{"id":17408,"date":"2022-04-02T08:21:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T08:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=17408"},"modified":"2022-04-02T08:21:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T08:21:15","slug":"pak-vs-aus-pumped-up-pakistan-seek-odi-series-triumph-against-aussies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2022\/04\/02\/pak-vs-aus-pumped-up-pakistan-seek-odi-series-triumph-against-aussies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak vs Aus: Pumped-up Pakistan seek ODI series triumph against Aussies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-area\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/409001-asher-butt\">\n<div class=\"medium-insert-images ui-sortable\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Both sides will come out all guns blazing in the final ODI and it promises to be a cracker of a contest.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Pakistan need their bowlers to create an impact to dictate terms.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Australia with their performance in the first two matches remain the favourite.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"editorHr\" \/>\n<p>LAHORE: Pumped up Pakistan seek to carry the momentum from their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/408622-pak-vs-aus-pakistan-beat-australia-in-second-odi-to-level-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>win in the second ODI<\/b><\/a>\u00a0to clinch the series when they take on Australia today (Saturday) in the third and final game at Gaddafi Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan after an 88-run defeat from Australia in the opening match bounced back strongly and levelled the series with a record run-chase.<\/p>\n<p>The second match was a high-scoring affair and the hosts managed to hold their nerves to finish on a winning note.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bowl first. But the home team saw Travis Head, who hit a century in the first match, continue in the same style, as he scored 89 at the top of the order.<\/p>\n<p>Ben McDermott, who hit a half-century in the first match, improved his game further and scored his maiden ODI century to help his side post a mammoth 348 on the board.<\/p>\n<p>Shaheen Afridi, who returned for the second game of the series, picked up four wickets. It was an uphill task for Pakistan but opener\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/408698-pak-vs-aus-imam-ul-haq-makes-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Imam-ul-Haq<\/b><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/408711-pak-vs-aus-babar-azam-register-another-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Babar\u00a0<\/b><\/a>hammered brilliant centuries and then Khushdil Shah\u2019s cameo helped Pakistan reach the target with an over to spare.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both sides will come out all guns blazing in the final ODI and it promises to be a cracker of a contest. Pakistan need their bowlers to create an impact to dictate terms. Australia with their performance in the first two matches remain the favourite. LAHORE: Pumped up Pakistan seek to carry the momentum from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pakistan","8":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17410,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17408\/revisions\/17410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}