Twitter Reactions: Australia inflict a historic whitewash on Pakistan despite Haris Sohail's ton
Australia finished the season on the perfect note and will be a confident unit heading into the World Cup.
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On the expected lines, Australia won the fifth ODI against Pakistan as well and completed the whitewash. The side put up a big total on the board batting first. Usman Khawaja and Glenn Maxwell played important knocks and put the team in a good position at the end of the first innings. With a century from Haris Sohail, Pakistan looked to be in control for a majority of the chase.
However, they goofed up once Haris Sohail fell in the 41st over of the game. The batsmen failed to achieve the required run rate between 8 and 9 in the last 10 overs of the game. Thus, they fell short of the target by 20 runs. While Glenn Maxwell was the ‘Man of the Match’, Aaron Finch was adjudged ‘Man of the Series’.
Khawaja misses out on a century; Maxwell fires in all cylinders
Australia were put in to bat first in the match. The openers, with the kind of form they are in, got the team off to a great start. Aaron Finch registered his fourth fifty-plus score in this five-match series. The skipper scored 53 before Usman Shinwari got through the gate and got him bowled. Usman Khawaja was the next to get out. He did all the hard work, was batting on 98 but failed to get to the triple digits.
Shaun Marsh played a great knock yet again in the series. Even though he’s been slightly inconsistent, he finished well with a 68-ball 61. The game-changing knock, though, came from the willow of Glenn Maxwell where he raced to 70 from 30 balls. Australia didn’t finish well as they lost a flurry of wickets and got 327/7 after 50 overs.
A ton from Haris Sohail goes in vain
Pakistan’s Abid Ali returned to the pavilion for a golden duck in the chase. Then, Shan Masood and Haris Sohail built up a 100-run partnership. The opener got out after putting on exactly 50 runs on the board. Mohammad Rizwan failed to deliver in this match while Umar Akmal got into the 40s as usual but failed to capitalise. Sohail, however, had the belief and wanted to take his team as close as possible.
Kane Richardson had other plans and dismissed him when he was on 130. The other batsmen failed to take the team through in the last 10 overs. Even though skipper Imad Wasim notched up an unbeaten half-century, his efforts fell short. Twitterati was disappointed to see Usman Khawaja miss out on his century but enjoyed the knocks from Maxwell and Sohail. They congratulated Jason Behrendorff for his three-wicket haul.
Here is how Twitterati reacted:
Last ten ODI innings for @Uz_Khawaja:
50
36
104
91
100
24
88
0
62
98The stand-out ODI batsman of 2019? #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/ajNkhSyAn9
— ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2019
Warner smashes an #IPL hundred
Finch is breaking records in the UAE
Khawaja has the most ODI runs in 2019
Who opens for Australia in the World Cup? #CWC19 #PAKvAUS— Samuel Ferris (@samuelfez) March 31, 2019
Glenn Maxwell last 3 innings in this ODI series against Pakistan:
70 (33)
98 (82)
71 (55)Average 79.67
Strike-rate 140.58#PAKvAUS— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 31, 2019
Australia last 8 ODIs (all played in Asia):
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won
Won#PAKvAUS— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 31, 2019
This is the first time Pakistan has lost a home ODI series 5-0. #PAKvAUS
— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) March 31, 2019
Highest scores in ODIs for Pakistan versus Australia:
130 Haris Sohail (today)
116* Kamran Akmal (in 2009)
115 Mohammad Rizwan (24th March 2019)
112 Abid Ali (29th March 2019)#PAKvAUS— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 31, 2019
First time Australia has won 8 consecutive ODI’s overseas since 2007
First time Australia has won eight consecutive ODI’s in Asia
5th time Australia has swept a 5-ODI series – first time since 2013
First time Australia has swept a 5-ODI series overseas since 2008#PAKvAUS 🇦🇺
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) March 31, 2019
Imad Wasim last 8 ODIs:
Runs 281
Dismissed only 3 times
Strike-rate of 116.60
Average 93.67#PAKvAUS— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 31, 2019
For the first time Australia have won 8 ODIs in a row in Asia. They won three in India and now five vs Pakistan in UAE. #PakvAus
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) March 31, 2019
Australia coach Justin Langer "It’s very satisfying. We came here in September and Pakistan showed us how to play cricket. We worked really hard in the summer to turn it around and 5-0 is a great result" #PAKvAUS
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 31, 2019
Yasir Shah and Mohammad Abbas are fantastic bowlers in Test cricket. Hopefully after this series the selectors will realise they are not suited to ODIs #PAKvAUS
— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 31, 2019
Pakistan were absolutely awful in this ODI series:
Lacked focus
Tactically poor
Mentally weak
Fitness was below the levels required
Strange team selections#PAKvAUS— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) March 31, 2019
36 years ago, Pakistan batsmen scored 6 centuries in an ODI series against India with an overall series strike-rate of 101.12.
In 2019, they score 5 centuries against Australia but overall strike-rate is just 87.87. How the mighty have fallen. #PakvAus
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) March 31, 2019
Australia are on a roll! 🇦🇺🏆
Are they now one of the favourites to win #CWC19?#PAKvAUS #ShotOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/BTqc0OVz5P
— ICC (@ICC) March 31, 2019
I don,t know why PCB has selected such squad for #PAKvAUS series.
They are just degrading the rankings of Pakistan team in ICC ODI rankings.
too #fool— Junaid Ali (@JunaidA02562282) April 1, 2019
Saad Ali vs Aus 4 runs in 11 balls & 7 runs in 12 balls
Saad Ali vs India Emerging Team 4 runs 12 balls
Saad Ali vs Bangladesh Emerging Team 10 runs 20 balls
(0 six,0 four in all 4 innings)
Why he was selected in pakistani team? Even he wasn't the part of any PSL season#PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/XUfNpv7rzy— Saqib Buzdar 🇵🇰 (@M_SaqibBuzdar) April 1, 2019
Great performance by @cricketcomau by defeating @TheRealPCB 5-0 in this ODI Series. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻@AaronFinch5
— Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) March 31, 2019
Coming to an end, an extremely disappointing series for Pakistan. When you're beaten 5-0 in a series, you really need to go back to the drawing board. No time left in the World Cup. Consolation hundred for Haris Sohail. Quick and effective steps need to be taken.
— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) March 31, 2019
What a way to finish a series! Love this group 😍 #5nil #momentum https://t.co/hpAUDHr3aU
— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) March 31, 2019
So very proud of my mate JL. He is doing some wonderful things with the Australian Team. https://t.co/oZrDaTBwHh
— Jason Gillespie 🌱🌈 (@dizzy259) March 31, 2019
What an unbelievable couple of months it’s been! From being 0-2 against India and fighting back and winning shows the resilience and courage of this group of players. To then continue on… https://t.co/5J47lxocim
— Aaron Finch (@AaronFinch5) April 1, 2019
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