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
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
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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
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
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