Pakistan had already lost 12 runs before victory.
-Vinay Kumar
Pakistan beat Australia by 6 wickets in the second match of the 3-match ODI series. At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (AUS vs PAK ODI 2022 Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore) Pakistan Cricket Team Captain Babar Azam won the toss and took the first bowl. Batting first, Australia scored 348 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs and gave a target of 349 runs to Pakistan to win. Chasing the target, Pakistan’s team scored 352 runs in 49 overs with one over remaining for the loss of 4 wickets and won.
It is worth noting that in One Day International cricket, Pakistan’s team had a successful run chase for the biggest score so far. Earlier, Pakistan’s highest score was 329 for 7 in 49.5 overs, which Pakistan made on 4 March 2014 against Bangladesh in Mirpur (BAN vs PAK ODI 2014) match.
Chasing the target, Pakistan’s team scored the biggest score (ENG vs PAK ODI 2019) against England on 11 May 2019. Then, chasing the target, Pakistan scored 361 for 7 in 50 overs. But, Pakistan was defeated in that match. Pakistan had already lost 12 runs before victory. Remind you that, batting first in this match, England scored a huge score of 373 for 3 in 50 overs (PAK vs ENG ODI 2019). For England, Jos Buttler scored 110 runs in 55 balls and was not out.
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Talking about the latest match, in this latest match played against Australia, Pakistan captain Babar Azam set many records. Babar Azam scored 114 runs in 83 balls with the help of 11 fours and one six in this match. Significantly, this is the best score by a captain in the history of Pakistan’s cricket against Australia in an ODI match. Before Babar Azam, this record was in the name of former Pakistan all-rounder and captain Imran Khan. Another record was made in this match. Babar Azam became the first Pakistani captain to score a century in ODI against Australia. This fresh century Babar Azam also became the captain to score the most ODI centuries for Pakistan. As a captain, he has scored 4 ODI centuries.
By the way, this is the 15th century of Babar Azam Kanya ODI, which came in the 83rd innings of his One Day International career. This fresh century made him the first batsman in the world of cricket to score 15 centuries in the lowest number of innings in One Day Internationals. The history of international cricket tells that Babar Azam has broken the record of former South African batsman Hashim Amla. Hashim Amla scored 15 ODI centuries in 86 innings of his career and Virat Kohli in 106 innings.
Shikhar Dhawan had 108, 0 Sourav Ganguly 144 and Pakistan’s Saeed Anwar had scored 15 centuries in 143 innings. Significantly, Babar Azam, playing in the first match of the ODI series being played against Australia, became the second batsman in the world and also the first in Asia to score 4000 runs in the shortest innings in ODI cricket. In that match, he broke the record of Virat Kohli. Babar completed 4000 ODI runs of his career in the 82nd innings of his ODI career. Records show that Virat Kohli completed 4000 ODI runs in 93 ODI innings.
Significantly, Australia has played a total of 13 ODI matches on Pakistani soil so far, in which it has got this 5th defeat. However, he has won 7 matches. While one match remained inconclusive. History tells that, in ODI cricket, Australia has to face defeat in Pakistan after 28 years. Earlier, Pakistan had defeated Australia by 9 wickets in a match played in Rawalpindi on 22 October 1994. After that won 5 out of 6 ODI matches played against Pakistan.