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
02/05Result
6th Match, Group A, ICC World Twenty20 at Gros Islet, May 2 2010
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
157 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
02/05Result
6th Match, Group A, ICC World Twenty20 at Gros Islet, May 2 2010
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
157 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
SR Watson
81(49) 7x4 - 4x6
- Productive Shot
- pull/hook on back foot
- 19 runs
- 2x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SW Tait
- O4
- M0
- R20
- W3
- Eco5.00
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Mohammad Amir
- O4
- M1
- R23
- W3
- Eco5.75
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.30 start, First Session 13.30-14.50, Interval 14.50-15.10, Second Session 15.10-16.30
Match days
2 May 2010 (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 2, Pakistan 0
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 191 (20 OVERS)
- David Hussey53 (29)
- Shane Watson81 (49)
- Saeed Ajmal3/34 (4)
- Mohammad Amir3/23 (4)
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
19.3
0
Tait to Saeed Ajmal, no run, this is through Saeed Ajmal pretty quickly, gets a bottom edge an a leg-side swipe, which Haddin collects very smartly
19.2
0
Tait to Saeed Ajmal, no run, short this time, Saeed Ajmal attempts a big hook shot but finds nothing and Haddin collects
19.1
1
Tait to Mohammad Sami, 1 run, Tait to finish up here, full and straight, Sami knocks it away for a single into the off side
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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
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.525 |
| PAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -0.325 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.2 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.428 |
| SL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.355 |
| ZIM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.595 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.495 |
| SA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.125 |
| AFG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2.446 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.78 |
| ENG | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.452 |
| IRE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3.5 |
| Group E | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.962 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.041 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.373 |
| SA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.617 |
| Group F | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.733 |
| SL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.333 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.281 |
| IND | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.117 |