{"id":176939,"date":"2026-06-04T22:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176939"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:40:11","slug":"pak-vs-aus-3rd-odi-shaheen-afridi-babar-azam-shine-as-pakistan-clinches-series-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176939","title":{"rendered":"PAK vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam shine as Pakistan clinches series against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71063833\">Pakistan overcame the Australian spin challenge on a tricky wicket to win the third and final One Day International (ODI) by four wickets and clinch the series 2-1 on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan had to fight hard on a turning wicket to reach 161 for six in 41.5 overs after Australia had crashed to its lowest ODI total in Pakistan and got bowled out for 157 in 42 overs.<\/p>\n<p>All-rounder Shadab Khan, who had earlier picked up two for 28, made unbeaten 29 while Abdul Samad was 18 not out to earn Pakistan its third successive ODI win in a bilateral series against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>On pitches tailor-made for spinners, Australia won the second game by 41 runs at the same venue on Tuesday while Pakistan won the first match at Rawalpindi last week by five wickets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a complete team effort throughout the series,\u201d said Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, who took three wickets for 30 runs and was splendid with both the new and old ball. \u201cThe conditions were tough for the batters, but every run counted and the players put in a great effort \u2026 all of our bowlers executed their plans well, and the credit goes to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann (three for 38) had pushed Australia\u2019s bid when he clean bowled top-scorer Babar Azam for 40 in the 30th over and Pakistan slumped to 112 for six.<\/p>\n<p>Babar batted resolutely for 84 balls in nearly two hours and struck only three boundaries before he was undone by Kuhnemann\u2019s brilliant delivery that spun away enough to hit the off stump.<\/p>\n<p>But Shadab and Samad both showed plenty of patience on an abrasive pitch as Australia couldn\u2019t get the breakthrough before Shadab smashed Adam Zampa to long-on boundary for winning runs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bit like the first game, we were just too many runs short,\u201d Australian captain Josh Inglis said referring to Australia getting bowed out for 200 in the first game. \u201cI thought the bowlers and the fielding group, in particular, made a great effort to put us in a position to potentially win the game, but it wasn\u2019t to be in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australian middle-order crumbled against Afridi and leg-spin of Abrar Ahmed (two for 19) despite Inglis scoring a gritty 65 off 71 balls after he had won the toss and opted to bat first.<\/p>\n<p>Inglis\u2019 second successive half century seemed to keep Australia on track for a challenging total but none of the other batters could score more than 19 as the visitors lost their last seven wickets for 38 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Inglis replaced Alex Carey as opener for the first time in the series but Afridi made an early impact when he removed Matthew Short in the first over.<\/p>\n<p>Inglis added 46 runs with Marnus Labuschagne (19), who struggled in the series and was run-out while trying to steal a second run. But Inglis and Carey shared a half-century stand and put Australia back on course before the middle-order got crumbled against pace and spin.<\/p>\n<p>Fast bowler Haris Rauf ignited the collapse when he hit the top of Carey\u2019s (19) middle stump in the 23rd over and then Afridi struck twice in one over with the old ball when he dismissed Inglis and Cameron Green in the 27th over. Inglis holed out at mid-on and Green was smartly held by Babar at short mid-wicket as he tried to flick Afridi but couldn\u2019t keep the ball down.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper Connolly, who replaced Tanveer Sangha for the series decider, lasted only 12 balls and scored three before he was bowled round his legs while going for a ramp shot against Abrar as Australian middle-order couldn\u2019t come to terms with the slow wicket.<\/p>\n<p>Shadab finally got amongst the wickets after being wicketless in his last five ODIs when he removed Oliver Peake and Zampa as Australia\u2019s tail folded quickly when last man Nathan Ellis was run-out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 05, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/pak-vs-aus-3rd-odi-pakistan-beats-australia-by-4-wickets-wins-series-2-1-babar-azam-shaheen-afridi-highlights\/article71063833.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan overcame the Australian spin challenge on a tricky wicket to win the third and final One Day International (ODI) by four wickets and clinch the series 2-1 on Thursday. Pakistan had to fight hard on a turning wicket to reach 161 for six in 41.5 overs after Australia had crashed to its lowest ODI &#8230; <a title=\"PAK vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam shine as Pakistan clinches series against Australia\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=176939\" aria-label=\"Read more about PAK vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam shine as Pakistan clinches series against Australia\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780630811_Pakistan_Australia_Cricket_28533.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":174808,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=174808","url_meta":{"origin":176939,"position":0},"title":"PAK vs AUS, 1st ODI: Pakistan outspins Australia as Minhas makes history","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pakistan out-spun Australia by five wickets in the first One Day International in Rawalpindi with spinner Arafat Minhas becoming the first home bowler to take five wickets on ODI debut on Saturday. 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