Oz tour of Pakistan, March 4 - April 5

[GarlicJam]

Pakistan win the toss - yes, I thought it was going to be tomorrow too - and bowl.

Good choice, they have the two openers gone with no runs on the board.

Is it Aaron Finch's last ODI for Aus?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Recovering though. McDermott still in after a ton in his last game.

[GarlicJam]

Emphatic win to Pakistan.

9 wickets and 12 overs spare

First one day series win for Pak over Aus for 20 years. Good for them.

[alfie]

Hardly unexpected I guess with virtually the entire first choice Australian bowling group missing the series... The result in the first match proved to be very much an outlier !

TBH I place very little importance on ODI results outside of major tournaments. Too much cricket being played , and obviously one side or other is going to be far from full strength on many occasions. Doesn't make the games worthless : much of it is about developing players for the future and tinkering with combinations . But I never read too much into individual series outcomes.

[GarlicJam]

Hardly unexpected I guess with virtually the entire first choice Australian bowling group missing the series... The result in the first match proved to be very much an outlier !

TBH I place very little importance on ODI results outside of major tournaments. Too much cricket being played , and obviously one side or other is going to be far from full strength on many occasions. Doesn't make the games worthless : much of it is about developing players for the future and tinkering with combinations . But I never read too much into individual series outcomes.

Very true, Alfie. I agree with all of that.

I was half expecting Aus to go down 3-0.

I set more by winning the home series though - mainly because of awareness, I suppose. It is only recently that I have been able to watch any overseas series except for the Ashes.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Amazing how resilient Pakistan cricket is, given how hard it is for them just to keep going.

[GarlicJam]

Close on 24 hours after the event, I look up Cricinfo to find that Australia won the one and only T20.

Ironically, Aaron Finch was the player of the match, with 55 runs.

[Arthur Crabtree]

As befits world champs. A few names that are new to me. Ellis, Dwarshuis and Inglis.