Pakistan's victory over Zimbabwe in the ODI series 2024

 Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 10 wickets and 99 runs respectively in the second ODI and third ODI respectively. These victories came after Pakistan were beaten badly by Zimbabwe in the first ODI by 80 runs. Pakistan bounced back by winning the next two ODI's convincingly to beat Zimbabwe 2-1 in the ODI series.

Faisal Akram and Abrar Ahmed had wonderful debuts in this ODI series against Zimbabwe while in batting Saim Ayub and Kamran Ghulam scored heavily with a great strike rate. Zimbabwe's batting was weak throughout the series as they scored modest and low totals of 204, 145 and 205 in the three matches resulting in easy wins for Pakistan in the second ODI and third ODI.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan should be able to whitewash Zimbabwe in the Twenty20 series something which they failed to do in the ODI series.

Pakistan vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI 2024

 

Zimbabwe thrashed Pakistan by 80 runs in the first ODI at Bulawayo. This result wasnt expected as Pakistan just came on this tour of Zimbabwe fresh from the ODI series win in Australia. Pakistan will suddenly start performing so pathetically in their batting having colllapsed in their batting regularly since the ODI series win in Australia in the following Twenty20 series in Australia and the first ODI was least expected.

Pakistani selectors didnt take the Zimbabwe team seriously playing their weakened and second string team against Zimbabwe. There was no logic in not selecting their key players Babar Azam, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi in this tour of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean teams of the past were known to cause an upset to Pakistan in the past too and Pakistan should have played their best possible team against them.

In the end I would like to say is that Pakistan have enough talent in their current squad to bounce back and defeat Zimbabwe in this ODI series and the following Twenty20 series.

Pakistan vs Australia 3rd twenty20 international 2024

 

Pakistan were absolutely pathetic with both bat and ball in the 3rd twenty20 international. Australia literally crushed Pakistan by 7 wickets with a lot of overs to spare.  Pakistan were off to a fine start by Babar Azam and Haseebullah Khan and they look to set Australia a decent target but they collapsed to 117 all out. 

Australia despite wobbling initially scampered home by 7 wickets thanks to Marcus Stoinis breezy innings. Australia dominated Pakistan in this twenty20 series by whitewashing Pakistan 3-0. If Pakistan had selected Saim Ayub instead of the ineffective Sahibzada Farhan Pakistan would have probably won atleast the Sydney 2nd twenty20 international as Saim Ayub is in form.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan should whitewash Zimbabwe in their upcoming whiteball tour to Zimbabwe.

Pakistan vs Australia first and second Twenty20 internationals 2024

 

Pakistan were defeated by Australia in the first and second twenty20 internationals by Australia in Brisbane and Sydney respectively. Australia has now won the twenty20 series and Pakistan will do well if they win the third twenty20 international against Australia. Pakistan should have won the second twenty20 international after restricting Australia to 148 run target which was a modest target. 

Only Usman Khan and Irfan Khan played innings of substance. Otherwise there wasnt any support at the other end to these two batsmen. If other batsmen had contributed too Pakistan would have probably defeated Australia in this twenty20 international.  Our bowling was good as usual but Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah conceded a lot of runs. 

In the first Twenty20 international which was a 7 over a side affair Pakistan were beaten by Maxwell's whirlwind innings. If they had got Maxwell out a lot earlier they would have won the first twenty20 international.

In the end what I would like to say is that had they selected Saim Ayub in this twenty20 squad Pakistan would have won this series by now.

Pakistan's ODI series victory over Australia 2024

 Pakistan defeated Australia 2-1 in Australia for the first time since 2002. This is a tremendous achievement by the Pakistan cricket team as all cricket experts including Wasim Akram were predicting that Australia will win this ODI series afterall the Australians are the World Champions in this format.

Mohammad Rizwan's captaincy in his debut series as captain of the ODI and twenty20 sides was excellent. Muhammad Rizwan's tactics put the Australian batsmen under relentless pressure. Haris Rauf was phenomenal with the ball. Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique gave Pakistan great starts in their chase in 2nd ODI and the 3rd ODI. All the Pakistani bowlers were superb especially their pacemen.

In the end what I would like to say is that after this performance in Australia I consider Pakistan to be one of the favourites of the upcoming Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan.

Pakistan's victory over Australia in the 2nd ODI 2024

 Pakistan crushed Australia by 9 wickets in the 2nd ODI in Adelaide and they made a huge statement to the world that they are a force to be reckoned with in world cricket. Pakistan outclassed Australia in all three departments of the game to win by a huge margin against them. So ruthless were Pakistan that they chased down Australia's target of 163 runs in only 26.3 overs.

Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique performed brilliantly as openers in this ODI. Saim Ayub in particular impressed me a lot with his strike rate and shots. Haris Rauf is proving to be almost unplayable in Australia.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan should In Sha Allah win this series by winning the third ODI as Australia will be missing quite a few test players in their squad for the third ODI with Josh Inglis as their captain.

Pakistan vs Australia 1st ODI 2024

 Pakistan fought closely with Australia in the first ODI and were unlucky they didnt win the first ODI against them. Perhaps Pakistan should have won this match had they scored atleast 50 to 60 runs more than their total score of 203 runs. Their bowlers fought valiantly against Australia which is an encouraging sign. 

Had Muhammad Rizwan and Babar Azam converted their starts against Australia into a substantial score they would have been able to set Australia a decent target. Pakistan were too timid and defensive in their approach to batting thats why they did put up a competitive score on board.

In the end what I would like to say is that Pakistan will In Sha Allah be successful in atleast one match of the ODI series judging from their performance in the first ODI.