- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.1 Hafeez is settling under the steepler and he takes it at point, Warner swinging hard at a length ball going across, thick edge flies high, and even though there is a fielder very close to him, Hafeez takes it safely 114/210.4 relief for Pakistan and release for the crowd, Watson surprised as this short ball nipped back at his throat, ended up hooking weakly and short fine leg took the top edge 111/114.4 connects with the slog sweep now, but finds deep midwicket who runs in and manages to hold on 140/318.3 no, you can attack Ajmal successfully for only so long, he has the smile on now, cleaning Hussey up with a really quick faster one fired in on a length, Ajmal does a furious jig 159/616.1 bowled 'em, tried the slog sweep, missed, Ajmal found middle with some sharp turn from round the wicket 145/417.3 Australia losing their way towards the end, White now heaves a pitched up ball straight to long on 152/519.5 slow bouncer, and Gul has one more, Christian had a belated go at it, ended up thick-edging it to the keeper 167/7Extras10 (b 4, lb 2, w 4)TOTAL168/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.4)Fall of wickets: 1-111 (Shane Watson, 10.4 ov), 2-114 (David Warner, 12.1 ov), 3-140 (Glenn Maxwell, 14.4 ov), 4-145 (George Bailey, 16.1 ov), 5-152 (Cameron White, 17.3 ov), 6-159 (Michael Hussey, 18.3 ov), 7-167 (Dan Christian, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Abdul Razzaq 2 0 12 0 6.00 7 2 0 0 0 Umar Gul 4 0 30 2 7.50 6 1 1 0 0 Yasir Arafat 3 0 30 2 10.00 8 2 2 0 0 Saeed Ajmal 4 0 19 2 4.75 15 0 2 0 0 Raza Hasan 3 0 34 1 11.33 8 1 3 2 0 Shoaib Malik 1 0 20 0 20.00 1 0 3 0 0 Mohammad Hafeez 3 0 17 0 5.66 8 0 1 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 pitched up, he goes reaching outside off for the ball again, and this time his drive finds short extra cover 15/21.2 that has to be very close, and Nazir has to go back, straightening right on the stumps, Nazir hit on the pad on the forward push, looked out on first look, pitched off, swung in, struck him just below the knee roll in front of middle and leg 7/19.2 hello, that is one of the softest dismissals you'll see, Jamshed pushing tamely off the back foot straight to extra cover, gentle offspinner from round the stumps, on a length, bounces a bit more, he pushes away from the body, and extra cover jogs in to take the gift 36/62.5 bowled 'em, ripper, Cummins from wide of the crease, angles it in, swings it in even more, too much for Malik, who goes for the drive, and is bowled through the gate, hit middle and off, top delivery 15/33.4 another one, leading edge, tame ans loopy and straight to mid off, was looking to work a length ball square off the pads, closed the face early, and that was it 16/45.1 excellent judge of a catch Michael Hussey is, and he shows it again, that was a pretty decent stroke, Umar Akmal walked out and created momentum for the flick over midwicket, Hussey was far away from the ball as he sprinted across from deep midwicket to his left, took it some feet from the rope, overbalanced and got still closer to the boundary, and steadied himself calmly 19/516.3 the slow bouncer earns Cummins another wicket, a similar delivery had been put away over point by the same batsman in the previous game in the Super Over, this time Razzaq slashes it on his toes, and short third man scrambles to his right to take it 64/914.1 Hogg deserved one, he did, the wrong 'un, they haven't picked him at all, opened up for the pull, it spun away from him, he flailed weakly, got a tame top edge, slip got around to it 56/715.5 comes out, chops it off the stumps behind point, Gul out by a long way as Wade gathers the throw on the half-volley and takes the bails off 60/819.1 got him, fullish and crashes into the stumps from round the wicket, Ajmal looking to work it to leg, misses, and the stumps are on the ground 74/10Extras8 (b 4, w 4)TOTAL74 all out (19.1 Overs, RR: 3.86)Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Imran Nazir, 1.2 ov), 2-15 (Mohammad Hafeez, 2.2 ov), 3-15 (Shoaib Malik, 2.5 ov), 4-16 (Kamran Akmal, 3.4 ov), 5-19 (Umar Akmal, 5.1 ov), 6-36 (Nasir Jamshed, 9.2 ov), 7-56 (Yasir Arafat, 14.1 ov), 8-60 (Umar Gul, 15.5 ov), 9-64 (Abdul Razzaq, 16.3 ov), 10-74 (Saeed Ajmal, 19.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SR Watson 3 0 13 1 4.33 8 0 0 0 0 MA Starc 3.1 0 11 3 3.47 14 1 0 1 0 PJ Cummins 4 0 15 3 3.75 18 3 0 0 0 GB Hogg 4 1 11 1 2.75 18 1 0 1 0 GJ Maxwell 4 0 12 1 3.00 15 0 0 1 0 DT Christian 1 0 8 0 8.00 3 0 1 0 0
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- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 0 wicket)
- Australia: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (DA Warner 24, SR Watson 21, Ex 5)
- DA Warner: 50 off 28 balls (1 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Australia: 100 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 57 balls (DA Warner 51, SR Watson 46, Ex 5)
- Australia: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Australia - 168/7 in 20.0 overs (MS Wade 6, PJ Cummins 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 21 runs, 5 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 4
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