Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI 2024 Scorecard: Australia defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets in the first ODI, took 1-0 lead in the series; Mitchell Starc became the hero of victory

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Australia National Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team 1st ODI Match 2024 Scorecard: The first match between Australia national cricket vs Pakistan national cricket team was played today i.e. on 4th November at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. In this exciting match, Australia has defeated Pakistan by 2 wickets. With this, the host team has also achieved a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Josh Inglis played an inning of 49 runs for Australia. Apart from this, in the end Pat Cummins led the victory by playing an innings of 32 runs. In this match, Mitchell Starc was chosen player of the match for his excellent performance. Whereas for Pakistan, Haris Rauf took maximum 3 wickets. Also read: Nepal vs Scotland ODI Dream11 Team Prediction: Thrilling match between Nepal and Scotland today, see the best Dream11 team here

Talking about the match, Australia captain Pat Cummins had won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Pakistan team was all out for 203 runs in 46.4 overs. No batsman from Pakistan could score even a half-century. Pakistan's start in this match was nothing special. Experienced fast bowler Mitchell Starc clean bowled Sam Ayub for 1 run in his second over. Then after this, Stark made Abdullah Shafiq his second victim. Abdullah Shafiq returned to the pavilion after scoring 12 runs. In the first 10 overs, Pakistan team scored 35 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. For Pakistan, captain Mohammad Rizwan scored the highest score of 44 runs in 71 balls. Apart from this, Babar Azam scored 37 runs in 44 balls, Naseem Shah scored 40 runs, Shaheen Afridi scored 24 runs and Irfan Khan scored 22 runs.

Australia beats Pakistan by 2 wickets in first ODI, takes 1-0 lead in series

A quality start to the ODI series!

The Aussies take the win in a close one in Melbourne #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/CjLMFW9DXS— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 4, 2024

Whereas for Australia, Mitchell Starc took the maximum of 3 maidens and 3 wickets for 33 runs in 10 overs. Apart from this, captain Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa took 2-2 wickets. Whereas Sean Abbott and Marnus Labuschagne got 1-1 wicket. At present, Australia has a target of 204 runs in 50 overs. By achieving which she would like to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

Chasing 204 runs, North Australia achieved the target by losing 3 wickets in 33.3 overs. Josh English scored the highest score of 49 runs for Australia. Apart from this, Steven Smith scored 44 runs, Jake Fraser-McGurk scored 16 runs and Pat Cummins scored 32 runs. Whereas for Pakistan, Haris Rauf took maximum 3 wickets. Apart from this, Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets, Naseem Shah took 1 wicket and Mohammad Hasnain took 1 wicket.