fired in down the leg side, called a wide, sealing a comprehensive win for Pakistan
Australia vs Pakistan, Only T20I at Dubai, May 07 2009 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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Only T20I, Dubai (DICS), May 07, 2009, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates
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A one-sided affair in the end, though it didn't look to be going that way when Watson was going strong in the Australian innings. But the spin of Afridi, and the accuracy of Gul saw to it that the Australians were kept down to a paltry score. Butt started well, but when both openers fell in fairly quick succession things seemed a little shaky for Pakistan. But Akmal was in prime form, and his counter-attack hastened the win, though one musn't forget the calm hand played by their captain Misbah at the other end. Stay tuned for the presentation.
A joint Man-of-the-Match award here, for Gul and Afridi.
Afridi: "I enjoyed my performance, and the pitch gave me good support. I experimented in the nets it the hard-work paid off."
Gul: "I practiced a lot with the old ball. Hopefully we'll win the World Cup after this."
Haddin: "We were outplayed, we weren't on our game. The World Cup is going to be totally different, but we have to improve. We've got a couple of weeks off before the World Cup, so that should do us good."
Misbah: "Afridi and Gul bowled superbly to bring us back in the game. Akmal carried his form superbly into this game after his performance in the last ODI, and we hope he'll carry this form into the World Twenty20. Everyone knows their role and it's going well."
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16.3
1w
Hauritz to Malik, 1 wide
16.2
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Hauritz to Malik, no run
low full toss, bunts it straight to mid-off
Just one more needed now. Malik comes in
16.1
W
Hauritz to Misbah, OUT
Misbah falls with his team on the brink, short on middle, looked to pull it behind square, got the top edge that landed safely in the hands of Bracken at short fine
Misbah-ul-Haq c Bracken b Hauritz 24 (32b 1x4 0x6) SR: 75
end of over 1611 runs
PAK: 108/2CRR: 6.75 • RRR: 0.25
Misbah-ul-Haq24 (31b 1x4)
Kamran Akmal59 (42b 5x4 3x6)
Nathan Bracken 3-0-24-0
Ben Hilfenhaus 4-0-20-1
15.6
1
Bracken to Misbah, 1 run
full outside leg stump, clipped to fine leg to level the scores
15.5
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Bracken to Misbah, no run
bouncer outside off, chases it from the crease, looks to upper cut it, misses
15.4
1
Bracken to Kamran, 1 run
on middle, swiped it to deep square leg, was looking to deposit that into the stands as well but didn't connect well enough
15.3
6
Bracken to Kamran, SIX runs
short outside off, stood his ground, and slapped it with contempt into the stands over the bowler's head
15.2
2
Bracken to Kamran, 2 runs
length ball outside off, went for a massive heave over mid-on, ended up miscuing it in the direction of deep point where Lauglin dived forward but failed to reach it
15.1
1
Bracken to Misbah, 1 run
good length on the off stump, pushed off the back foot towards mid-off for a quick single
end of over 155 runs
PAK: 97/2CRR: 6.46 • RRR: 2.40
Kamran Akmal50 (39b 5x4 2x6)
Misbah-ul-Haq22 (28b 1x4)
Ben Hilfenhaus 4-0-20-1
James Hopes 2-0-23-0
14.6
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Hilfenhaus to Kamran, no run
low full toss on middle and leg, driven straight to midwicket, failed to beat the gap there
14.5
1
Hilfenhaus to Misbah, 1 run
banged in short outside leg stump, helped on its way to fine leg
14.4
1
Hilfenhaus to Kamran, 1 run
full toss on middle and leg, whipped away to deep midwicket to reach his fifty, excellent innings, saw off the pressure after the loss of the openers with a superb counterattack
14.3
2
Hilfenhaus to Kamran, 2 runs
fullish on the off stump, gets to the pitch and drives it wide of deep cover for a couple, only a matter of time now
14.2
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Hilfenhaus to Kamran, no run
14.1
1
Hilfenhaus to Misbah, 1 run
worked away off the front foot through square leg
end of over 1415 runs
PAK: 92/2CRR: 6.57 • RRR: 2.83
Misbah-ul-Haq20 (26b 1x4)
Kamran Akmal47 (35b 5x4 2x6)
James Hopes 2-0-23-0
Nathan Hauritz 3-0-19-0
13.6
1
Hopes to Misbah, 1 run
13.5
1
Hopes to Kamran, 1 run
13.5
1w
Hopes to Kamran, 1 wide
13.4
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Hopes to Kamran, no run
and again, too close to cut this time, hits the inside half of the bat as he tries to force that through the off side
13.3
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Hopes to Kamran, no run
back of a length outside off, mistimed a cut to cover
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