Whenever these two teams collide there is a good competition to be seen. Australia and Pakistan are two of the strongest teams in world cricket and we’ve seen many memorable games between these two. In this ongoing world Australia is struggling in Indian pitches and Pakistan performing decently. Australia with two points in three games are at sixth position and Pakistan with 4 points in three games is at fourth position. Australia has shockingly lost their first two games against India and South Africa and then won third game against Sri Lanka, whereas Pakistan has lost its last game against their Arch Rivals. 

Today both teams will face each other for making their position strong in the points table by getting two more points. It’s not going to be easy for both teams to get points in this game. Both teams are packed with world class batters which are going to be so important in today’s game. Batters from both teams have played really well and most of the times in this rivalry so many runs have been scored. Babar Azam is currently the highest run scorer among active players in between both teams with 590 runs, so let’s see the top 3 all time high scorers in ODIs between these two opponents. 

Ricky Ponting

Australian legendary batter and former world champion captain Ricky Ponting is sitting at the top of this list with 1107 runs in 35 innings. He batted with the average of 36.90 and has scored one century, eight half centuries. In 1998 at Gaddafi stadium Ponting made unbeaten 124 which is his best score in this rivalry. Ponting was one of the greatest batters in the world and before Virat Kohli he was the batter with the second most centuries in international cricket. Ponting has more than 13000 runs in ODI cricket and after taking a look at his stats there is no wonder why he is the top scorer in this rivalry. It has been eleven years since he retired from international cricket and still no one has come even close to his records so it will be thrilling to watch any batter surpass him. 

Javed Miandad

Pakistan’s veteran batter Javed Miadad is considered as one of the best batters Pakistan has ever produced. He holds the second position in this list with 1019 runs in 33 innings. He faced Australian bowlers with the average of 33.96 and made 7 fifty plus scores and 74 unbeaten in 1987 at Sharjah is the highest of them. Between ‘79’ to ‘93’ he bothered Australian batters and in his whole career he never got out on duck against Kangaroos. Javed Miandad was the player for whom the country’s prime minister pleaded to comeback in 1994 because of fans wailing that ‘No Miandad, No Cricket’ and then coaxed him to withdraw his retirement. 

Mohammad Yousuf 

Former Pakistan’s batter Mohammad Yousuf is the third batter with most runs in this clash. He has made 1016 runs in the least innings among these three which is 29, he also has the best average(37.62) in top three and the most sixes(8). He only made one century in this competition which came at Gaddafi stadium in ‘98’. Yousuf is the player with the second most runs for Pakistan in ODI cricket. He was the most underrated batter for Pakistan. His career was very controversial and he is also one of the Pakistan’s batters who has returned after retirement. He was the fifth non Muslim player to play for Pakistan before the conversion.