Australia were left red-faced after their brittle batting order was exposed as Pakistan steamrolled to ODI series victory at Optus Stadium on Sunday by eight wickets.

The hosts’ apparent lack of care for the result came back to bite as Australia’s next-gen XI were blown away for a meagre 140, with Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf making Perth their swing-bowling playground.

Pakistan then showed the Aussies how it’s done, chasing the total and claiming their first series win over the powerhouse nation in 22 years with consummate ease. They lost just two wickets and needed little more than half an innings to reel in the target.

With the series squared 1-1, Australia made a fleet of changes, with stars Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Steve Smith, Josh Hazlewood and Marnus Labuschagne rested ahead of the Test series against India.

West Aussies Marcus Stoinis, Cooper Connolly and Lance Morris were parachuted in alongside Spencer Johnson and Sean Abbott, with Josh Inglis taking the reins as stand-in skipper.

But after being sent in to bat, it quickly turned to tatters. Australia’s top order fell inside the first 10 overs before Connolly was struck down with a hand injury and sent for scans.

The blow exposed Stoinis and the out-of-form Glenn Maxwell who couldn’t provide a rescue mission towards even a semi-competitive total.

Stand-in skipper Inglis said the team needed to look at the way they batted in the series to find improvement going forward.

“Game two and three, we clearly didn’t get enough runs on the board, and our whole batting line-up just didn’t get going at all,” he said.