Rising star Cooper Connolly suffered what might be a fractured hand as Australia surrendered their ODI collection to Pakistan following one more disastrous show with the bat.
Australia, lacking Check stars Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, completed with a paltry 9-140 from 31.5 overs on Sunday, with Connolly unable to return after retiring harm on seven.
In reply, Pakistan reached the victory goal with 139 balls to spare to wrap up an eight-wicket win and a 2-1 collection overcome the world champions.
It marked Pakistan’s first collection win over the Aussies in Australia in 22 years.
Saim Ayub (42) and Abdullah Shafique (37) set the platform for Pakistan, earlier than Muhammad Rizwan (30 not out) and Babar Azam (28 not out) completed the job.
Australia solely simply scrambled to the 204-run victory goal in sport one in Melbourne, earlier than being skittled for 163 in a nine-wicket loss to Pakistan in Adelaide.
The batting efficiency in Perth in entrance of 19,781 followers was even worse, with tail-ender Sean Abbott top-scoring with 30 from 41 balls, and opener Matt Quick (22) the subsequent finest.
It marked the primary time no Australian batsman has registered a half-century in an ODI collection lasting three or extra matches.
Jake Fraser-McGurk (7), Aaron Hardie (12), Josh Inglis (7), Glenn Maxwell (0) and Marcus Stoinis (8) have been all out cheaply as Australia slumped from 2-56 to 6-88.
Simply two days after snaring 5-29 in Adelaide, Haris Rauf returned figures of 2-24 from seven overs in Perth, whereas Shaheen Afridi (3-32) and Naseem Shah (3-54) have been additionally rewarded.
Connolly copped a painful blow to his left hand from a rising Mohammad Hasnain supply within the seventeenth over.
The 21-year-old, taking part in simply his second ODI, slashed a single from his subsequent ball earlier than calling for medical consideration.
Connolly retired harm on seven, and underwent scans earlier than later returning to Perth Stadium to help his teammates from the bench.
Australia’s batting implosions have been a giant speaking level this collection, and their floundering efficiency on Sunday will do little to quieten the critics.
Fraser-McGurk’s footwork was non-existent when he edged Shah behind.
Indecision price Hardie dearly, together with his late try to depart a rising Afridi supply ensuing within the ball hitting his bat and flying to second slip.
Stand-in captain Inglis scored simply seven runs from his first 18 balls earlier than his tried pull skied excessive into the air and was simply caught.
Rauf claimed his first sufferer of the day when Quick pulled him to the deep.
And Maxwell fell to Rauf for the third time this collection when he was squared up and popped a simple catch to backward level.
It was left to Abbott, Adam Zampa (13) and Spencer Johnson (12 not out) so as to add some helpful late runs.
Australia wanted all the pieces to go proper so as to defend their meagre whole, however not a lot went their approach.
Lance Morris dropped a troublesome catch within the deep whereas diving ahead when Saim was on 16.
Zampa dropped Abdullah Shafique on the boundary with the rating studying 0-70.
With Pakistan cruising at 0-84, the hosts have been in peril of dropping an ODI by 10 wickets for the primary time in Australia.
However Morris (2-24) produced a pointy catch off his personal bowling to take away Shafique, earlier than sending Saim packing 5 balls later.
