Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Australia win by two wickets in a rather crazy game to get things under way. The highlight was that burst from Haris Rauf which blew the game open after Australia appeared to be cruising. Some questionable shot selection from the home side until Pat Cummins provided a calm head. Pakistan will rue their batting display where they could only make 203 and it was nearly enough. Steve Smith, on broadcast, says the surface wasn't the easiest, some balls stopping. "I felt good out there," Smith says, "felt balanced." We'll bring you the presentations shortly.

Mitch Starc is player of the match: "It's always nice to start the summer off in a positive stay. We are looking for powerplay wickets. Think it was a really positive effort with the ball...then we got the job done. Maybe a little sloppy from us in the field. Certainly thought it was below par. It's a very big summer, but five more white-ball games before that."

Mohammad Rizwan "I think we did very well. What we decided as a bowling group was not to have any fifth or sixth bowlers because the game was never going to go to 50 overs. We missed a few chances and the luck was with Australia, so congratulations to them. It's difficult to read anything into this game, the result is in God's hands, but I'm happy with the fight we put up. We have seen a lot of support for Pakistan everywhere in Australia, and we saw that here as well, so I'm very thankful to everyone for coming out."

Pat Cummins "Tonight we got it done, always much prefer sitting in the changing room...got a bit tighter than we'd have liked. Very happy with how the guys bowled. 200 was a great score. Trying to keep it interesting, Marnus is always in my ear so he had to have an over. Think for three quarters of it we were really good, looking to play aggressive and sometimes it won't pay off, but think still room to try and find a couple of partnerships."

Right, on that note I'm going to sign off for today. An entertaining start to the series and we'll be back on Friday for the second game from Adelaide. Until then, from Gnasher and Danyal, it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.

33.3
1
Mohammad Hasnain to Cummins, 1 run, and that's the game! Cummins does it again. Punches square through point to get his side home. Just leave it to Pat, lads
33.2
0
Mohammad Hasnain to Cummins, no run, defended off the stumps to mid-on
33.1
4
Mohammad Hasnain to Cummins, FOUR, crunched! Cummins thumps a full delivery straight down the ground to level the scores

END OF OVER:
33 | 2 Runs | AUS: 199/8 (5 runs required from 17 overs, RR: 6.03, RRR: 0.29)

  • Mitchell Starc2 (12b)
  • Pat Cummins27 (28b)
  • Haris Rauf9-0-67-3
  • Mohammad Hasnain6.4-0-46-1
32.6
0
Haris Rauf to Starc, no run, round the wicket, 137kph, full at off stump, solidly blocked to mid-off
32.5
1
Haris Rauf to Cummins, 1 run, full, angled into the pads, clipped to deep backward square
32.4
0
Haris Rauf to Cummins, no run, short and wide, gets away with it as Cummins' back-foot drive finds cover
32.3
1
Haris Rauf to Starc, 1 run, short at the body, nudged into square leg, Babar can't stop the single
32.2
0
Haris Rauf to Starc, no run, short and wide, left alone...Rauf hasn't quite been able to hit his earlier pace

Slip comes in

32.1
0
Haris Rauf to Starc, no run, round the wicket, full at the stumps, driven to mid-off

END OF OVER:
32 | 1 Run | AUS: 197/8 (7 runs required from 18 overs, RR: 6.15, RRR: 0.38)

  • Mitchell Starc1 (8b)
  • Pat Cummins26 (26b)
  • Mohammad Hasnain6.4-0-46-1
  • Haris Rauf8-0-65-3
31.6
1
Mohammad Hasnain to Starc, 1 run, full toss, wide outside off, drives it through backward point. Deep third keeps it to a single
31.5
0
Mohammad Hasnain to Starc, no run, short, Starc stands and plays it, defends
31.4
0
Mohammad Hasnain to Starc, no run, full at middle, met with a straight bat back up the pitch
31.3
0
Mohammad Hasnain to Starc, no run, short over off stump, Starc drops his hands and lets it through

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st19MW ShortJ Fraser-McGurk
2nd9SPD SmithJ Fraser-McGurk
3rd85SPD SmithJP Inglis
4th26JP InglisM Labuschagne
5th0M LabuschagneAM Hardie
6th0GJ MaxwellAM Hardie
7th16SA AbbottAM Hardie
8th30SA AbbottPJ Cummins
9th19MA StarcPJ Cummins