Australia's captain Steve Smith was ruled out of series after suffering an ankle injury in the final ODI against Pakistan.[3]Matthew Wade was named as Australia's captain in Smith's place and Sam Heazlett was added to the squad as Smith's replacement.[4] However, Wade was ruled out of the first match with a back complaint and Aaron Finch took over as captain.[5] Before the second ODI, Wade was ruled out of series due to back injury and Finch continued to captain in the remaining matches.[6]
Martin Guptill was ruled out of the second ODI due to a hamstring problem. Dean Brownlie was added into the squad as his cover.[10]Ish Sodhi was added into the squad and Tom Blundell was released from the squad for final ODI.[11] Guptill had not recovered from hamstring injury and was ruled out of the third ODI.[12]
Marcus Stoinis (Aus) took his maiden wicket and scored his maiden century in ODIs.[13] He also became the first Australian to score a century and take three wickets in an ODI match.[14]
Stoinis' score of 146 not out is the highest by an Australian batting at number seven and the second highest overall. His innings consisted of 11 sixes, the second highest by an Australian batsmen and the highest by an batsmen in a losing side.[15]
Josh Hazlewood (Aus) became the first player to be dismissed for a diamond duck in a partnership of more than fifty runs.[17] This was Hazlewood's first dismissal, setting the record for the matches played without being dismissed (33).[18]
