An “annoyed” Tim Paine has launched an impassioned defence of the Australian men’s one-day international team amid scathing criticism following its crushing series defeat to Pakistan.

Skippered by Mohammad Rizwan and coached by former Australian quick Jason Gillespie, Pakistan won in Perth on Sunday to claim its first ODI series victory on Australian soil in 22 years, triumphing 2-1.

In the series decider at Optus Stadium, Pakistan won the toss, sent Australia in to bat, and inflicted carnage.

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As Australia’s Test stars rested up for the five-match series against India beginning in Perth on November 22, a second-string Australian side was rolled for 140 runs in 31.5 overs.

In game two of the series, an Australian side featuring a host of first-choice players, including Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, had been skittled for 163 in 35 overs.

And in the only game of the series the Australians won, they were reeling at 7-155 in pursuit of 204 to win when Pat Cummins arrived in the middle and rescued his side with a knock of 32.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan whacked the Australians after the series defeat.

“Six for 91 is just not good enough for players that are trying to prove their worth at this level,” Vaughan said on the Fox Cricket broadcast.

“… Let’s be honest, for three games I don’t remember seeing an Australian batting line-up look so exposed.

“Three games on the trot against a bit of pace, a bit of movement. It’s not express, it’s not rapid.

“But they’ve been completely exposed.

“… You’ve got to remember they are world champions —the best team in the world.”

It appears Vaughan’s remarks riled Paine.

“That annoyed me. People were saying, ‘Oh, I can’t believe how bad the Australian cricket team are’,” said the former Australian Test captain on SEN radio.

“These are cricket commentators, and world-class cricket commentators, saying, ‘I can’t believe what I’m watching, this is the World Cup holders’.

“No, it’s not. The World Cup holders are sitting on the couch getting ready for a Test series.

“… Let’s just pump the brakes on the, ‘I can’t believe we’re seeing this performance from the world champions’.

“We’re blooding some youth to give them experience at the international level whilst the big boys get ready for two hugely important series — one in Test cricket and one in white-ball [cricket].

“Relax. It’s OK.”

Former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy has perhaps been the loudest critic of the ODI side’s performances against Pakistan.

After the first ODI, he said on SEN radio “the boys’ egos weren’t able to be put away for even half an hour” and accused them of “treating it like schoolyard [cricket]”.

He unloaded again in a column for the SEN website following the series decider.

“I don’t go swinging after the fact, but I’ll just add to what has already been said with what I’ve seen and read in the disaster that was the great Pakistan win having been 1-0 down in a three-match series,” Healy wrote.

“My initial game one critique fell on deaf ears, and rookies were not only OK to express opinions that were wrong but encouraged to keep going with tactics that have never worked in Australia.”

Later in his column, Healy took aim at coach Andrew McDonald over his defence of Australia’s aggressive batting.

“His [McDonald’s] batting coach must be quietly seething that the group of newbies playing yesterday were forced to learn the hard way and watch how great bowlers do it tough when Pakistan batted appropriately,” Healy wrote.

Following the three-match ODI series is a three-game Twenty20 international series against Pakistan, beginning in Brisbane on Thursday.

But Cricket Australia’s top priority of the summer is the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, in which Cummins will be aiming to lead Australia to its first Test series win against India in 10 years.

“All the priority has to go into the Indian Test series, and if Australia wins that five-Test series, this will all get washed away,” said SEN presenter Gerard Whateley.

“But it was a shocking look for the 50-over game yesterday.”