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14th over: Australia 81-3 (Smith 27, Labuschagne 1) Rauf sparked a batting collapse on Monday night and has breathed new life into this clash with the crucial wicket of the in-form Inglis. The Pakistani quick puts everything into every delivery and hits the cover a couple of times on the follow-up, and must be frustrated to have to do it all again – not once, but twice – after a few hard calls for wides barely on the leg side.

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WICKED! c Rizwan b Rauf 18 (Australia 79-3)

Haris Rauf makes a critical breakthrough – again – with a delivery that drifts down the leg side. Inglis pulls late, but there are two sounds, one off the thigh pad and another off the bat, on its way through to Rizwan, who dives forward and to his left to take a neat catch.

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13th over: Australia 78-2 (Smith 26, Inglis 18) SIX! Smith immediately makes Pakistan pay for a catch in the previous over as he turns on his toes and beats Hasnain over backwards and into the stands. The Australian has taken his time to come in but is now showing signs that he is ready to let loose.

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12th over: Australia 70-2 (Smith 19, Inglis 17) FALLEN! Smith flashes off with a drive that takes a thick outside edge and sails straight to Ayub at point where the Pakistani fielder leaps to get his hands on the ball, but barely lowers it as it runs away to the boundary. Haris Rauf turned the game around on Monday night and made an almost immediate impact in Adelaide.

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11th over: Australia 61-2 (Smith 13, Inglis 15) Hasnain shows a bit here as his pace doesn’t worry Smith and Inglis as much as restrict their stroke play. Both batsmen find a single from their pads to keep the strike ticking over.

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10th over: Australia 59-2 (Smith 12, Inglis 14) You could hardly have found a more elegant stroke than Smith’s to end the previous over, or a more absurd shot with which Inglis started this one. The Australian keeper steps out early to telegraph a ramp shot as Naseem follows his with the ball outside off. Inglis sends the ball high and narrow over Rizwan behind the stumps, but it was an unnecessary risk in the circumstances, especially considering it only got two runs. A punch through point is a more classic punch and picks up four without any danger.

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9th over: Australia 52-2 (Smith 12, Inglis 7) Smith guides a wide ball from Mohammad Hasnain through point to the boundary after the Pakistani speedster had him on the ropes. Australia no. 3 still needs to find his timing this afternoon.

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8th over: Australia 47-2 (Smith 8, Inglis 6) Clear over from Naseem as a tight line restricts Australia to a single from it as Inglis pushes a straight ball through mid on.

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7th over: Australia 46-2 (Smith 8, Inglis 5) Australia’s openers are back in the pavilion early – again – but Pakistan will be hoping to press home their advantage better than they did at the MCG when Smith and Inglis put on 85 from 75 balls in what proved to be a decisive partnership. Inglis picks up where he left off on Monday with a stylish drive past point to get off the mark with a boundary.

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WICKED! Short c Babar b Shaheen 19 (Australia 41-2)

Shaheen gets her revenge. Boundaries to a ball that came back into him and cuts a thick edge straight to Babar Azam at cover. The Australian opener can’t make the most of his second chance.

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6th over: Australia 41-1 (Short 19, Smith 8) Smith finally gets on strike and doesn’t give up easily again as he runs away. A too wide ball from Naseem releases the pressure as Smith gets off the mark with a boundary point. The Australian makes it back-to-back boundaries to complete the over with a sublime drive past extra cover.

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5th over: Australia 32-1 (Short 19, Smith 0) Short punishes Shaheen again with a pull over midwicket that sails to the boundary off the first ball, then takes few risks with his second life. Shaheen mixes it up to finish with a slower ball but Short picks it early enough. Smith has hardly seen the strike yet.

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4th over: Australia 26-1 (Short 13, Smith 0) Short survives after Shaheen drops a sitter and scrambles to see off Naseem. Mohammad Rizwan has his gloves in the air and appeals to be caught behind off the last ball of the innings, but even his teammates have little interest in supporting their skipper this time.

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FALLEN! Shaheen undoes much of his good work in the previous over as Short hooks a shorter ball from Naseem but hits it straight to the Pakistani fielder at deep square leg. Shaheen gets into a good position soon enough but is still moving as the ball arrives and hits the catch. Adding insult to injury, it seeps into the border.

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3rd over: Australia 21-1 (Short 8, Smith 0) Shaheen gets the breakthrough and there can be no argument that Fraser-McGurk refused to play the ball on its merits. But the opener has missed another opportunity to make the most of a quick start and a good wicket.

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WICKED! Fraser-McGurk lbw b Shaheen 13 (Australia 13-1)

The Pakistani left-armer stops the attacking Australian opener in his tracks, bowls around the wicket and shapes the ball back to Fraser-McGurk. The ball bounced around the leg stump and then straightened as Fraser-McGurk played around it.

Shaheen Shah Afridi catches Jake Fraser-McGurk ahead for 13 at Adelaide Oval. Photo: Matt Turner/EPA
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2nd over: Australia 20-0 (Short 7, Fraser-McGurk 13) Fraser-McGurk lets fly with a trio of near-perfect shots through the offside for three boundaries. The first is a cut-shot that turns into a punch through cover, the next two more classy drives as the opener punishes something wide from Naseem Shah.

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1st over: Australia 8-0 (Short 7, Fraser-McGurk 1) Shaheen Shah Afridi hits the first delivery straight up the block hole but Matt Short hits it for three over mid-off. He ends the over with the first boundary of the day from a mistimed pull past the square umpire. Jake Fraser-McGurk stated his intention to attack from the start, but he dismisses Shaheen with caution.

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The national anthems play, 13 players and a couple of referees enter the field, and the resident DJ turns up the volume. Shaheen Shah Afridi has the cherry in hand and Matt Short are on strike as Pakistan look to beat Australia for just the third time in their last 15 ODIs to stay alive in the three-match series.

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For those already casting a subtle eye on the mouth-watering Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India starting in Perth on November 22, Marcus Harris is staking a claim for recall in the race to replace Warner (and Smith).

The 32-year-old has just reached a half-century in the tour match against India A at the MCG in what Jack Snape explains so eloquentlyis perhaps the most defining innings of Harris’ “good, but never quite good enough” career thus far.

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Team

Australia make the one change from the first ODI XI with Josh Hazlewood replacing Sean Abbott. Pat Cummins will pitch for the last time in the series before sitting out the third and final game on Sunday.

Pakistan are unchanged as Naseem is named despite being forced off the field at the MCG. It was later confirmed that the speedster was suffering from cramp on Monday rather than an injury concern.

Australia XI: Matt Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Pat Cummins (capt), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan XI: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (capt, wk), Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain

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Pakistan win the toss and elect to field

Mohammad Rizwan wins the toss and sends Australia in to bat at a sunny Adelaide Oval.

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We might like to think we live in simpler times, at least on the cricket field, and this tale from the 1983 West Indies Rebel tour to South Africa points to a troubled period that should not be forgotten.

The Rebels had planned to travel from Barbados in secret, but their cover was spectacularly blown by Guyanese cricket commentator and journalist Joseph “Reds” Perreira, who lifted the lid on the venture after receiving a tip-off from a senior figure. in the West Indian game.

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Racing towards their 204-run target in the first ODI, Australia needed just 71 more with eight wickets and more than 34 overs up their sleeves when Pakistan quick Haris Rauf dismissed Steve Smith for 44. The wheels quickly fell off the Australia innings from there, in at least until Pat Cummins took command with the dart in his first ODI since lifting the Cricket World Cup trophy last year.

Pakistan will surely be better for the run after their entire XI played their first ODI since the same 50-over showpiece event in India. While the first goal today will be to level the three-match series and set up a decider in Perth, Mohammad Rizwan is also building towards hosting the ICC’s next 50-over event – the Champions Trophy – in February and March.

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Preamble

Martin Pegan

Martin Pegan

Hello and welcome to second ODI between Australia and Pakistan at Adelaide Oval.

Australia have a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, but the first 50-over clash at the MCG was hardly going all the way as captain Pat Cummins was again called upon to steer his side home with the bat.

Cummins reached the crease with Australia needing 49 runs to reach their modest target of 204 runs, but with just three wickets in hand as Pakistan quick Haris Rauf tore through the middle order with a searing spell. Then, as we have almost come to expect from the icy Cummins, Australia’s chasemaster played a typically composed knock for an unbeaten 32 from 31 balls to reach the target for the loss of just one more wicket.

Pakistan can take hope from the pace of Rauf (3/67), Shaheen Shah Afridi (2/43) and Naseem Shah (1/39) shaking up Australia’s chase, although they will likely want to turn the ball up more in Adelaide than they did in Melbourne. Both sides will be looking for more from their top order this time around and it remains to be seen whether Australia’s young openers Jake Fraser-McGurk (16) and Matt Short (1) are immediately back on the front foot after coming under fire for their short all-out attack in the first ODI.

First ball is at 14:00 ACDT / 14:30 AEDT. I’ll be back soon with line-ups and news, and then with you until the innings break when Angus Fontaine takes over the reins.

Remember to get in touch with any comments, questions, thoughts and predictions. You can find me at X @martinpegan or send me an email. Let’s get into it!

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