Australia Vs Pakistan - Only T20I - Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium
Man of the match performances by Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi helped pakistan clinch the one off T20 international match against Australia by 7 wickets. Having asked to bat first, the Aussie openers were off to a quick start and had amassed 42 runs in 4 overs before Watson was out lbw to Gul for 33. His wicket brought James Hopes to the crease, he and Brad Haddin put on 19 but Afridi struck to get rid of Hopes(6) and new batsmen Symonds(0) in sucessive balls in the 8th over. Australias innings never recovered from there, losing wickets at regular intervals. Gul picked up 8/4 and Afridi got 14/3. Australia were all out for 108.
In reply Pakistan were nearly off to a disastrous start. Lee managed to get Butt to slash a short and wide delivery, but Marcus North failed to take the catch. Lee then picked up Ahmed and Pakistan seemed to be in trouble when Butt followed soon after. However Kamran Akmal and Mishba Ul-Haq steadied the ship and Pakistan got home with 22 balls to spare.
Toss
Pakistan who elected to field first
Teams
Australia
S Watson, B Haddin, J Hopes, A Symonds, M North, B Lee, N Bracken, B Hilfenhaus, D Hussey, C Ferguson, N Hauritz
Pakistan
S Butt, A Shehzad, M Ul-Haq, F Alam, S Afridi, U Gul, S Tanvir, S Akthar, S Ajmal, K Akmal, S Malik
Brief Scores
Australia 108 in 19.5 overs (Watson 33, Gul 8/4, Afridi 14/3 )
Pakistan - 109 in 16.2 overs (Akmal 58, hauritz 20/1)
Result
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
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