The third and last match of the ODI series between Pakistan and Australia is being played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Australia came on the field to bat first in the match. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s young batsman Maaz Sadaqat suffered a serious head injury while fielding. After this Maaj had to go out of the field.
The video of the incident is becoming increasingly viral on social media. It can be seen in the video that Maaz runs in an attempt to save the four. He becomes unbalanced after stopping the ball and his head hits the ground hard beyond the boundary. After this his head hits the advertisement board near the boundary. After the double collision, Maaj could not get up for some time.
ЁЯЪи Maaz Sadaqat hit his head and face on the ground while stopping a boundaryЁЯдп
-Hopefully, he is okay. pic.twitter.com/UbIlMeWGaC
тАФ Mian Ahmad (@aHmADmIaN150) June 4, 2026
had to go off the field
The physio came to the field after the injury. The treatment continued for some time, but it did not work. After this the player was taken out of the field. The incident occurred in the 10th over of the first innings, when Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne hit the ball of Pakistan spinner Arafat Minhas.
Australia got out cheaply in the first innings
Australia, who came to bat first, was all out for 157 runs in 42 balls. Captain and wicketkeeper batsman Josh Inglis played the biggest innings for the team and scored 65 runs in 71 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, no other batsman could touch the 20 run mark.
Apart from English, Marnel Labuschagne scored 19 runs, Alex Carey scored 19 runs, Cameron Green scored 07 runs, Matt Renshaw scored 04 runs, Cooper Connolly scored 03 runs, Oliver Peak scored 07 runs, Adam Zampa scored 10 runs, Nathan Ellis scored 01* runs and Matthew Kuhneman scored 09* runs. Apart from this, Mathew was out without opening the account.
During this period, captain Shaheen Afridi took maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan. Apart from this, Abrar Ahmed and Shadab Khan took 2-2 wickets in their account. Haris Rauf took the remaining 1 wicket.
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