Green's 53 and Ellis' 4-33 levels Pakistan-Australia ODI series 1-1

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OxG0JfXg/"]Australia[/a]'s total of 231-9 in 50 overs had fighting half centuries from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/inglis-josh/fy2GJ5Iu/"]Josh Inglis[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/green-cameron/215OHqmh/"]Cameron Green[/a] before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ellis-nathan/Kn6eXYoC/"]Ellis[/a] grabbed 4-33 to leave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/pakistan/tS3K91g9/"]Pakistan[/a] 190 all out in 44 overs.[/p][p]Pakistan won the first match by five wickets in Rawalpindi which now sets up a series-deciding match, also in Lahore on Thursday.[/p][p]With a host of top ODI players including skipper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cummins-patrick/nXoaKQUf/"]Pat Cummins[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/starc-mitchell/CQX4De2l/"]Mitchell Starc[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hazlewood-josh/zkKrMn0r/"]Josh Hazlewood[/a], Australia's second string staged a remarkable comeback, countering Pakistan's spin and batting with confidence.[/p][p]Allrounder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/khan-shadab/QR8E93q4/"]Shadab Khan[/a] played a lone hand for the home team with a resolute 104-ball 71 and was the last man out, stumped off a spinner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sangha-tanveer/MRIiSt58/"]Tanveer Sangha[/a]'s wide ball for Australian victory.[/p][p]Ghazi Ghori made 37 with five boundaries.[/p][embed guid="b99c69e6-70c4-414b-a541-7d7f4bd60ab2" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BHptFdvDuk" social-type="youtube" /][p]Shadab hit three sixes and a boundary and repaired Pakistan's faltering position of 6-78 with a 59-run stand with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arafat-yasir/lpp38blc/"]Arafat Minhas[/a] (33) and another 31 with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/afridi-shaheen/CjuGAMSH/"]Shaheen Shah Afridi[/a] (11).[/p][p]But Ellis -- whose previous best of 2-13 was against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/fcOzl2uI/"]India[/a] in 2023 -- dismissed Minhas leg-before to give Australia the gateway for victory.[/p][p]Part-time spinner [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/short-matthew/K6i23oVb/"]Matthew Short[/a] also took a career best 3-36.[/p][p]Ellis gave Australia an ideal start by dismissing Maaz Sadaqat off the third ball of the innings for nought before getting the prized wicket of Babar Azam for 16.[/p][p]Australian captain Josh Inglis praised a complete team effort led by Ellis.[/p][p]"[b]I think the guys played really well,[/b]" said Inglis. "[b]You can always call on Nello[/b] (Ellis) [b]on those sort of pitches, his variations are outstanding and he bowled outstanding tonight.[/b]"[/p][p]Pakistan captain Shaheen rued leaking crucial runs in the final overs.[/p][p]"[b]I think we gave away 20-30 extra runs towards the end,[/b]" said Shaheen, also blaming early loss of wickets. "[b]We lost wickets early on and that built pressure on us.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="af2d4d99-1695-42a4-8d54-cfe85c1f2a06" url="https://x.com/cricketcomau/status/2061975212791595249" social-type="twitter" /][p]Earlier, Green knocked a polished 92-ball 53 while Inglis scored a 74-ball 51 after the visitors were put in to bat by Pakistan.[/p][p]The Green-Inglis duo lifted Australia from 51-3 with a sedate 51-run stand after Pakistan attacked with the spin as early as from the fifth over.[/p][p]But it was pacer Shaheen who bowled opener [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carey-alex/0jSW0rT0/"]Alex Carey[/a] with the first ball of the match before spinners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ahmed-abrar/fF5HR4eB/"]Abrar Ahmed[/a] and Minhas struck once each, removing Short (15) and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/labuschagne-marnus/0QSnItBN/"]Marnus Labuschagne[/a] for five respectively.[/p][p]Inglis hit five boundaries in his fifth ODI fifty before he was bowled by Minhas in the 27th over.[/p][p]Minhas, who took five wickets on debut in Rawalpindi on Saturday, finished with 2-27.[/p][embed guid="e30f10c4-925d-45ac-93da-7feab19af451" url="https://x.com/TheRealPCB/status/2061834192661700718" social-type="twitter" /][p]Green added another invaluable 65 runs for the fifth wicket with Matthew Renshaw (43) before Abrar removed Green to push the visitors hard.[/p][p]Green's third ODI half century had a single boundary and two sixes.[/p][p]Oliver Peake ensured Australia post a fighting total with a brisk 32-ball 31 inclusive of two sixes and a boundary.[/p][p]Shaheen was the best home bowler with 3-36.[/p]