off goes the leg stump! Pakistan have held their nerve and record a much-needed win! They're back in the World T20. This was fullish and outside leg, Hogg makes room and looks for a loft down the ground, gets an outside edge that clatters into the stumps
Pakistan vs Australia, 16th Match, Group 2 at Dhaka, Mar 23 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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end of over 206 runs • 3 wickets
AUS: 175/10CRR: 8.75
Doug Bollinger0 (0b)
Bilawal Bhatti 2-0-36-2
Umar Gul 4-0-29-2
7.05 pm Not too long for you guys to catch your breaths because the second game is coming at you in a few minutes. Thank you for your company here, This is Alagappan Muthu, wishing long live T20.
"The only thing I could tell my bowlers when Maxwell was batting was just go there and keep attacking and the spinners, like Zulfiqar Babar did really well," says Mohammad Hafeez. "Umar Akmal showed his talent today. He held his nerve very well. He attacked and that's what we wanted our boys to do"
George Bailey says "The start we had, 40 for 2, I'd have taken that. You just try and play your best bowlers and Pakistan's spinners bowled very very well and also Umar Gul in the death. Batting and bowling go either way, but fielding was in our hands and we've set high standards and we didn't do well today"
Umar Akmal is the Man of the Match He wants to thank his management because they gave him a free hand to play as positive as he could. He says they've trusted me to play at No.4 and he says it is his preferred position would like to continue building more innings.
Kushal Joshi: "That was a quintessential choke from Australia. First 10 overs 117/2, last 10 58/8. "
7.00 pm Hugs all around for Pakistan. They had the game for the first 20 overs, lost it in the middle when Glenn Maxwell was going beserk, but their bowlers would not give up. Saeed Ajmal laid his St Lucia demons to rest with a wicket and a terrific catch on the boundary and helped Pakistan over the line. Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi produced telling overs in the death and ensured Umar Akmal's belligerent 94 was not in vain. Do join Martin Crowe and Daryll Cullinan on Match Point which has already gone live
19.6
W
Bhatti to Hogg, OUT
Brad Hogg b Bilawal Bhatti 3 (3b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 100
Rana: "BILAWAL BHATTI; the one who disappointed in the start saves pak in the end"
19.5
2
Bhatti to Hogg, 2 runs
fullish and outside leg, pushed through extra cover
19.4
W
Bhatti to Haddin, OUT
holes out to deep midwicket! Pakistan have all but secured victory! Full and on the stumps, Haddin targets a slog to beat Malik, but he hasn't timed it well at all. The fielder runs forward and holds on to a good, low catch
Brad Haddin c Shoaib Malik b Bilawal Bhatti 8 (8b 0x4 0x6 20m) SR: 100
19 off 3. Four men on the leg side boundary
19.3
1
Bhatti to Hogg, 1 run
high full toss just outside off, tapped down to long-off for a single
19.2
1W
Bhatti to Haddin, 1 run, OUT
slower ball outside off, ends up a full toss which he drills to cover. Afridi fumbles, but he recovers quick enough to effect a run-out. Starc is the man who has to walk back, he was looking for the second run which was really not there. Might also have been a drop catch, but they get the wicket in the end
Mitchell Starc run out (†Kamran Akmal/Shahid Afridi) 3 (2b 0x4 0x6 6m) SR: 150
19.1
2
Bhatti to Haddin, 2 runs
length ball outside off, Haddin powers it down the ground. One-bounce to long-on who does well. Couple and he's back in strike
Looks like Bhatti for the last over. He was massacred for 30 in his last over. Long-off, Long-on in place
end of over 197 runs • 1 wicket
AUS: 169/7CRR: 8.89 • RRR: 23.00
Mitchell Starc3 (2b)
Brad Haddin5 (5b)
Umar Gul 4-0-29-2
Saeed Ajmal 4-0-33-1
18.6
2
Umar Gul to Starc, 2 runs
slashed to deep cover for a couple. This was full and outside off and he cleared his leg and slams it away
Hafeez and Gul in deep conversation about the field
NF: "Reminds me of Tortoise-Hare story!"
18.5
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Umar Gul to Haddin, 1 run
seeks the block hole outside off, Haddin looks to slog it away to the leg side and gets a thick inside edge through midwicket
18.4
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Umar Gul to Haddin, 2 runs
full toss just outside off, he's heaved it to deep midwicket. Afridi fumbles a bit as the ball turns after pitching. Does well in the end, but the batsman race through for a couple
18.3
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Umar Gul to Starc, 1 run
full and on off stump, presents an angled blade to deep point
Mitchell Starc eyes the field
Zahir: "Comeback - courtesy Hafeez captaincy.. Fantastic bowling changes!" Perhaps, but it's more the bowler's keeping to a full length
18.2
W
Umar Gul to Coulter-Nile, OUT
cleans him up! Another one nice and full on middle and leg, Coulter-Nile looks to heave it into the leg side and loses his leg stump
Nathan Coulter-Nile b Umar Gul 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 0
Rohan: "Pretty poor skills from Australia on display here, rather than try and hit Ajmal straight they keep trying square" That's the plan they seemed to have devised. Maxi did that to great effect
18.1
1
Umar Gul to Haddin, 1 run
walks across and thumps this a full delivery on middle to deep midwicket. Just a single
30 off 12 and Gul to bowl the penultimate over
CM: "Missing Faulkner!! :( "
puneet: "wow a spinner bowling 106 km/hr!!!" Afridi bowled 126 kph
end of over 181 run • 1 wicket
AUS: 162/6CRR: 9.00 • RRR: 15.00
Nathan Coulter-Nile0 (2b)
Brad Haddin1 (2b)
Saeed Ajmal 4-0-33-1
Umar Gul 3-0-22-1
17.6
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Ajmal to Coulter-Nile, no run
only one run off that over! And a wicket too. Doosra to end it and Coulter-Nile's slog sweep amounts to nothing
17.5
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Ajmal to Coulter-Nile, no run
another doosra pushed wide outside off and Coulter-Nile's slog sweep connects with a whole lot of air
Nathan Coulter-Nile walks out after three wickets have fallen in the last three overs
17.4
W
Ajmal to Finch, OUT
yorker uproots leg stump! Finch is gone! What a crucial blow! He was struggling to get the big hits and Ajmal fires in just about the perfect ball. Finch swings but cannot get under it
Aaron Finch b Saeed Ajmal 65 (54b 7x4 2x6 79m) SR: 120.37
17.3
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Ajmal to Finch, no run
he goes to the off side now and Ajmal fires it even further wide. Goes for a pull and he cannot connect. The keeper does extremely well to get behind it
17.2
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Ajmal to Haddin, 1 run
waits on this length ball on off stump and steers it to short third man. Soft hands
17.1
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Ajmal to Haddin, no run
doosra pushed full and across him, Haddin's sweep is way off the mark
Australia need 31 off 18. Here's Ajmal to make that equation even tougher
Prasanga: "There is one over left for Mohammad Hafeez or Bilawal Bhatti. Who will bowl that over? Will Hafeez will go for Shoaib Malik? Match will decide how many runs Aussie going to score in that over."
end of over 178 runs • 1 wicket
AUS: 161/5CRR: 9.47 • RRR: 10.33
Aaron Finch65 (52b 7x4 2x6)
Brad Haddin0 (0b)
Umar Gul 3-0-22-1
Shahid Afridi 4-0-30-2
sathish2888: ""Match winning moment" and "Ajmal" .. You can't take one away from another it seems.."
16.6
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Umar Gul to Finch, no run
yorker outside off, Finch tries to dig it out but is beaten
16.5
4
Umar Gul to Finch, FOUR runs
full on middle, Finch has smashed this to the deep midwicket boundary. Didn't get it off the middle and the bat turns on impact, but he's found the gap
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