez.
AUS 28-0 (4 overs)
Mohammad Amir to continue.
AUS 19-0 (3 overs)
Hafeez to continue.
AUS 8-0 (2 overs)
Mohammad Amir to begin bowling attack from the other end.
AUS 3-0 (1 over)
Three from the over.
Usman Khawaja and David Warner to open for the hosts.
Mohammad Hafeez to open the bowling for Pakistan.