The visitors downfall in the do-or-die match was courtesy poor fielding, where the Men in Green dropped six catches to let hosts scored a mammoth 353 for the loss of six wickets in their allotted 50 overs.
Opener David Warner finished the innings with the top score after scoring 130 off 119 with the help of 11 fours and two sixes.
He was well supported by lower order hitting from Glenn Maxwell (78 off 44) and Travis Head (51 off 36) as hosts posted a massive total on the board.
For Pakistan, young pacer Hasan Ali registered his career-best figure of five for 52 in his 10 overs.
Chasing 354 to stay alive in the series, visitors had an ideal start from opener Sharjeel Khan, who scored a quickfire 74 off 47 balls, which included 10 fours and three sixes.
Once he got out, the Men in Green could not manage to cope up with increasing run rate and were bowled out for 267 in the 44th over.
For Australia, leg-spinner Adam Zampa and pacer Josh Hazlewood picked three wickets each.
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David Warner: Yea absolutely loved it. It was quite slow tonight. It’s always special to put your team in strong position. Credit to them [Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head] for scoring quickly. They had the balls in their range, and they smashed it for some quick runs.
Azhar Ali: Yea I think it was always going to be a tough chase. In the field we missed some opportunities. We fielded below par and that’s why they scored that many runs. If we would have hold on to our chances, things could have been different. Around 300 was chasable, but I think we let them score too many runs. We will come hard in the last match and try to finish the series on a high.
Steve Smith: It was pretty special. I thought we started very well. David Warner was fantastic at the top, so was [Glenn] Maxwell and [Travis] Head. When you score 350 plus, you don’t lose many matches. Hopefully we can put another performance like this in Adelaide in a few days’ time.
Over 44: PAK 267
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823121826939359233
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823121438227972097
Josh Hazlewood.
Over 43: PAK 261-8
Eight runs off the last over from Zampa, who finished with match figures of 10-0-55-3.
Zampa to bowl his last over.
Over 42: PAK 253-8
Six off the over and a wicket
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823119306548453376
Pat Cummins
Over 41: PAK 247-7
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823117838365917184
Zampa.
Over 40: PAK 242-6
Thirteen runs off the over.
Cummins.
Over 39: PAK 229-6
Three off the over.
Starc.
Over 38: PAK 226-6
Seven off the over courtesy a FOUR.
Hazlewood.
Over 37: PAK 219-6
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823112916647940096
Starc.
Over 36: PAK 216-5
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823111148748816384
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823110851066523648
Head.
Over 35: PAK 206-4
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823108657420369922
Hazlewood.
Over 34: PAK 201-4
Six off Head’s over.
Over 33: PAK 195-4
Four runs off Hazlewood’s over.
Over 32: PAK 190-4
Five off the over.
Zampa.
Over 31: PAK 185-4
Only two runs off Hazlewood’s over.
Over 30: PAK 183-4
40 off 40!
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823103704933003264
Zampa.
Over 29: PAK 181-3
Four off it.
Cummins.
Over 28: PAK 177-3
Only two off the over.
Zampa.
Over 27: PAK 175-3
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823100860360249349
Cummins.
Over 26: PAK 167-3
Two runs off Zampa’s over.
Over 25: PAK 165-3
Two runs off Cummins’ over.
Over 24: PAK 163-3
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823097824476856320
Head.
Over 23: PAK 154-3
Seven runs from it.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823097160183009280
Starc.
Over 22: PAK 147-3
Three runs of Head’s over.
Over 21: PAK 144-3
Six off the over.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823095680759713792
Pace time. Starc is back.
Over 20: PAK 138-3
Six off the over.
Head.
Over 19: PAK 132-3
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823092546628947968
Zampa.
Over 18: PAK 123-3
Only three off it.
Head.
Over 17: PAK 120-3
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823090688564887553
Zampa.
Over 16: PAK 116-2
Seventeen off the over. One maximum followed by two FOURs past short third man.
Head.
Over 15: PAK 99-2
Zampa goes for 11. Sharjeel with two FOURs.
Over 14: PAK 88-2
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823091183484305413
Head.
Over 13: PAK 81-1
Six off the over courtesy a FOUR by Sharjeel.
Leggie Adam Zampa introduced into the attack.
Over 12: PAK 75-1
Head goes for five.
Over 11: PAK 70-1
Cummins give two in his over.
Over 10: PAK 68-1
Two runs off off-spinner Travis Head’s over.
Over 9: PAK 66-1
Seven off the over.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823084349209903106
Cummins.
Over 8: PAK 59-1
Nine off the over.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823083577374109699
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823082958479355904
Hazlewood.
Over 7: PAK 50-1
Goes for only three runs.
Pat Cummins now.
Over 6: PAK 47-1
Nice way to end the over.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823080605495808000
First of the match. Hope not the last!
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823079425793204225
Hazlewood.
Over 5: PAK 33-1
Seven runs off the over.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823078739584176128
Starc.
Over 4: PAK 26-1
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823077643595763712
Hazlewood.
Over 3: PAK 21-1
Goes for six in his over courtesy a boundary by Sharjeel Khan.
Starc now.
Over 2: PAK 15-1
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823075846504280065
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823075551955079168
Hazlewood to share the new ball with Starc.
Over 1: PAK 11-0
Two FOURS in the very first over. Pakistan showing intent!
Azhar Ali and Sharjeel Khan are out there to start Pakistan’s chase. Mitchell Starc is back for Australia and will open the bowling for the hosts.
AUS 353-6 (50 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823065841965166592
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823065392839069696
Mitchell Starc is the new batsman in.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823064605366845440
Hasan Ali.
AUS 339-4 (49 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823064165841518593
Junaid.
AUS 324-4 (48 overs)
Eight from the over.
Hasan Ali.
AUS 316-4 (47 overs)
Matthew Wade is the new batsman in.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823061761389711361
Amir.
AUS 303-3 (46 overs)
13 runs from the over.
Junaid.
AUS 290-3 (45 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823058716748615681
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823058139838906381
Amir.
AUS 276-3 (44 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823057677429407744
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823057339158843396
Junaid.
AUS 266-3 (43 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823056223314513920
Amir.
AUS 258-3 (42 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823055519137103872
Hafeez.
AUS 246-3 (41 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823053927734214656
Imad.
AUS 235-3 (40 overs)
Six from the over.
Junaid.
AUS 229-3 (39 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823051022256009216
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823051129923715072
Imad.
AUS 220-3 (38 overs)
Five from the over.
Hasan.
AUS 215-3 (37 overs)
Two from the over.
Imad.
AUS 213-3 (36 overs)
Travis Head and Glenn Maxwell are the new batsmen on the pitch.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823047885168197637
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823046978137362432
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823046588037758976
Hasan Ali.
AUS 208-1 (35 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823045698400776193
Imad.
AUS 196-1 (34 overs)
Five runs from the over.
Hasan Ali.
AUS 191-1 (33 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823043938747555840
Imad.
AUS 185-1 (32 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823042699796377607
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823042184068919296
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823042040955043841
Amir.
AUS 178-1 (31 overs)
Three from the over.
Imad.
AUS 175-1 (30 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823040208857923585
Amir returns.
AUS 170-1 (29 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823038536895053824
Imad.
AUS 162-1 (28 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823037777281449984
Malik.
AUS 155-1 (27 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823037220110077956
Imad.
AUS 148-1 (26 overs)
Six runs from the over.
Shoaib Malik to try with his spin.
AUS 142-1 (25 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823035351736451073
Imad Wasim into the attack.
AUS 133-1 (24 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823033796371025920
Junaid.
AUS 127-1 (23 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823032459910647810
Hafeez.
AUS 116-1 (22 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823031762976702464
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823031166743744513
Junaid is back in the attack.
AUS 107-1 (21 overs)
Two from the over.
Hafeez.
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823030091559092224
AUS 105-1 (20 overs)
Two off the over.
Hasan.
AUS 103-1 (19 overs)
Five from the over.
Hafeez.
AUS 98-1 (18 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823027387470413824
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823026811160432641
Hasan.
AUS 92-0 (17 overs)
Two from the over.
Hafeez.
AUS 90-0 (16 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823024405806804992
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823024578867957760
Hasan.
AUS 86-0 (15 overs)
Four from the over.
Hafeez.
AUS 82-0 (14 overs)
Two from the over.
Hasan.
AUS 80-0 (13 overs)
Four runs from the over.
Hafeez resumes bowling.
AUS 76-0 (12 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823021057879797764
Hasan Ali replaces Amir.
AUS 70-0 (11 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823019086531690496
Junaid.
AUS 63-0 (10 overs)
Four runs from the over.
Amir.
AUS 59-0 (9 overs)
Just two off the over.
Junaid.
AUS 57-0 (8 overs)
Three from the over.
Amir.
https://twitter.com/MClarke23/status/823014610705858560
AUS 53-0 (7 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823014491923349504
Junaid.
AUS 47-0 (6 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823013605603950592
Amir.
AUS 37-0 (5 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823012613365911552
Junaid Khan replaces Hafeez.
AUS 28-0 (4 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823011276766973953
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823010883559456768
Mohammad Amir to continue.
AUS 19-0 (3 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823010038948229120
Hafeez to continue.
AUS 8-0 (2 overs)
https://twitter.com/ETribuneSports/status/823009574051520512
Mohammad Amir to begin bowling attack from the other end.
AUS 3-0 (1 over)
Three from the over.
Usman Khawaja and David Warner to open for the hosts.
Mohammad Hafeez to open the bowling for Pakistan.