"We are happy as a team because our nation will be happy": Mohammad Rizwan

Pakistan achieved its first win over Australia in a 50overs series in Australia since 2002 when it won the deciding third oneday international on Sunday by eight wicketsThe impressive performance ensured a first ODI series win in Australia since 2002 Australiarsquos understrength batting lineup folded in the face of hostile bowling from Pakistanrsquos pace attack and was all out for 140 in 315 oversThe home team was without captain Pat Cummins Steven Smith Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Starc and Marnus Labuschagne all of whom were rested to prepare for the first of five tests against India that begins in Perth on November 22Ayub Shafique start strongSaim Ayub 42 and Abdullah Shafique 37 then gave Pakistanrsquos chase a solid foundation in an 84run opening partnership before both fell in the same over bowled by Lance MorrisAlso ReadBorderGavaskar Trophy Australia picks this uncapped player to open alongside Usman KhawajaMohd RizwanThat left Babar Azam and captain Mohammad Rizwan to steer Pakistan to an important victory The pair put on a further 58 for the third wicket before Babar ended the chase in the 27th over when he hit Adam Zampa for four to take Pakistan to 1432Pakistan won with 139 balls to spare ldquoThis is a special moment for me because we know our nation will be happyrdquo Rizwan said ldquoThey donrsquot always get what they expect from us as a team Today we are happy as a team because our nation will be happyrdquoThe Pakistan pacemen have dominated the series since Australia won the opening match by two wickets in Melbourne Pakistan levelled the series when it won the second match by nine wickets in Adelaide when Australia was bowled out for 163 with Haris Rauf taking 529As a result Rizwan had no hesitation in choosing to bowl when the he won the toss Naseem Shah dismissed Jake FraserMcGurk in the fourth over Rauf dismissed Aaron Hardie in the seventh and Shaheen Shah Afridi removed Aidan Hardie in the 11th and from there Australian wickets fell at regular intervalsShaheen finished with 332 Naseem took 334 and Rauf took 224 from seven overs as Australia were bowled out for their lowest total at home in a decadeAllrounder Cooper Connolly retired hurt on 7 after being struck in the hand by Mohammad HasnainAussie batters struggleFraserMcGurk and Short struggled for form in the first two matches sharing partnerships of 19 in the first match and 21 in the second They started positively this time taking 12 runs from the first over but were separated with the total on 20 when FraserMcGurk was caught at second slip by Rizwan from Naseemrsquos bowlingJosh Inglis captained Australia for the first time in his home town and came to the crease after learning he had been included in Australiarsquos 13man squad for the first test against India His celebrations were cut short when he skied an attempted pull off Naseem to Rizwan when on 722No of years since Pak won an ODI series in AusBrief scoresAustralia 140 all out in 315 overs S Abbott 30 S Afridi 332 N Shah 354 H Rauf 224 lost to Pakistan 1432 in 265 overs S Ayub 42 A Shafique 37 M Rizwan 30 B Azam 28 L Morris 224 by eight wicketsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever