pak v Aus T20I : Stoinis ( 27 ball 5 >sixes/61*)warm up 4 IPL Auction - Page 3

Pat Cummins | Australia captain: Tonight we got it done, always much prefer sitting in the changing room. Wonderful match but got a bit tighter than we would have liked. Really happy with the way the guys bowled, Starcy was terrific at the top and the others bowled really well. [on trying 8 bowlers] Trying to keep it interesting, Marnus is always in my ear so he had to have an over, he got one wicket. With this being an ODI and with the conditions, got plenty of allrounders, might as well use them. For three-quarters we were really good, try and find some partnerships, looking to play aggressively and sometimes it may not work, but think still room to try and find a couple of partnerships.

Most ODI wins against Pakistan

71 - Australia (109 matches)

71 - West Indies (137 matches)

59 - Sri Lanka (157 matches)

57 - England (92 matches)

57 - India (135 matches)

Highest match totals with no individual fifty in ODIs in AUS

421 - AUS vs ENG, Sydney, 1999

410 - AUS vs NZ, Sydney, 1990

407 - AUS vs PAK, Melbourne, 2024

381 - AUS vs ENG, Melbourne, 1975

378 - AUS vs PAK, Adelaide, 1981

Narrowest wins for AUS vs PAK in ODIs (by wickets)

By 2 wickets, Centurion, 2009 CT (off the last ball)

By 2 wickets, Perth, 2010

By 2 wickets, Melbourne, 2024

By 3 wickets, Melbourne, 1997

By 3 wickets, Sharjah, 2012

Stats by Roshan Gede

Irfan Khan became the ninth cricketer and the first from Pakistan to bag three catches (as a non-wicketkeeper) on ODI debut.

Most balls remaining in successful 200-plus ODI chases (AUS)

144 vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2011

114 vs Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2016

108 vs India, Perth, 2004

99 vs Pakistan, Melbourne, 2024

99 vs Zimbabwe, Townsville, 2022

Steve Smith: We tried to take it on (boundaries) and kept failing. Good to get over the line. It was (two-paced). Some balls were stopping and some were skidding on quite easily. Not the easiest of wickets but good to get over the line. Felt my balance was good, feeling good about my batting. He (Cummins) batted really nicely under pressure and hopefully he can keep that going for the summer.

2nd ODI tomorrow at 9 am IST

PAK V AUS

Stats and trivia

• Mitchell Starc is six wickets away from becoming the fourth Australian to take 250 ODI wickets. He has the best strike-rate by an Australian in ODI cricket (minimum 50 wickets).
• Glenn Maxwell needs 66 runs to reach 4000 in ODIs.
• Shaheen Shah Afridi (25.99) and Haris Rauf (26.23) sit seventh and eighth respectively for bowling strike-rates in ODI history (minimum 1000 balls).
• Pakistan have beaten Australia just once from eight ODIs at the Adelaide Oval. Their only win was by 12 runs in December 1996.
• Hazelwood will be back

Pak have won toss & have opted bowking vs Aus

Aus lead 3 match series 1/0

Only smith bats better while all other top better dismissed under 20 against Clinical pakistan bowling.

121/6 aus

Maxi* & Cummins* at the crease