Australia defeated Pakistan winning ODI series with 3-0

• Australia beat Pakistan by 101 runs in the third and final ODI.
• Sidra Amin and Sadaf Shamas each contributed 34 and 30 runs.
• A 3-match T20I series between two teams will now begin on January 24.

On Saturday, Australia defeated Pakistan in all three games of the one-day international series with a 101-run victory in the third and final game.

The Green Shirts were limited to 235-7 in their allotted 50 overs while chasing a lofty total of 337 runs.

Sidra Amin and Sadaf Shamas each contributed 34 and 30 runs, while Bismah Maroof led Pakistan with 44 runs.

The bowler of choice for Australia was Ashleigh Gardner, who finished with 3-30 in 10 overs.

Beth Mooney, an Australian opener, had earlier scored a magnificent hundred to aid her team in putting up a formidable total. She scored 133 runs off just 105 balls, including 14 fours and 4 sixes.

Meg Lanning, the captain, scored 72 runs, including eight fours and a six. Mooney won the awards for Player of the Series and Player of the Match after scoring 191 runs in just three innings.

It should be recalled that Australia thrashed Pakistan on Wednesday by 10 wickets to grab a commanding 2-0 series lead. On Monday, the host team defeated the visiting team by eight wickets in the first ODI.

A three-match T20I series between the two teams will now begin on January 24.

T20I series schedule

January 24 — First T20I at North Sydney Oval No.1, North Sydney

January 26 — Second T20I at Blundstone Arena, Hobart

January 29 — Third T20I at Manuka Oval, Canberra

Pakistan T20I squad

Bismah Maroof (c), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk) and Tuba Hassan

Reserves: Ghulam Fatima, Kainat Imtiaz and Sadaf Shamas

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