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Babar Azam produced a captain innings with a back to back century to spur Pakistan to clinch their first series victory over Australia in 20 years on Saturday.
Riding on Babar's 115-run knock and Imam-ul-Haq's impressive half century, Pakistan thrashed Australia by nine wicket in the third and final one-day international in Lahore to leave the equation 2-1.
The foundation of the win was laid by Pakistan's fiery pace trio of Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim and Shaheen Afridi who bundled out Australia for 210 inside 42 overs.
Babar pummelled an unbeaten 105 off 115 and opener Imam-ul-Haq made 89 not out as they made light work of the meagre chase to guide Pakistan home with 12.2 overs to spare.
Australia, put into bat, got off to a horror start when they slumped to six for three.
Shaheen (2/40) removed in-form Travis Head with the first ball of the match before Haris (3/39) dismissed Aaron Finch and Marnus Labuschagne in quick succession.
Alex Carey (56) top-scored for the tourists and Ben McDermott (36), Sean Abbott (49) and Cameron Green (34) helped them pass the 200-mark but the Australia bowlers had little to defend.
Nathan Ellis removed Fakhar Zaman for 17 but Imam and Babar ensured there was no dramatic batting collapse that would allow Australia back into the contest.
Babar, who forged an unbroken 190-run partnership with Imam, hit 12 boundaries in his 16th ODI century.
Australia, who won the three-test series 1-0, will conclude their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years with a one-off Twenty20 match, also in Lahore, on Tuesday.
