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The ODI series being played at Opus Stadium in Australia is slipping away from the host country as the Kangaroos were all-out for 140 runs, setting a target of 141 in the 3rd ODI.

Australia started batting on Sunday after Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first. While the yellow shirts remained calm at the ground, the green shirts began showcasing their bowling prowess by the 20th over when Australia lost their first wicket.

The host team’s opener, Jake Fraser-McGurk, scored 7 runs off 9 balls before losing his wicket when Mohammad Rizwan caught his stunning delivery from Naseem Shah. Australia lost their second wicket soon after when Aaron Hardie was dismissed.

Aaron Hardie made 12 runs off 13 balls and was looking confident at the crease before Shaheen Afridi got him out, with Salman Ali Agha catching the ball safely after it was hit in the air, bringing the collective score to 36.

They lost their third wicket at 56, fourth at 72, fifth at 79, and sixth at 88 when J. English, M. Short, G. Maxwell, and M. Stoinis went to the pavilion for scores of 7, 22, 0, and 8, respectively. However, the series of wicket losses continued.

The green shirts took their seventh wicket when Australia was on a collective score of 118. Adam Zampa, after scoring 13 runs, got out to Naseem Shah. Australia lost their eighth wicket at 140 when Sean Abbott also got out after making 30 runs off 41 balls.

At the end of the batting, Australia lost its remaining wickets at the same score when Lans Morris was bowled by Shaheen Afridi and went out after playing only 2 balls without scoring. The last player to bat, who ended the batting line, was Cooper Connolly, who was retired out. He made 7 runs off 16 balls.