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
Pakistan vs Australia, 1st ODI at Sharjah, Aug 28 2012 - Match Result
RESULT
1st ODI (N), Sharjah, August 28, 2012, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates
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Scores: Venkat Raghav | Comms: Kanishkaa BalachandranScorecard summary
Pakistan • 198/10(45.1 overs)
56 (77)
5/42 (10)
52 (55)
3/19 (9.1)
Australia • 199/6(48.2 overs)
66 (96)
3/30 (10)
57* (88)
2/29 (10)
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
Cheema to Bailey, 1 run
48.1
6
Cheema to Bailey, SIX runs
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 483 runs
AUS: 192/6CRR: 4.00 • RRR: 3.50
Dan Christian3 (9b)
George Bailey50 (86b 1x4)
Saeed Ajmal 10-0-30-3
Aizaz Cheema 7-0-31-0
47.6
•
Ajmal to Christian, no run
clipped to the on side and Bailey was off the blocks but he slipped
47.5
•
Ajmal to Christian, no run
full on the stumps and driven down to mid-off
47.4
1
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
•
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
Ajmal to Christian, 1 run
misfield! Ajmal was over the wicket, punched down the track and Ajmal should have stopped that
47.1
1
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 474 runs
AUS: 189/6CRR: 4.02 • RRR: 3.33
George Bailey48 (83b 1x4)
Dan Christian2 (6b)
Aizaz Cheema 7-0-31-0
Saeed Ajmal 9-0-27-3
46.6
1
Cheema to Bailey, 1 run
full on the pads and pushed down to long-on, Australia ten away
46.5
•
Cheema to Bailey, no run
clips it down to short midwicket
46.4
1lb
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
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
Cheema to Christian, 1 run
mistimed the pull along the ground and he picks up a quick single to midwicket
46.1
•
Cheema to Christian, no run
full on the stumps and Christian punches it back down the pitch
end of over 466 runs • 1 wicket
AUS: 185/6CRR: 4.02 • RRR: 3.50
Dan Christian1 (3b)
George Bailey46 (80b 1x4)
Saeed Ajmal 9-0-27-3
Sohail Tanvir 8-0-47-0
45.6
1
Ajmal to Christian, 1 run
clips a full delivery to fine leg and he's off the mark
45.5
•
Ajmal to Christian, no run
tossed up on middle and off and safely defended
45.4
•
Ajmal to Christian, no run
clipped to the on side
45.3
W
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
Glenn Maxwell lbw b Saeed Ajmal 38 (38b 2x4 1x6 53m) SR: 100
45.2
4
Ajmal to Maxwell, FOUR runs
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
Ajmal to Bailey, 1 run
goes back at the crease and clips him down to fine leg, easy single
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
AUS
66 runs (96)
5 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
35 runs
1 four0 six
Control
91%
AUS
57 runs (88)
1 four1 six
Productive shot
leg glance
24 runs
0 four0 six
Control
89%
Match details
| Sharjah Cricket Stadium | |
| Toss | Pakistan, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2012 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia led the 3-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | ODI no. 3299 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 18.00 start, First Session 18.00-21.30 Interval 21.30-22.15, Second Session 22.15-01.45 |
| Match days | 28 August 2012 - night (50-over match) |
| Umpires | |
| TV Umpire | |
| Reserve Umpire | |
| Match Referee | |
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