Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 157/10 (35 runs required, RR: 7.85)

  • Mohammad Sami5 (5b)
  • Shaun Tait4-0-20-3
  • Mitchell Johnson4-0-21-2

Australia came into this tournament with a very poor record but they have outplayed the defending champions in every aspect of the game today. Led by an excellent innings from Shane Watson, supported by the destructive Davids - Warner and Hussey, they made too many for a Pakistan team out of sorts.

Ravi Shastri leads the presentation ceremony and Shahid Afridi said that he thought the spinners could do well early on but Warner and Watson were too strong today and thinks 192 was a very very good total.

Michael Clarke is very chirpy. Predictably he thinks 'all the boys did well' and backs his fast bowlers to do very well in the tournament.

Shane Watson takes the man-of-the-match award for his 81 that really took the game away from Pakistan. He says 175 would have been par today and pays tribute to David Hussey's fifty.

Right, that is all from me. I hope you have enjoyed the action. The fun, of course, doesn't stop and tomorrow Sri Lanka face a combative Zimbabwe side and need to win to progress in the tournament, and England play their first game, against the hosts, West Indies. So I do hope you'll join us, and, while you wait, you can always share your rants and revelations on our Facebook page.

19.6
W
Tait to Saeed Ajmal, OUT, gone, all over. Saeed Ajmal gives himself room, Tait fires in a quick yorker and that is that. The players shake hands, Australia look very content, and they have been completely dominant today.

Saeed Ajmal b Tait 4 (4m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

19.5
2
Tait to Saeed Ajmal, 2 runs, just gets away with this, Saeed Ajmal gives himself plenty of room and leading-edges it just past mid off for a couple`
19.4
2
Tait to Saeed Ajmal, 2 runs, fuller this time and Saeed Ajmal gets much more on this, driving down the ground for a couple
  • Coaches need to be more positive - Latif

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  • Clarke confident after opening win

    Australia's captain Michael Clarke was pleased with the rounded nature of his team's big win over Pakistan to give them a bright start to the ICC World Twenty20

  • Zimbabwe loss a 'kick up the backside' - Clarke

    Michael Clarke said Australia "got a lot out of that game" and had a better idea of what their first XI was going to be, ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 opener against Pakistan in St Lucia on Sunday

  • Watson, Hussey set up emphatic win

    Australia began to right previous wrongs in this format with an emphatic dismantling of the defending champions at St Lucia, a 34-run win serving serious notice to one and all of their intentions in this tournament

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1Kamran AkmalSalman Butt
2nd27Salman ButtMohammad Hafeez
3rd6Mohammad HafeezUmar Akmal
4th36Misbah-ul-HaqUmar Akmal
5th47Shahid AfridiMisbah-ul-Haq
6th3Abdul RazzaqMisbah-ul-Haq
7th12Misbah-ul-HaqFawad Alam
8th14Fawad AlamMohammad Amir
9th5Mohammad SamiFawad Alam
10th6Mohammad SamiSaeed Ajmal

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS22041.525
PAK2112-0.325
BAN2020-1.2
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ22040.428
SL21120.355
ZIM2020-1.595
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.495
SA21121.125
AFG2020-2.446
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI22042.78
ENG2011-0.452
IRE2011-3.5
Group E
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33060.962
PAK31220.041
NZ3122-0.373
SA3122-0.617
Group F
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS33062.733
SL3214-0.333
WI3122-1.281
IND3030-1.117