Pakistan beat Australia by five wickets in 1st one-day international

The first One-Day International (ODI) between Pakistan and Australia was won by Pakistan by a score of five wickets on Saturday. This victory gave Pakistan a 1-0 lead in the series.

Shaheen Shah Afridi, the captain of Pakistan, won the toss and made the decision to bowl first himself.

Australia was bowled out for a total of 200 runs in 44.1 overs while they were batting first. The most runs scored by Matt Renshaw was 61, and Matthew Short added 55 to the total offence.

Nineteen runs were scored by Alex Carey for Australia, thirteen runs were scored by Josh Inglis, eight runs were scored by Nathan Ellis, and seven runs were scored by Oliver Peake.

There was no scoring by any of the three Australian hitters that were removed.