Overview
- Pakistan clinched the three-match ODI series 2-1 after beating Australia in the decider at Lahore on Thursday.
- Shaheen Shah Afridi spearheaded the attack with 3-30 as Pakistan bowled Australia out for 157 on a slow, spin-friendly Gaddafi Stadium surface.
- Pakistan chased 158 with an unbeaten 49-run seventh-wicket stand between Shadab Khan (29 not out) and Abdul Samad (18 not out) to finish the game in 41.5 overs.
- Australia had earlier levelled the series when Nathan Ellis took a career-best 4-33 in the second ODI, and their touring side featured rotation and several absent frontline players.
- The low-scoring, turn-friendly pitches shaped all three matches and the series result continues Pakistan's recent run of bilateral ODI series wins over Australia.