They arrived when Ash Gardiner’s off-break looped tantalisingly short of Muneeba Ali, forcing a sliced drive into the covers, where Ellyse Perry ran back for an excellent catch, and then Sutherland (2-13) won a critical lbw verdict against Bismah Maroof with her second ball.

Brown duly returned to seam one back and bowl Omaima Sohail, and then move the ball the other way to coax another outside edge from Aliya Riaz. At 5-88, Pakistan’s innings was in tatters after a promising start, and Alana King (2-25) helped to tidy up the tail.

“I like to keep it very simple, but I tried to rip it a bit more and get my hand behind the ball as much as I could, unlike I did last game,” Brown said. “It didn’t swing as much, I felt like I had a bit more control this game, there weren’t as many clouds overhead and it was nice and hot.”

Where conditions for the first game had been damp, overcast and tricky for batting, clear skies made for ideal climes in which Mooney (after a duck in the opener) and Litchfield could get into fluent touch.

Pakistan’s bowlers pitched hopefully full in search of edges and stumps in the early overs, allowing Litchfield to unfurl drives for all of her first five boundaries.

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Mooney worked the ball around with typical efficiency in the meantime, having got off the mark by flicking the first ball of the innings to the rope through square leg.

Scarcely a chance was offered by either Litchfield or Mooney, as Australia wrapped up an 11th consecutive ODI series or tournament victory against all comers since they were knocked out in the semi-finals of the 2017 World Cup in England.

“She’s awesome, she’s a big bundle of energy,” Brown said of Litchfield. “I’ve played a lot of underage cricket against her and done a few Aussie camps with her. She’s awesome to play with and she’s good at everything, so there’s no surprise she’s been dominating.”

The final game of the series is at North Sydney Oval on Saturday, before a three-match Twenty20 encounter ahead of the World Cup in South Africa in February.