Australia pulled off a hair-raising last-more than, six-run win regardless of a presentation hundred by Pakistan’s Abid Ali and second profession century by Mohammad Rizwan in the fourth one-day global in Dubai on Friday.
Requiring 278 to win, Pakistan were conveyed near their objective by Ali’s 112 and Rizwan’s 104 yet at last the twin hundreds were futile as they neglected to score a required 17 off Marcus Stoinis’ last finished.
The success gives Australia a 4-0 lead with the last match additionally in Dubai on Sunday.
Glenn Maxwell missed a second profession hundred by only two runs, Usman Khawaja scored 62 and Alex Carey 55 as Australia posted 277-7 in their 50 overs.
Ali and Rizwan had put Pakistan on course for triumph with a 144-run third-wicket stand however once Ali withdrew off leg-spinner Adam Zampa in the 42nd over, the innings withered under the weight of 60 keeps running in the last 8.5 overs.
Umar Akmal and debutant Saad Ali
succumbed to seven each to paceman Nathan Coulter-Nile who completed with 3-53 while Stoinis had Rizwan and Usman Shinwari (six) in the last over to seal the success.
Ali, just drafted into the side two hours before the begin after Imam-ul-Haq ran down with fever, got his chance, finishing his hundred off 111 balls.
He was fortunate to endure a leg-before claim on 98 off Zampa as the survey went on umpire’s call. He took two singles to achieve the three-figures mark.
Ali is the fifteenth batsman to score a hundred on one-day global introduction. Salim Elahi (102 not out v Sri Lanka at Gujranwala in 1995) and Imam (100 v Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi 2017) were the other two Pakistani batsmen to score debut ODI tons.
Ali hit nine limits in his 111-ball thump while Rizwan had a six and nine limits off 102 balls.
Prior, it was Maxwell who lifted Australia – sent into bat – from 140-5 to an impressive aggregate. Maxwell hit three sixes and nine limits in his 98 off 82 balls.
Another look Pakistan group, with Imad Wasim as captain after Shoaib Malik was precluded with rib damage, found Australia snoozing at 101-4 when Maxwell strolled in.
Dropped on 10 by manager Rizwan off Yasir Shah, Maxwell fixed the innings with a 134-run association for the 6th wicket with Carey who completed with 67-ball 55 for his lady fifty with three limits.
Maxwell, bowled by quick bowler Usman Shinwari off a no-ball when on 76, was inside a sight of his second ODI hundred when he was run out while endeavoring a twofold run.
Carey upheld Maxwell as the pair beat the past 6th wicket remain in Australia-Pakistan ODIs of 90 between Dirk Wellham and Rod Marsh at Sydney in 1981.
Australia lost in-structure opener Aaron Finch for 39, one shy of finishing 4,000 one-day runs while Usman Khawaja made a strong 78-ball 62 with six limits before he was caught leg-before by Yasir who completed with 2-57.
Wasim, who had figures of 2-56, expelled Shaun Marsh (five) and Peter Handscomb (seven) while Mohammad Hasnain got the prized wicket of Finch before rejecting Carey off the last ball, getting 2-52.
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