Haris Rauf's five-wicket haul, openers' century partnership drive Pakistan to win

Saim Ayub (82) and Abdullah Shafique (64 not out) added 137 runs for the first wicket, the second highest by a Pakistani opening pair against Australia in ODIs, to lead their team to a crushing nine-wicket win over the Aussies in the second One-day International, at the Adelaide Oval on Friday.

The win helped Pakistan bring series to 1-1 after they lost the first ODI by two wickets.

However, the hero of the victory was pace bowler Haris Rauf, who took 5/29 to bundle out Australia for 163. He won the Player of the Match award.

After winning the toss and opting to bowl first, Shaheen Afridi removed the Australian openers – Matthew Short and Jake Fraser-McGurk – in his opening spell with the new ball.

Rauf, who had put Pakistan in a promising position in the first ODI, then went on to run through the Australian middle order, claiming his second five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.

Sticking to a hard line and length, the pacer got rid of Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell and the opposition skipper Pat Cummins.

Steve Smith was the highest scorer for the hosts, contributing 35 runs off 48 deliveries before he was dismissed by 24-year-old Mohammad Hasnain, with Rizwan grabbing hold of a thick outside edge behind the stumps.

The chase from Pakistan saw the two openers breeze past the total with 23.3 overs left to be bowled.

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