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Pakistan win the 1st ODI match against Australia at Rawalpindi cricket stadium. The batting of Pakistan cricket team is very strong as they started. Babar Azam make 69 runs but 31 runs left to his century overall the Pakistan team played very well in the 1st match but the strong performance of Arafat Minhas will won the match. He is also the star of this match and his last six is also incredible. Abrar Ahmad also play a good role in bowling.

Even it is true that the Pakistani batters were did a good batting performance, but I would say that the performance of Pakistani bowlers was  also a better performance so that they win in this match because from the team like Australia it was an expected that they will get all out in only 200 run.
So I would give a big credit to the Pakistani bowler for this winning especially the player Arafat Minhas who took 5 wicket by giving only 32runs. Anyway, the starting of Australian team wasn't  good and I think this will have the after effect on the series also.

[WatChe]

An easy win for Pakistan in first ODI against Australia. Pakistan wins the toss and elected to field first, Australian batting was not able to face Pakistan bowling today and whole team got out in 45th over after scoring just 200 runs. Arafat Minhas made history today by picking 5 wickets in his first ODI. Pakistan batting was stable while chasing the target of 201 runs. Babar Azam and Ghazi Ghauri both have a 127 runs partnership that sets the foundation for victory. Arafat Minhas is man of the match for his 5 wickets and 18 runs with the bat.

[noormcs5]

An easy win for Pakistan in first ODI against Australia. Pakistan wins the toss and elected to field first, Australian batting was not able to face Pakistan bowling today and whole team got out in 45th over after scoring just 200 runs. Arafat Minhas made history today by picking 5 wickets in his first ODI. Pakistan batting was stable while chasing the target of 201 runs. Babar Azam and Ghazi Ghauri both have a 127 runs partnership that sets the foundation for victory. Arafat Minhas is man of the match for his 5 wickets and 18 runs with the bat.

Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi were the only pacers that Pakistan had in this game, that's why they faced trouble early. Of course most of the times pacers open the game because every team wants to be aggressive from the start but since Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf were not bowling so good, they had to switch into the spinner after the 6th over, they called Abrar Ahmed to bowl and at the same time, he gets the wicket but that is not the topic, the game is why pacers struggle and Pakistan missing third pacer, anyways they won the match in the end.

[henmark]

Australia complete its batting and make 200 score in 44 overs in the 1st ODI at Rawalpindi cricket stadium against Pakistan. Matt Renshaw make 61 runs and Matthew short make 55 runs while Arafat Minhas make 5 wickets from its strong bowling attack and Abrar Ahmad get 2 wickets. Now Pakistan needs 201 runs to win the match. Let’s see the Pakistan inning in batting.

Pakistan is going to win the first odi  match. The bowlers have done their duty properly. Australia lost all their wickets after scoring  200 runs. Arafat Minhas has given away only 32 runs in 10  overs. And Arafat has taken 5 wickets. This  young bowler of Pakistan has bowled  incredibly well. After 38 overs, pakistan's total is 175/2. Babar and Ghazi GHori are now at the crease. Pakistan needs to score only 26 runs to win. Pakistan is going to win easily today. I expected  more responsible  batting from the experienced batting order of australia. I lost the bet.

Pakistan already won this first ODI against Australia, but their batting was looking not good they lost 5 wickets while in chase of 200 runs. Babar Azam and Ghazi Ghori score fifties. Salman Agha's inconsistency is still going on today; again, he failed and was gone quickly.

Australian youngsters are doing well despite having difficult and unfamiliar conditions, but here PCB needs to do some better work about this tour because this match was completely boring without having top-tier Australian players. Two more matches are going to be played in Lahore, and most likely free entry can encourage fans to have some entertainment because with this level of performance and quality, no one is going to spend money to watch this cricket.

[virasog]

Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi were the only pacers that Pakistan had in this game, that's why they faced trouble early. Of course most of the times pacers open the game because every team wants to be aggressive from the start but since Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf were not bowling so good, they had to switch into the spinner after the 6th over, they called Abrar Ahmed to bowl and at the same time, he gets the wicket but that is not the topic, the game is why pacers struggle and Pakistan missing third pacer, anyways they won the match in the end.

Before the match, in the press conference, Shaheen Shah Afridi when he was asked to give the answer that why the Pakistan pacers are losing their pace and not able to bowl with that speed as they used to do in their primetime so he answered that we are like machines and machines gets old too, we will try to come back but I think that to have this kind of mindset to take yourself as machine is not good because machine always work perfect whether it is fast or slow whereas they are not working perfectly 

[vivekdhyani1]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed Dr Ros Rivaz as an Independent Director for a period of three years which can be extended for another term of three years.

Dr Rivaz currently serves as Chair of Anglian Water and UK Companies House, while also holding independent director positions at Aperam SA and Victrex plc. "Throughout her career, Dr Rivaz has been an active and engaged Board member, undertaking site visits and stakeholder interactions across government, commercial, and community sectors. Her deep understanding of governance, corporate strategy, and operational effectiveness is complemented by her commitment to diversity and inclusion, making her a strong addition to the ICC Board," the ICC said in a statement.

[Jewan420]

Before the match, in the press conference, Shaheen Shah Afridi when he was asked to give the answer that why the Pakistan pacers are losing their pace and not able to bowl with that speed as they used to do in their primetime so he answered that we are like machines and machines gets old too, we will try to come back but I think that to have this kind of mindset to take yourself as machine is not good because machine always work perfect whether it is fast or slow whereas they are not working perfectly 

Shaheen Shah Afridi must have misinterpreted. If he compares himself to a machine, then he should know that if a machine is maintained, its performance remains the same or increases over a long period of time. Even working perfectly is one of the characteristics of a machine.

One of the reasons for the loss of pace of Pakistan's pacers is the lack of fitness and injuries. Although Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah have pace, their line-length is weak. Due to proper maintenance, Pakistan's pace monsters are disappearing and new pace stars are not being created. There are even complaints about giving opportunities to young pace stars.

[MusaPk]

Pakistan already won this first ODI against Australia, but their batting was looking not good they lost 5 wickets while in chase of 200 runs. Babar Azam and Ghazi Ghori score fifties. Salman Agha's inconsistency is still going on today; again, he failed and was gone quickly.

Australian youngsters are doing well despite having difficult and unfamiliar conditions, but here PCB needs to do some better work about this tour because this match was completely boring without having top-tier Australian players. Two more matches are going to be played in Lahore, and most likely free entry can encourage fans to have some entertainment because with this level of performance and quality, no one is going to spend money to watch this cricket.

Same type of squad was sent to play 3 match T20I series against Pakistan before the world, which Pakistan won by 3-0. Now once again second tier team Aussie team is in Pakistan for 3 match ODI series and seeing the performance of Aussies in first match it seems they will lose the series 3-0. PCB can focus only on Pakistani squad and its CA who will decide which players will play this series. Pakistan recently lost test series against Bangladesh and they will be looking to win this series to uplift their morals.

[BTC FutureKing]

Before the match, in the press conference, Shaheen Shah Afridi when he was asked to give the answer that why the Pakistan pacers are losing their pace and not able to bowl with that speed as they used to do in their primetime so he answered that we are like machines and machines gets old too, we will try to come back but I think that to have this kind of mindset to take yourself as machine is not good because machine always work perfect whether it is fast or slow whereas they are not working perfectly 

Shaheen Shah Afridi must have misinterpreted. If he compares himself to a machine, then he should know that if a machine is maintained, its performance remains the same or increases over a long period of time. Even working perfectly is one of the characteristics of a machine.

One of the reasons for the loss of pace of Pakistan's pacers is the lack of fitness and injuries. Although Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah have pace, their line-length is weak. Due to proper maintenance, Pakistan's pace monsters are disappearing and new pace stars are not being created. There are even complaints about giving opportunities to young pace stars.

Sometimes it happens that bowlers or batsmen lose the speed or consistency with which they used to do their work.The specific reasons for this can include management coaching and injury etc.If they are not able to show their performance consistently then it is not right for the team.Overall Pakistan bowling is great but most of the talk comes down to the fast bowlers, who are losing their speed among whom are the specific names Shaheen Shah Afridi Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah.The way they bowled in the beginning now they are not seen bowling in that way.You are right.Now there is a shortage of fast bowlers in the Pakistan team.In my opinion if the fast bowlers get complete coaching and fitness then Pakistan can also produce the best pace star.

[Zaka1221]

Australia tour of Pakistan

Finally, today will be the most awaited day, the start of the series between Pakistan and Australia. Pakistan will host this tour, as last time in 2024, Australia hosted and in that series Pakistan achieved several milestones, but let's see who will create history. At the same time, a few months ago, in January or February, there were some matches scheduled between Pakistan and Australia where Pakistan also did dominated there, so let's see this time. But those were in T20 format.

Australia vs Pakistan This is the first and this match of this series in which the Australian team got the opportunity to bat first. Matt Renshaw and Matthew Short performed much better than the rest, but you all know that an ODI match is 50 overs, but this 50 overs is far from their team. All their players were out in 44 overs. Now here Australia's batting ends and Pakistan batting begins. Ghazi Ghori and Babar Azam one of them, scored 65 and 69. Brave player like Salman Agha and Maaz Sadaqat got out early on, but it doesn't matter whether they were out or not, because they won this match quite easily, with about five wickets and 45 balls. This is the first ODI Pakistan team was defeated and they proved that they are still a strong team. If you look at this 50 over match, the target of 200 runs does not mean anything and Pakistan achieved this target.  Completed in 42 overs and 3 balls

[Crypto Library]

Australia vs Pakistan This is the first and this match of this series in which the Australian team got the opportunity to bat first. Matt Renshaw and Matthew Short performed much better than the rest, but you all know that an ODI match is 50 overs, but this 50 overs is far from their team. All their players were out in 44 overs. Now here Australia's batting ends and Pakistan batting begins. Ghazi Ghori and Babar Azam one of them, scored 65 and 69. Brave player like Salman Agha and Maaz Sadaqat got out early on, but it doesn't matter whether they were out or not, because they won this match quite easily, with about five wickets and 45 balls. This is the first ODI Pakistan team was defeated and they proved that they are still a strong team. If you look at this 50 over match, the target of 200 runs does not mean anything and Pakistan achieved this target.  Completed in 42 overs and 3 balls

I really didn't expect the Australian batsmen to be in such a miserable situation in front of the Pakistani bowlers, in fact, the Australian batting line-up today put them in a completely embarrassing situation. Even Matthew Short and Matt Renshaw tried a little to increase the team's runs, but apart from the efforts of these two, no one else played a significant role, so their score was very low in terms of the ODI format.
Which later the Pakistani batsmen were able to chase down very easily.  Babar Azam has played his part again and Ghazi Ghori has now been added to this line. Anyway, best of luck to the Pakistan team.

[vivekdhyani1]

The ICC is contemplating starting global qualifiers - or rather reinstating the global qualification process for Associate members. This appears to have been one of the important decisions taken by ICC members who met in Ahmedabad on Saturday (May 30). The global qualifiers would be for future men's T20 World Cups.

The all-important ICC Board is expected to reconvene in the city on Sunday morning, ahead of the IPL final, and is expected to give its stamp of approval to the proposal. Whether the decision will need ratification at the ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh in July is not known, but the global qualifiers for Associate members are expected to restart.

A key factor behind the ICC's push to reinstate the Global Qualifier is the growing audience interest in Associate cricket. While matches involving Associate nations once attracted viewership figures that were around eight times lower than those featuring Full Members, recent data indicates the gap has shrunk dramatically to about 1.5 times, excluding, of course, India matches.

[noormcs5]

Arafat Minhas, a new player bowling very excellently and with huge accuracy. He traps the batsmen and also places the field in a good position, this results in getting the Aussies' wickets. He took five wickets in this match and was the player of the match, so what could be more amazing? At the same time, he was bowling with a good economy of 3.20. When he was bowling, it seemed that he needed to switch his  character from a proper all-rounder to just an extraordinary spinner and in the batting he scored 18 runs too.

[Mahdirakib]

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It was his first ODI match in international format, where he really bowled brilliantly. The condition of the pitch was good for spin bowlers in the match. We can judge him properly after observing his performances in different pitch conditions and venues (of other countries). Pakistan has won the first match very easily. They are also favourite to win the 2nd ODI match as it is their home ground.

[Ab de villiers]

Australia tour of Pakistan

Finally, today will be the most awaited day, the start of the series between Pakistan and Australia. Pakistan will host this tour, as last time in 2024, Australia hosted and in that series Pakistan achieved several milestones, but let's see who will create history. At the same time, a few months ago, in January or February, there were some matches scheduled between Pakistan and Australia where Pakistan also did dominated there, so let's see this time. But those were in T20 format.

Australia vs Pakistan This is the first and this match of this series in which the Australian team got the opportunity to bat first. Matt Renshaw and Matthew Short performed much better than the rest, but you all know that an ODI match is 50 overs, but this 50 overs is far from their team. All their players were out in 44 overs. Now here Australia's batting ends and Pakistan batting begins. Ghazi Ghori and Babar Azam one of them, scored 65 and 69. Brave player like Salman Agha and Maaz Sadaqat got out early on, but it doesn't matter whether they were out or not, because they won this match quite easily, with about five wickets and 45 balls. This is the first ODI Pakistan team was defeated and they proved that they are still a strong team. If you look at this 50 over match, the target of 200 runs does not mean anything and Pakistan achieved this target.  Completed in 42 overs and 3 balls

Australia batted first but gave shaky start to the game. Posted only 200 runs as a target, Short and Renshaw showed some resistance against Pakistani bowlers and reached out their fifty. Otherwise Pakistani bowlers were very aggressive especially Arafat Minhas who played brilliant spell. Picking 5 wickets and break down the moral of Australia all teal collapsed on low target.In reply Pakistani batsman were excited because of low chase. Duo of Babar Azam and Ghouri together added massive runs on the scoreboard. Release the pressure and tension of other players. They wrapped the match on the loss of 5 wickets and clinched the victory. Arafat Minhas was the champion of the match , Pakistani team celebrated their well deserved triumph against Australia.

[Noorooo]

What a bowling performance by Arafat Minhas! Hei s a great spinner. I honestly wasn't expecting that kind of bowling from him because he wasn't very impressive in the PSL but he completely surprised me.

Babar Azam also batted well but his strike rate was a bit too low. I m hoping it was only because the target was small as I wouldnt expect that kind of strike rate in a high scoring match.

In my opinion and based on recent performances Shadab Khan does not deserve a place in the Pakistan team right now. Sufiyan Muqeem is a much better option. He has proven himself in many matches and was one of the highest wicket takers in the PSL.

[ThemePen]

Australia batted first but gave shaky start to the game. Posted only 200 runs as a target, Short and Renshaw showed some resistance against Pakistani bowlers and reached out their fifty. Otherwise Pakistani bowlers were very aggressive especially Arafat Minhas who played brilliant spell. Picking 5 wickets and break down the moral of Australia all teal collapsed on low target.In reply Pakistani batsman were excited because of low chase. Duo of Babar Azam and Ghouri together added massive runs on the scoreboard. Release the pressure and tension of other players. They wrapped the match on the loss of 5 wickets and clinched the victory. Arafat Minhas was the champion of the match , Pakistani team celebrated their well deserved triumph against Australia.

The young spinner, in my view, had totally prepared victory by his demolition bowling, instead of merely comfortable run chase of elderly batsmen. And when one bowler get five very vital wickets to bowl out otherwise strong side at a small price, they win eighty percent of the match there and then. Initial batting relationship did terrific task at completing game in clinical manner, but doing it without any pressure whatsoever since goal was so minute. A resounding victory over such formidable opponent should be celebrated but team management should not forget that batting unit has to be challenged in order to be in position to handle more challenging chases in tfuture.

[noormcs5]

Babar Azam also batted well but his strike rate was a bit too low. I m hoping it was only because the target was small as I wouldnt expect that kind of strike rate in a high scoring match.

After scoring some good runs, when Maaz Sadaqat and Sahibzada Farhan were under pressure, it fell to Ghazi Ghori and Babar Azam, and both played with dedication. They formed a partnership and played in the same style. By the way, Ghazi Ghori's gameplay is also similar to Babar Azam's, in that he also used to prefer boundaries at the start of the innings and then run between the wickets and when it comes to the end, he starts to hit boundaries. It is good and smart gameplay to have big innings, especially in ODIs.

[ThemePen]

After scoring some good runs, when Maaz Sadaqat and Sahibzada Farhan were under pressure, it fell to Ghazi Ghori and Babar Azam, and both played with dedication. They formed a partnership and played in the same style. By the way, Ghazi Ghori's gameplay is also similar to Babar Azam's, in that he also used to prefer boundaries at the start of the innings and then run between the wickets and when it comes to the end, he starts to hit boundaries. It is good and smart gameplay to have big innings, especially in ODIs.

Basically middle order iss the main power of the team. Only the middle order give the direction of match where it will go. So Ghazi Ghori and Babar Azam played really well both almost made 70,70 runs. After that Arafat contributed little in batting after preforming well with ball. By the way Arafat was the main hero of this match. And I really appreciate his performance. But Pakistani team only need consistency if they really want to stand against big teams.

[AgriTrack]

An easy win for Pakistan in first ODI against Australia. Pakistan wins the toss and elected to field first, Australian batting was not able to face Pakistan bowling today and whole team got out in 45th over after scoring just 200 runs. Arafat Minhas made history today by picking 5 wickets in his first ODI. Pakistan batting was stable while chasing the target of 201 runs. Babar Azam and Ghazi Ghauri both have a 127 runs partnership that sets the foundation for victory. Arafat Minhas is man of the match for his 5 wickets and 18 runs with the bat.

This match was played between Pakistan and Australia, in which both teams competed with each other and scored back and forth. In which the Australian team batted first and set a target of 200. Australia is also considered a powerful team. From their team, Matt Renshaw has scored 61, along with another player who has shown his good batting. He has made this score with all his hard work, but if you look at it, the score has been made less in terms of overs. In return, if you look at the batting of the Pakistani team, they have made 202 against the target. All the players from their team have made very good scores, such as Babar Azam who has made 69. He had achieved this target before the end of the overs