Australia vs Pakistan 1st ODI LIVE Score & Updates: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first ODI of the ongoing three-match series between Australia and Pakistan. The series opener is taking place at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Pat Cummins invited Pakistan to bat first in Mohammad Rizwan’s first match as the full-time captain of the ODI team, but the visitors failed to fire and could only manage to score 203 runs in 46.4 overs.

Captain Rizwan top-scored for the Men in Green by making 44 runs from 71 balls, whereas pacer Naseem Shah contributed 40 runs from just 39 balls. During his stay at the crease, he hammered one four and four sixes.

For the Aussies, Mitchell Starc picked up three wickets for 33 runs, and two Pakistani batters each were sent back to the pavilion by Adam Zampa and Cummins.

Playing XIs

Australia: Matthew Short, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steven Smith, Josh Inglis (WK), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardie, Pat Cummins (C), Sean Abbott, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Kamran Ghulam, Agha Salman, Irfan Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain