Australia sagged to their worst-ever home loss, shedding to Pakistan in the 2nd ODI at Adelaide by nine wickets on Friday (November 8).
The hosts, that had actually taken a 1-0 lead in the very first ODI, were sent out in to bat initially in the 2ndgame The choice ended up being the ideal one for Pakistan as Australia were lowered to 87-4, which quickly ended up being 129-7 prior to the resistance were packed out for 163.
Steve Smith top-scored with 35, without any various other batter making greater than 20 runs in the innings. Haris Rauf was the celebrity for Pakistan, ordering 5-29 in his 8 overs. In reply, Pakistan’s openers never ever allow the bowlers make invasions, as Saim Ayub (82 in 71) and Abdullah Shafique (64 in 69) sewn with each other 137 runs for the very first arch in simply 20.1 overs.
There were no more missteps as Pakistan won the game 6 overs later on, videotaping simply their 2nd win versus the hosts in Australia in the last 19 years.
It was the worst-ever home loss for Australia while batting initially, shedding the game by nine wickets and 141 balls to save. They have actually experienced nine-wicket losses in the house 3 various other times – the last going back to 1992 – when West Indies won with 69 balls remaining.
The just various other times they have actually shed by nine wickets protested South Africa (1992) and the West Indies (1984 ). While the previous was with 13 balls to extra, the latter was with 17 shipments remaining.
Fielding initially, the most awful loss Australia have actually experienced in a home ODI is by 206 runs versus New Zealand in 1986
The 3rd ODI in between both groups will certainly be used Sunday in Perth.
Full checklist of heaviest home ODI beats while batting initially for Australia
|
Lost to |
Margin |
Balls remaining |
Date |
|
v Pakistan |
9 wickets |
141 |
8 Nov 2024 |
|
v West Indies |
9 wickets |
69 |
6 Dec 1992 |
|
v West Indies |
9 wickets |
17 |
8 Feb 1984 |
|
v South Africa |
9 wickets |
13 |
26 Feb 1992 |
|
v West Indies |
8 wickets |
120 |
20 Dec 1981 |
|
v Sri Lanka |
8 wickets |
101 |
17 Feb 2012 |
|
v India |
8 wickets |
83 |
3 Mar 1985 |
|
v South Africa |
8 wickets |
71 |
26 Jan 2009 |
|
v Sri Lanka |
8 wickets |
59 |
13 Jan 2013 |
|
v England |
8 wickets |
55 |
5 Mar 1992 |
|
v Sri Lanka |
8 wickets |
34 |
6 Mar 2012 |
|
v India |
8 wickets |
28 |
16 Jan 1986 |
|
v West Indies |
8 wickets |
28 |
18 Jan 1989 |
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