28/08Result
1st ODI (N), Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Aug 28 2012
Australia won by 4 wkts (10b rem)
Player of the Match
Mitchell Starc
Mitchell StarcAustralia
28/08Result
1st ODI (N), Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Aug 28 2012
Australia won by 4 wkts (10b rem)
Player of the Match
Mitchell Starc
Mitchell StarcAustralia

Presentation: Loads of prizes being give out. This could take the whole night.

Mitchell Starc is the Man of the Match: "There was a little bit on the pitch. We all bowled well tonight, full credit to out batters, it wasn't easy out there."

Misbah: "Bowlers have done a wonderful job for us. We should have scored 230, but our batsmen messed up. The spinners bowled well. We were 30-35 runs short. We're repeating the mistakes from SL."

Clarke: "The Pakistan spinners bowled well. Ajmal's quite hard to pick. We will look at footage of him and look to play him better. I thought it was a bit cooler tonight. I think we handled the conditions better tonight."

That's it from us here. Thanks for the mails. You can read the match report once it's updated. Cheers!

End of match: That ends an absorbing low-scoring contest. Australia really had to slog for this. To overcome Pakistan's spinners in such conditions is no joke, but Clarke and Bailey showed that it could be done, even if it meant using up 50 overs.

Pakistan will look back at this and point to the fact that they failed to bat out 50 overs. Who knows what might have happened if they had added at least 20 more? Their bowlers and fielders did the best they could. The batsmen didn't. Stay with us for the presentation.

48.2
1
Aizaz Cheema to Bailey, 1 run, Bailey fitting hits the winning runs by pulling a short one down to deep square leg, it's also Australia's first win against Pakistan in Sharjah
48.1
6
Aizaz Cheema to Bailey, SIX, That siphons off six! Top shot by Bailey, made room and used the extra pace of Cheema and lofts crisply over long-off

7 needed off 12. Is there room for another twist?

END OF OVER:
48 | 3 Runs | AUS: 192/6 (7 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.00, RRR: 3.50)

  • Dan Christian3 (9b)
  • George Bailey50 (86b)
  • Saeed Ajmal10-0-30-3
  • Aizaz Cheema7-0-31-0
47.6
0
Saeed Ajmal to Christian, no run, clipped to the on side and Bailey was off the blocks but he slipped
47.5
0
Saeed Ajmal to Christian, no run, full on the stumps and driven down to mid-off
47.4
1
Saeed Ajmal to Bailey, 1 run, flatter and it keeps a bit low, shuffled and clips with the turn to midwicket and brings up his fifty! A hardworking one under testing circumstances
47.3
0
Saeed Ajmal to Bailey, no run, excellent stop by Akmal at square leg, it was short and pulled, looked like a boundary ball

6 men in the ring

47.2
1
Saeed Ajmal to Christian, 1 run, misfield! Ajmal was over the wicket, punched down the track and Ajmal should have stopped that
47.1
1
Saeed Ajmal to Bailey, 1 run, stays back and clips him to fine leg, 9 away

Can Ajmal sneak in another wicket or two?

END OF OVER:
47 | 4 Runs | AUS: 189/6 (10 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.02, RRR: 3.33)

  • George Bailey48 (83b)
  • Dan Christian2 (6b)
  • Aizaz Cheema7-0-31-0
  • Saeed Ajmal9-0-27-3
46.6
1
Aizaz Cheema to Bailey, 1 run, full on the pads and pushed down to long-on, Australia ten away
46.5
0
Aizaz Cheema to Bailey, no run, clips it down to short midwicket
46.4
1lb
Aizaz Cheema to Christian, 1 leg bye, quick single there! The ball drops off his pads and they steal a leg bye, Bailey had to hurry and Tanvir collided with him as he tried to pick up the ball and lob it to the stumps
46.3
1
Aizaz Cheema to Bailey, 1 run, looked risky at first, he leaned forward and chipped it in the air over mid-on, he knew where the fielders were
46.2
1
Aizaz Cheema to Christian, 1 run, mistimed the pull along the ground and he picks up a quick single to midwicket
46.1
0
Aizaz Cheema to Christian, no run, full on the stumps and Christian punches it back down the pitch

END OF OVER:
46 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | AUS: 185/6 (14 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.02, RRR: 3.50)

  • Dan Christian1 (3b)
  • George Bailey46 (80b)
  • Saeed Ajmal9-0-27-3
  • Sohail Tanvir8-0-47-0
45.6
1
Saeed Ajmal to Christian, 1 run, clips a full delivery to fine leg and he's off the mark
45.5
0
Saeed Ajmal to Christian, no run, tossed up on middle and off and safely defended
45.4
0
Saeed Ajmal to Christian, no run, clipped to the on side
45.3
W
Saeed Ajmal to Maxwell, OUT, Maxwell has thrown it away with a reverse sweep! Ajmal was bowling round the wicket, the batsman missed it completely and was struck in line with the stumps, not sure why Maxwell attempted this stunt yet again against Ajmal. But hang on...that pitched outside the leg stump, so Bowden didn't exactly get it right there

GJ Maxwell lbw b Saeed Ajmal 38 (53m 38b 2x4 1x6) SR: 100.00

45.2
4
Saeed Ajmal to Maxwell, FOUR, the impressive Maxwell chips down the track, gets to the pitch of the ball and takes on Ajmal and succeeds, crashes it past cover and Afridi cannot get to it from wide long-off

Defensive field here

45.1
1
Saeed Ajmal to Bailey, 1 run, goes back at the crease and clips him down to fine leg, easy single

Australia tour of United Arab Emirates 2012 News

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13DA WarnerMS Wade
2nd29MJ ClarkeMS Wade
3rd15MEK HusseyMJ Clarke
4th10MJ ClarkeDJ Hussey
5th54MJ ClarkeGJ Bailey
6th63GJ BaileyGJ Maxwell
7th15GJ BaileyDT Christian