Australia vs Pakistan ஸ்கோர்கார்டு, 1st ODI, Pakistan vs Australia 2022

Australia have lost only one of their last 16 men's ODIs against Pakistan (W15) and have won their last nine on the bounce; their only defeat in that span was a six-wickets loss in Melbourne in January 2017.

Australia have won four men's ODI games at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (P7 L3), their most at any Pakistani venue; three of these wins have come against Pakistan while one has come against South Africa.

Australia have won one and lost one men's ODI multi-game bilateral series played against the Shaheens in Pakistan, having lost the first such series 0-2 in September 1982 but winning the most recent one 3-0 in November 1998.

Australia have won each of their last four men's ODI game played against the Shaheens in Pakistan having last lost such game on 22 October 1994 by a margin of nine wickets.

Australian batters have scored nine centuries since the beginning of 2020 in men's ODI cricket; only South African batters have scored more in this period (10).

Pakistan have bowled 54 wide balls since the beginning of 2020 in men's ODI cricket, the least of all full-member sides in the format.

Since the beginning of 2020, Australia have a catch success percentage of 80% in men's ODIs, the second best after Ireland amongst Test playing nations; they have dropped just 19 of their 94 chances.

Aaron Finch (Australia - 17) is just one ton away from equaling David Warner and Mark Waugh as the batter to have scored the second most ODI centuries for Australia (18); only Ricky Ponting has more centuries than the trio in the format (29).

Babar Azam (Pakistan - 3985) is 15 runs away in becoming the 15th Pakistani batter to register 4000 runs in ODIs; in doing so in his next innings, he will become the second fastest batter to reach the milestone (82 innings), Hashim Amla has achieved the feat in 81 innings.

Adam Zampa (Australia - 97) is three wickets away from becoming the 18th Australian bowler to scalp 100 wickets in ODIs; his best figures in ODIs was against Pakistan when he scalped four wickets for 43 runs at Abu Dhabi in March 2019.