Pakistan, June 3 -- Australia clinched victory over Pakistan in the second ODI to level the three-match series 1-1 by defending a modest 232-run target at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday.

Set to chase 232, the Green Shirts could muster 190 before getting bowled out in 44 overs despite a valiant half-century by Shadab Khan.

Pakistan got off to a shaky start to the pursuit as they lost both their openers, Maaz Sadaqat (zero) and Sahibzada Farhan (three), inside two overs with just six runs on the board.

Following the early setback, experienced batter Babar Azam showed signs of counterattack by smashing two boundaries but fell victim to Nathan Ellis in the fifth over after making a run-a-ball 16.

Pakistan then suffered two more setba...