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Australia vs Pakistan, 1st T20I at Dubai, , Sep 05 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
1st T20I (N), Dubai (DICS), September 05, 2012, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates
(14.5/20 ov, T:90) 90/3

Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match
17 (15) & 2/24
mohammad-hafeez
New
PAK
Full commentary

That is it from us for this game. The second T20I is on Friday at 8 pm local time. Join us then. Abhishek Purohit signing off. Cheers

Bailey: "Completely outplayed. The pitch was a little bit slow, but the top order need to bat for longer and score more runs, that is the name of the game in T20. We are working towards the World T20, and this is the first step towards that."

Mohammad Hafeez is the Man of the Match. Hafeez: "Great team effort. Bowlers stuck to their plans, Raza Hasan showed a lot of character for a debutant."

Ten Cricket inform us that this is Australia's heaviest T20I defeat ever, in terms of balls remaining. They had hardly anything to defend really, after their second-worst batting performance in T20Is. Can't even put it down to the new arrivals being rusty in alien conditions. Six of the top eight played in the ODI series. Top performance from Pakistan though. They were intense in the field and with the ball right through the 20 overs.

14.5
4
Watson to Malik, FOUR runs

that is it then, pitched up and swinging in a bit around off, and Malik lofts it with a very straight followthrough high over mid on

14.4
Watson to Malik, no run

finds extra cover with a punch now

14.3
Watson to Malik, no run

defends a good length ball solidly to extra cover

14.2
Watson to Malik, no run

cuts one widish outside off to cover

14.1
2
Watson to Malik, 2 runs

swivels to a sharp back of a length ball and gets the pull over midwicket

end of over 1412 runs
PAK: 84/3CRR: 6.00 RRR: 1.00
Kamran Akmal31 (24b 3x4 1x6)
Shoaib Malik3 (9b)
Cameron White 1-0-12-0
Shane Watson 2-0-3-1
13.6
2
White to Kamran, 2 runs

he has played this shot at will all innings, another full one lofted inside out over extra cover

13.5
2
White to Kamran, 2 runs

mistimes a pull in the air down to deep midwicket

13.4
4
White to Kamran, FOUR runs

that has been slammed high over extra cover, with the spin, full one tossed up ball, Kamran reaches to the pitch and opens the face even as he gets a lot of power in the shot

13.3
2
White to Kamran, 2 runs

flat and shortish, he backs away and slaps it past extra cover, sweeper cuts it off

13.2
1
White to Malik, 1 run

punched down towards long off

13.1
1
White to Kamran, 1 run

false stroke first ball, opens up to try and clobber it over midwicket, top-edge weakly spoons up towards vacant mid off

Tim: "Why has it taken Bailey so long to bring on Watson? Bad captaincy."

White on to bowl now

end of over 132 runs
PAK: 72/3CRR: 5.53 RRR: 2.57
Shoaib Malik2 (8b)
Kamran Akmal20 (19b 2x4 1x6)
Shane Watson 2-0-3-1
Xavier Doherty 3-0-12-0
12.6
Watson to Malik, no run

comes in slightly from back of a length, guided to point

Maria: "Spare them Bilal, in the name of batting practice."

12.5
1
Watson to Kamran, 1 run

walks out and drives a low full toss to long off

12.4
Watson to Kamran, no run

length ball punched from the crease to mid on

12.3
Watson to Kamran, no run

beats the outside edge now, straightens it from a good length, Kamran goes pushing at it

12.2
Watson to Kamran, no run

jams out a slow yorker towards extra cover

Bilal: "Leave it to Pakistan to make a fist of simplest of chases."

12.1
1
Watson to Malik, 1 run

cuts from close to the body, down to third man

end of over 122 runs
PAK: 70/3CRR: 5.83 RRR: 2.50
Shoaib Malik1 (6b)
Kamran Akmal19 (15b 2x4 1x6)
Xavier Doherty 3-0-12-0
Shane Watson 1-0-1-1
11.6
1
Doherty to Malik, 1 run

reaches forward and drives it past extra cover

11.5
Doherty to Malik, no run

defended down the pitch

11.4
Doherty to Malik, no run

too much turn outside off, he abandoned the thought of having a cut at it