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Pakistan vs Australia 1st ODI, Live Score Updates: Pakistan Opt To Bowl; Babar Azam On Cusp Of Huge Milestone
Pakistan vs Australia 1st ODI, Live Updates: Pakistan have put Australia in to bat in the first ODI of the three-match series on Saturday in Rawalpindi.
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- Updated: May 30, 2026 04:35 pm IST
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Pakistan vs Australia 1st ODI, Live Updates: Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bowl against Australia in the first ODI of the three-match series on Saturday in Rawalpindi. With the ODI World Cup 2027 on the horizon, both teams will be eager to put their best foot forward. Australia will be led by Josh Inglis, with regular skipper Pat Cummins rested for the series. Apart from Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Travis Head have also been given a break. Meanwhile, Pakistan star batter Babar Azam is on the brink of history, as he is just one century away from surpassing legendary Saeed Anwar to hold the record for the most ODI centuries for Pakistan. (Live Scorecard)
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PAK A vs AUS Live Score Updates
No run.
A massive appeal for LBW, but the finger stays down. Rauf is very confident this time and he convinces Shaheen to take the review.
Nearly dragged on! Cuts back in sharply on a good length, on middle and leg. Carey is rushed on the shot, trying to play it through the off side, and inside edges it past the leg stump. The ball rolls away to deep fine leg for a single.
WIDE! Spays it down the leg stump line, on a good length. Carey misses the flick. Wide called.
Full and wide, Short slashes it hard and wide of point for a single.
Skids through on a length, on leg. Carey tries to roll it behind square on the leg side, but again gets beaten and is hit on the pads. The ball gets deflected to deep fine leg for a leg bye.
A huge appeal for LBW, but not given. Pakistan do not send it upstairs as it looked to be sliding down leg. A length ball, slanted onto the pads. Alex Carey attempts to help it behind square on the leg side, but misses and is hit on the thigh pad. The ball rolls towards backward square leg and they cross for a leg bye. Not much bounce on that one, though. And the Ball Tracking shows that the ball is projected to be missing the leg stump. So a good decision from the hosts to not challenge it.
Shapes in a touch, full on middle. Matthew Short tries to push it straight, but gets an outside edge as the ball runs wide of backward point, to the right of deep third for a single.
Fuller and angling away from the batter. Short stretches ahead and tries to blast it through covers, but mistimes and finds the mid off fielder en route.
Hones in on a fuller length, around off, Short presses forward and pushes it down the ground, to mid off's right.
Bangs it short and angles across off. Short stands tall to swat it through mid-wicket, but the ball holds up seemingly and he ends up mistiming it off the toe end, back to the bowler.
In-angler on a length, on middle. Carey lets the ball curve in and tucks it wide of mid-wicket for a quick single to open his account.
Much fuller, outside off, at almost 145 kph. Short leans on and carves it straight to the cover fielder.
A wide first slip in place. Pulls the length back, on top of off. Matthew Short hops back and blocks it to the mid-wicket region off the inner half of the bat.
Tight leave! Seaming away slightly, fullish and around off. Matthew Short closely watches it and opts to leave.
FOUR! That's been absolutely belted away! Short of a good length, wide outside off, nipping away. Matthew Short gets on top of the bounce and cracks the square cut behind point for another boundary. Races away like a tracer-bullet.
FOUR! Graceful stroke and that's the first runs off the bat! Swings away sharply, full and fairly outside off. Matthew Short strides forward, doesn't try to overhit it and creams it past cover-point for a cracking boundary. Short is off the mark.
Hits the back of a length, on middle. Short camps back and bunts it down the pitch.
Promising start from Shaheen. Not a huge swing on offer, just a little bit. Haris Rauf to operate from the opposite end.
At 134.5 kph, full on off, Carey knocks it straight to the mid off fielder.