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Pakistan tour of Australia

Tomorow we will see the first ODI match between Australia and Pakistan. The three match series will be played at MCG and i think Australia will have an upper hand in this series not only that Pakistan is in bad shape but also that this match is being played at Aussies Home ground so they have an advantage.
This has been priced in by the bookies too and they are giving 1.18 odds to Australia and if anyone want to bet on Pakistan, they can get 4.6 odds. Another thing to note is that Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head aren't playing this match.

Yes, The first ODI match between Pakistan and Australia started and first powerpaly is competed. Pakistan lowest score 36 runs in power play against Australia in last 5 years. Australia are hot favorite's to win this ODI match because they are familiar to home condition and strong team in ODI format. Pakistan current score is 47 runs in a loss of just 2 wickets in first 13 over of the match. Abdullah Shafique gift his wicket in simple leaving ball to Mitchell Starc. from Australia Mitchell Starc bowl a outstanding first spell picked 2 crucial wickets by just giving 19 runs. Babar Azam is playing at 29 runs from 31 balls and New Captain of Pakistan team Muhammad Rizwan is playing at 5 runs. The Patnerhsip between Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan is very important for Pakistan if they want to score a good total on board.

Australia won the toss and decided to field and Pakistan team is batting and scored 72 runs in the last 20.3 overs losing 4 wickets and their batting is very slow and the batsmen are not playing well. Australia's bowlers have been hitting the batsmen very aggressively. Expected more runs from Babar Azam but he was dismissed for just 37 runs which may have hampered the trend of more runs for Pakistan team. Rizwan is still unbeaten as a middle order batsman and if he continues to bat for a long time, it might be easier for Pakistan to score well. However, it may be very difficult for Pakistan team to win in Australia own conditions and the current situation of the game does not seem that Pakistan team will not able to play even 50 overs.

Pakistan All out at 203 runs didn't played the complete 50 overs. Babar Azam and Captain Mohammad Rizwan batting well scored 44 runs unfortunately missed a well deserved half century by just 6 runs short. Naseem Shah good batting at the end scored 40 runs from 39 balls and helped Pakistan to cross 300 plus runs. Australia outstanding bowling performance and bowling with 8 bowlers but Mitchell Starc bowling spell is amazing picked 3 important wickets by just giving 33 runs with an impressive economy rate 3.3 run per over. Adam Zampa and Pat Cummins also bowling well both picked 2, 2 wickets and helped Australia all out Pakistan under 210 runs. I think its an easy target of 204 for Australia. Pakistan needs to pick early wickets if they want to win this match because target is very low.