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Haris Rauf gave Australia a slew of issues once more, taking 5 for 29 as they were skittled for 163 in the second ODI at the Adelaide Oval, giving Pakistan a fantastic chance of squaring the series. Rauf raced through the hosts’ middle order, including a brilliant delivery to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne, to end with his second five-wicket haul in ODIs. Four of Rauf’s wickets came as a result of catches by skipper Mohammad Rizwan, who tied the record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in an ODI (six), however a late lost opportunity meant the solitary record slipped past him.
Steven Smith’s 35 was the highest score in a terrible batting performance on a surface that had a healthy covering of grass but did not deserve such a collapse. Rauf finished with figures of 17-0-96-8 over two innings, and his speed continued to induce doubt in the footwork of a number of Australian batsmen. Australia’s new-look opening combination was once again unimpressive. After the first ODI, Ian Healy labelled Matt Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk “schoolyard bullies” for their attitude to the game.
Each had the opportunity to defend their style in the lead-up to Adelaide, citing the coaches’ encouragement to be aggressive, but they were out in seven overs. Fraser-McGurk looked good in the second over, hitting three boundaries, one a particularly impressive back-foot cover drive, but he was held lbw by Shaheen Shah Afridi as he attempted to drive a full pitch. Short should have fallen on 8 when Shaheen missed a simple catch on the deep square-leg rope, but it wasn’t too expensive for Pakistan.
Shaheen got a stroke of luck in making amends when Short sliced a wide delivery to cover, where Babar Azam made a brilliant catch. Australia’s early pace remained high as Smith looked in fine form, including a pulled six off Mohammad Hasnain, but he was fortunate to escape on 14 when a cut shot against Rauf flew between the clutches of Saim Ayub at point. Rauf, however, would not be denied for long. His maiden wicket wasn’t very memorable, as Josh Inglis caught a glove on a pull down the leg side, but he improved significantly after that.
Labuschagne was hit with a beautiful Test-like ball that straightened from about off stump, forcing him to play and giving Rizwan the advantage. Aaron Hardie fell in a similar way, despite the fact that he was anticipating a larger delivery, while Glenn Maxwell was the last of Australia’s frontline hitters to retire when he dragged on an attempted pull following one reverse sweep for six off Ayub. Between Rauf’s incisions, Hasnain claimed the crucial wicket of Smith, whom he believed had been out of the ball before departing.
Smith moved across his crease and came dangerously near to being lbw, with the DRS indicating it was the umpire’s call despite striking a substantial portion of leg stump – but the next ball Smith got a top edge slicing at a short, wide delivery. Naseem Shah took his first wicket by finding Mitchell Starc’s outside edge, while Rauf’s fifth came off a top edge from Pat Cummins. Australia should have been all out for 147, but Rizwan lost Adam Zampa’s top edge, and he scored only the second six of his ODI career before falling to Shaheen.
This was an absolute thrashing of the ODI World Champions. Following his hair-raising performance in Melbourne, Rauf ripped through the hosts’ batting, with his ball to remove Marnus Labuschagne being particularly impressive, to end with his second five-wicket haul in ODIs. Then, following an initially cautious start to the chase by Ayub and Abdullah Shafique, the former unleashed an innings of breathtaking strokes, including a pick-up flick from Mitchell Starc that flew into the stands.
Ayub had just seven runs from 27 balls when he hit a square drive against Josh Hazlewood, and he was gone. He brilliantly dispatched Pat Cummins and then Starc into the crowd before slog sweeping another off Adam Zampa’s next ball. Given a life on 47 when Zampa missed a chance at deep point, his fifty arrived from 52 balls, and a maiden century was on the cards when he sliced to short third with the job all but done, capping a thrilling opening stand of 137.
Pakistan’s victory, clinched when Babar Azam pulled Zampa for six, sets up a series decider in Perth on Sunday against an Australia team missing many Test players who will not go in order to prepare for the Tests against India. Josh Inglis will lead Australia for the first time. Steven Smith’s 35 was the highest score in a poor batting performance on a field with a good covering of grass but did not merit such a collapse, as Pakistan’s run chase subsequently revealed, with Australia collapsing from 79 for 2 to 163 all out.
Rauf finished with figures of 17-0-96-8 over two innings, and his speed continued to generate doubt in the footwork of numerous Australian batsmen. Four of Rauf’s wickets came as a result of catches by skipper Mohammad Rizwan, who tied the record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in an ODI (six), however a late lost opportunity meant the solitary record slipped past him. Given the short goal, Pakistan faced little run-rate pressure, and the openers played cautiously against the new balls, which continued to nibble about.
They were helped by a ball from Starc that sailed away for five wides and four overthrows after Jake Fraser-McGurk missed a shy that would have ran out Shafique. Shafique watched as Ayub blazed away, but he eventually joined in with a sweeping six off Zampa and a superb pull off Hazlewood on his way to a 57-ball fifty. Australia’s ODI big four made no answer. Their new-look opening duo had once again failed to impress when given the opportunity to bat.
Fraser-McGurk and Matt Short each had the opportunity to defend their style in the lead-up to Adelaide, citing the coaches’ encouragement to be aggressive, but they were out in seven overs. Fraser-McGurk looked good in the second over, hitting three boundaries, one a particularly impressive back-foot cover drive, but he was held lbw by Shaheen Shah Afridi as he attempted to drive a full pitch. Short should have fallen on 8 when Shaheen missed a simple catch on the deep-square-leg rope, but it wasn’t too expensive for Pakistan.
Shaheen had a stroke of luck in making amends when Short sliced a wide ball to cover, where Babar made an outstanding catch. Australia’s early pace remained high as Smith looked in fine form, including a pulled six off Mohammad Hasnain, but he was fortunate to escape on 14 when a cut shot against Rauf flew between the clutches of Saim Ayub at point. Rauf, however, would not be denied for long. His maiden wicket wasn’t very memorable, as Josh Inglis caught a glove on a pull down the leg side, but he improved significantly after that.
Labuschagne was hit with a beautiful Test-like ball that straightened from about off stump, forcing him to play and giving Rizwan the advantage. Aaron Hardie fell in a similar way, despite the fact that he was anticipating a larger delivery, while Glenn Maxwell was the last of Australia’s frontline hitters to retire when he dragged on an attempted pull following one reverse sweep for six off Ayub. Between Rauf’s incisions, Hasnain claimed the crucial wicket of Smith, whom he believed had been out of the ball before departing.
Smith moved across his crease and came dangerously near to being lbw, with the DRS indicating it was the umpire’s call despite striking a substantial portion of leg stump – but the next ball Smith got a top edge slicing at a short, wide delivery. Naseem Shah took his first wicket by finding Starc’s outside edge, while Rauf’s fifth came off Cummins’ top edge.
