Pakistan Set 281 Runs Target For Australia

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Pakistan set 281 runs target for Australia

Haris Sohail has made the maiden OID century of the career and went not out on the score of 101.

LAHORE- (Pakistan Point News- 22nd March 2019) Pakistan has set a target of 281 runs for Australia in first ODI being played at Sharjah.

Haris Sohail has made the maiden OID century of the career and went not out on the score of 101. He made his century off 115 balls with the help of six fours and one six.

Shoaib-11 won the toss and elected to bat first. Imam-ul-Haq and Shan Masood opened the innings but Imam was just at 17 when NM Lyon dismissed him. Colter-Nile bowled Masood at 40. He made this score on 62 balls with the help of five boundaries and one six. Nile took the second wicket of Umar Akmal when he was two runs behind his half-century. Akmal made his entry into international cricket after two years on interval and made the runs off 50 balls with the help of three sixes. GJ Maxwell bowled Captain Shoaib Malik at 11 and JA Richardson took the wicket of Fahim at the score of 28. Imad Wasim broke the innings with two boundaries at last two balls along with Haris. He made 28 not out from 13 balls. Pakistan made 281 total at the loss of five wickets in the first ODI.

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