Pakistan beat Australia by 8 wickets in the third and final one-day international to clinch the series here today on Perth.
Bowling first after winning the toss, Pakistani fast bowlers ran through the Australian batting line up restricting them to 140 runs in the third ODI being played at the Optus Stadium in Perth.
Australian batters managed to score 140 runs in 31.5 overs.
Sean Abbott scored 30 runs for Australia, Jack Fraser McGurk got out after scoring only 7 runs and Matthew Short played an innings of 22 runs.
Captain Josh Inglis could only score 7 runs, Aaron Hardie made 12 runs, Cooper Connolly was retired for 7 runs after Muhammad Hasnain’s ball hit his hand.
Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah got three wickets each while Harris Rauf bagged 2 wickets.
Pakistan achieved the target of 141 runs in the 27th over. Captain Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam remained unbeaten by scoring 30 and 28 runs, respectively.
Opener Abdullah Shafiq made 37 runs and Saim Ayub hit 42 runs.
Pakistan have won ODI series in Australia after 22 years.
