PAK vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Babar Azam, Imam ul Haq seal comfortable chase as Pakistan clinch series 2-1 with nine-wicket win -

PAK vs AUS: Skipper Babar Azam smashed his second successive hundred as Pakistan thrashed Australia by nine wickets in the final one-dayer to claim a 2-1 series victory on Saturday. The foundation of the win was laid by Pakistan’s fiery pace trio of Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Shaheen Afridi who bundled out Australia for 210 inside 42 overs. Follow PAK vs AUS Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.

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PAK vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Babar Azam, Imam ul Haq seal comfortable chase as Pakistan clinch series 2-1 with nine-wicket win

Babar smashed an unbeaten 105 and opener Imam-ul-Haq made 89 not out as they made light work of the meagre chase to guide Pakistan home with 12.2 overs to spare. Earlier, Alex Carey and Sean Abbott restored some respectability to the Australian innings with some gutsy innings down the order, as the visitor crossed the 200-run mark which at one stage seemed improbable. Haris Rauf and Mohammed Wasim Jr chipped in with 3 wickets each, while Shaheen Afridi also bagged two in the game.

Australia, put into bat, got off to a horror start when they slumped to six for three. Shaheen (2-40) removed in-form Travis Head with the first ball of the match before Haris (3-39) dismissed Aaron Finch and Marnus Labuschagne in quick succession.

Alex Carey (56) top-scored for the tourists and Ben McDermott (36), Sean Abbott (49) and Cameron Green (34) helped them pass the 200-mark but the Australia bowlers had little to defend. Nathan Ellis removed Fakhar Zaman for 17 but Imam and Babar ensured there was no dramatic batting collapse that would allow Australia back into the contest.

Babar, who forged an unbroken 190-run partnership with Imam, hit 12 boundaries in his 16th ODI century. Australia, who won the three-test series 1-0, will conclude their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years with a one-off Twenty20 match, also in Lahore, on Tuesday.

PAK vs AUS, 3rd ODI: Babar Azam, Imam ul Haq seal comfortable chase as Pakistan clinch series 2-1 with nine-wicket win

Pakistan innings –

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Fakhar Zaman	c Marnus Labuschagne b Nathan Ellis	17	12	3	0	141.67
Imam ul Haq	Not out	89	100	6	1	89.00
Babar Azam (C)	Not out	105	115	12	0	91.30
Extra	3 (b 0, w 2, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	214/1 (37.5)
Yet To Bat	Mohammad Rizwan, Asif Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Wasim, S Afridi, Haris Rauf, Zahid Mahmood

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Jason Behrendorff	9	51	0	5.67
Nathan Ellis	6	38	1	6.33
Adam Zampa	9	50	0	5.56
Cameron Green	3	19	0	6.33
Travis Head	2	9	0	4.50
Sean Abbott	3	15	0	5.00
Marnus Labuschagne	5.5	31	0	5.31

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
FK Zaman	1-24	3.4

Australia innings

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	b S Afridi	0	1	0	0	0.00
Aaron Finch (C)	lbw b Haris Rauf	0	3	0	0	0.00
Ben McDermott	c Iftikhar Ahmed b Mohammad Wasim	36	50	3	1	72.00
Marnus Labuschagne	c Iftikhar Ahmed b Haris Rauf	4	10	1	0	40.00
Marcus Stoinis	c IU Haq b Zahid Mahmood	19	19	2	1	100.00
Alex Carey (WK)	c FK Zaman b Iftikhar Ahmed	56	61	6	1	91.80
Cameron Green	b Mohammad Wasim	34	47	1	1	72.34
Sean Abbott	c Mohammad Wasim b Haris Rauf	49	40	6	1	122.50
Jason Behrendorff	c FK Zaman b S Afridi	2	8	0	0	25.00
Nathan Ellis	b Mohammad Wasim	2	4	0	0	50.00
Adam Zampa	Not out	0	8	0	0	0.00
Extra	8 (b 0, w 6, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	210/10 (41.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Shaheen Afridi	8	2	40	2	5.00
Haris Rauf	8.5	1	39	3	4.42
Zahid Mahmood	8	0	51	1	6.38
Mohammad Wasim	10	1	40	3	4.00
Iftikhar Ahmed	7	0	38	1	5.43

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
TM Head	1-0	0.1
AJ Finch	2-0	1.3
Marnus Labuschagne	3-6	5.1
MP Stoinis	4-59	12.5
BR McDermott	5-67	15.2
C Green	6-148	31.1
AT Carey	7-155	32.6
JP Behrendorff	8-162	34.6
Nathan Ellis	9-166	35.5
Sean Abbott	10-210	41.5