A three-match ODI series is ongoing between Australia and Pakistan. After winning the first game, the host Australia team leads 1-0. Now, in the second ODI, the two teams will clash at the Adelaide Oval. The Australian batsman batting first came into contact with Pakistan’s brilliant bowling. The Australian batsmen were seen struggling to score even a single run. Not a single batsman bothered to hit the crease and the entire team collapsed in just 35 overs. Steve Smith is Australia’s top scorer. Facing 48 balls, Smith scored an innings of 35 runs with the help of 5 fours and 1 six. Apart from him, no other batsman has reached the 20-run mark. Just like that, the Australian team went all out with a score of 163 points.
That Australia were bowled out by such a low score was a credit to the excellent bowling of Pakistan, who bowled tight from the start and did not allow any of the hosts’ batsmen to hit the crease. Although all the bowlers of Pakistan team performed well, Haris Rauf performed miracles and took 5 wickets. Lauf made Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Aaron Hardy, Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins among his victims. The fast bowler scored 35 runs in 8 overs to light the way for half of the Australian team to enter the pavilion. With this brilliant performance, Haris Rauf created history.
Australia sets new record
In fact, Haris Rauf is the first Pakistani fast bowler to take 5 wickets in an ODI against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Overall, he is the second Pakistani bowler to win this honour. Earlier, spinner Saqlain Mushtaq had achieved the feat of taking 5 wickets against Australia at the same venue in 1996. Not only this, Harris is the third Pakistani bowler to take 5 wickets on this soil. Harris and Sachlan achieved this great feat in the ODI against Australia at the Adelaide Oval, while Sohail Khan achieved it against India.
Pakistan bowlers take five wickets in ODI match against Australia at Adelaide Oval
- 5/29 – Saklan Mushtaq (1996)
- 5/29 – Haris Raif (2024)
Pakistan bowlers take 5 wickets in ODI match at Adelaide Oval
- 5/29 – Saqlain Mushtaq (1996) vs Australia
- 5/55 – Sohal Khan (2015) with IND
- 5/29 – Haris Rauf (2024) vs Australia
Pakistan fast bowlers’ best statistics against Australia
- 6/59- Waqar Younis, Nottingham, 2001
- 5/21- Wasim Akram, Melbourne, 1985
- 5/25- Shoaib Akhtar, Brisbane, 2002
- 5/29 – Harris Lauf, Adelaide, 2024
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