Former Pakistan cricket staff quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar was all reward for the kids as Pakistan registered a historic ODI collection victory over Australia. Pakistan received the ultimate ODI encounter by 8 wickets to clinch the three-match collection 2-1 to register their first ODI collection win on Australian soil in 22 years. Akhtar praised quick bowlers Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah for his or her spectacular performances and recalled his experiences of 2002 – the final time when Pakistan received in Australia.
“Excellent win. After 22 years, we received towards Australia. In 2002, I keep in mind I used to be there. We had received a collection in Gabba, and it took us 22 years for the gamers to win the collection. And so they did an incredible job. They performed very well. There was an angle change. Rizwan modified the angle. Naseem, Haris, Shaheen. All of them performed very well and on the similar time they did a comprehensively good job,” Akhtar mentioned on his YouTube channel.
Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan praised bowlers for his or her 2-1 ODI collection win over Australia after beating Australia by eight wickets within the third and closing match at Perth Stadium on Sunday.
This was Pakistan’s first ODI collection win over the hosts in 22 years. Chasing a modest 141 goal, Pakistan openers, Saim Ayub (42) and Abdullah Shafique (37) added 84-run partnership for the primary wicket. Rizwan (30 not out) and Babar Azam (28 not out) knitted an unbroken 58-run partnership for the third wicket to take the facet over the road in 26.5 overs.
Earlier, after being put into bat, Australia have been bowled out for 140 in 31.5 overs. Sean Abbott (30) was the highest run-getter for the dropping facet. Left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah bagged three scalps every whereas Haris Rauf ended up taking two wickets.
“Particular second for me, the nation can be very pleased at the moment, we did not carry out as per expectations within the final couple of years. I am the captain just for the toss and displays – everybody provides me recommendations on the sphere, the batting group and the bowling group,” Rizwan mentioned within the post-match presentation.
“All of the credit score to the bowlers, Australia in Australia is not simple, the situations go well with their model of taking part in, however the bowlers have been excellent. Additionally credit score to the 2 openers, they made the chases simple. They (followers) do not care rather a lot concerning the outcomes, however the individuals again residence are all the time behind us and I wish to dedicate this victory to them,” the wicketkeeper-batter added.
(With IANS inputs)
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