Full T20 World Cup. Then in the test series against Bangladesh in their own field, the dhabaldhola. The former mixed the honor of Babar-Rizwan with soil! Since then Pakistan has changed with hard work, determination and confidence. After thrashing mighty England in the Test series, they got the sweet taste of ODI series win in Australia after 22 years.
The gap in the entire series is like a reflection of the historic series won in 2002. The tour of Australia which was Pakistan's first ODI series. Ajira started the series with a great win in Sebaro Melbourne. Then Ponting-McGrath was destroyed by Walker-Wasim-Shoaib in two consecutive matches.
22 years later that mail! Australia started the series with a win in the first ODI in Melbourne. This time Azira was burnt by the fiery bowling of Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Nasim Shah and Mohammad Hasnain.
In the face of Pakistan's pace attack, Australia's batting was messed up in the last match as well. All of Ajid's wickets were taken by four Pakistani pacers — Shaheen and Naseem three each, Rauf two and Hasnain one. The image of the whole series was like that. They survived the loss in the first ODI thanks to the tenacity of Pat Cummins.
Australia's wickets fell 27 in the series, Pakistan's four pacers took 26 wickets without a run-out. This is a bit of a surprise! Pacers have taken all the wickets in the series, never before in the history of Pakistan cricket. Among them, the series best Rauf took maximum 10 wickets. Shoaib Akhtar's memories of 2002 returned to Australia due to his speed. Shaheen 8, Naseem 5 and Hasnain 3 wickets.
It is also the joint second highest wicket-taken by any team's pacers in a three-match ODI series. In 2007, the West Indies pacers took the maximum wickets of 27 against England.
