Australia vs Pakistan: Second Men's One-Day International – live | Australian cricket team

11th place: Australia 61-2 (Smith 13, Inglis 15) Hasnain shows off a bit here, as his pace doesn't so much worry Smith and Inglis as limit their strokeplay. Both batters find a single off their pads to keep the strike going.

10th place: Australia 59-2 (Smith 12, Inglis 14) One could hardly have found a more elegant stroke than Smith's to end the previous over, or a more absurd stroke with which Inglis opened this game. The Australian goalkeeper goes out early to signal a ramp shot as Naseem follows him out with the ball. Inglis lets the ball fly high and just over Rizwan behind the stumps, but that was an unnecessary risk in the circumstances, especially considering there were only two runs. A punch-through point is a more classic punch and takes four without danger.

9th over: Australia 52-2 (Smith 12, Inglis 7) Smith guided a long ball from Mohammad Hasnain through the point to the boundary after the Pakistan speedster had him on the ropes. Australia's number 3 still has to find his timing this afternoon.

8th: Australia 47-2 (Smith 8, Inglis 6) Clean lead from Naseem as a tight line restricted Australia to a single as Inglis pushed a straight ball through middle.

7th place: Australia 46-2 (Smith 8, Inglis 5) The Australian openers are back in the pavilion early but Pakistan will be hoping to make better use of their lead than they did at the MCG when Smith and Inglis scored 85 off 75 balls in what proved to be a crucial partnership. Inglis picks up where he left off on Monday, with a stylish drive past the point to hit the mark with a boundary.

WICKET! Short c Babar b Shaheen 19 (Australia 41-2)

6th over: Australia 41-1 (Short 19, Smith 8) Smith finally starts to strike and doesn't give it up easily as he continues to move forward. A ball that is way too wide from Naseem takes the pressure off the ball as Smith hits the mark with a boundary through point. The Australian manages to hit the boundaries in a row to end the over with a great drive past extra cover.

5th round: Australia 32-1 (Short 19, Smith 0) Short punishes Shaheen again with a pull over midwicket that sails to the boundary from the first ball, then takes few risks with his second life. Shaheen mixes it up to finish with a slower ball but Short hits it soon enough. Smith has barely seen the strike.

4th over: Australia 26-1 (Short 13, Smith 0) Short survives after Shaheen drops a sitter and kneels to see the over from Naseem. Mohammad Rizwan has his gloves in the air, trying to get behind on the last ball of the innings, but even his teammates have little interest in supporting their skipper this time.

DROPPED! Shaheen undoes much of his good work in the previous over when Short catches a shorter ball from Naseem but hits it straight to the Pakistani fielder at deep square leg. Shaheen gets into a good position quickly enough but is still moving when the ball arrives and touches the catch. To add insult to injury, it pushes to the limit.

3rd over: Australia 21-1 (Short 8, Smith 0) Shaheen makes the breakthrough and there is no argument that Fraser-McGurk refused to play the ball on his merits. But the opener missed another opportunity to make the most of a quick start and a good wicket.

WICKET! Fraser-McGurk lbw b Shaheen 13 (Australia 13-1)

2nd round: Australia 20:0 (Short 7, Fraser-McGurk 13) Fraser-McGurk sends a trio of near-perfect shots flying through the offside for three boundaries. The first is a cutting shot that turns into a drive through cover, the next two are more classic drives, while the opening shot punishes anything that Naseem Shah misses.

1st over: Australia 8-0 (Short 7, Fraser-McGurk 1) Shaheen Shah Afridi throws the first pitch straight into the block hole, but Matt Short knocks it out three minutes after half time. He ends the over with the first boundary of the day after going past the umpire at the wrong time. Jake Fraser-McGurk has made his attacking intentions clear from the outset, but leaves Shaheen behind with caution.

The national anthems play, 13 players and a pair of referees enter the field, and the house DJ turns up the volume. Shaheen Shah Afridi has the cherry in hand and Matt Short is on strike as Pakistan tries to beat Australia for the third time in their last 15 ODIs to stay alive in the three-match series.

For those already taking a subtle look at the mouth-watering Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India that begins in Perth on November 22, Australia Test dropout Marcus Harris is staking his claim for a recall in the race to replace Warner ( and Smith).

The 32-year-old just reached his half-century in the tour match against India A at the MCG Jack Snape explains it so eloquentlyis perhaps the most crucial innings of Harris' “good but never quite good enough” career so far.

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Pakistan wins the toss and elects to field

We might like to believe that we live in simpler times, at least on the cricket field, and this story of the rebel West Indies tour to South Africa in 1983 points to a troubled time that should not be forgotten.

The rebels had planned to leave Barbados in complete secrecy, but their cover was blown in spectacular fashion by Guyanese cricket commentator and journalist Joseph “Reds” Perreira, who exposed the operation after receiving a tip-off from a senior figure in the West Indies game.

Australia were racing towards their 204-run target in the first ODI, needing just another 71 with eight wickets and more than 34 overs up their sleeves when Pakistan quick Haris Rauf dismissed Steve Smith for 44. From there, the wheels quickly fell off the Australian innings, at least until Pat Cummins took charge with the willow in his first ODI since lifting the Cricket World Cup trophy last year.

Pakistan will certainly be in a better position in the race after their entire squad played an ODI for the first time since the same 50-over showpiece event in India. While the first objective today will be to level the three-match series and set up a decider in Perth, Mohammad Rizwan is also working on hosting the ICC's next 50-over event – the Champions Trophy – in February and March.

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Martin Pegan