Australia beat pakistan in 2nd T 20 of series,2009

Australia was scheduled to play a 7 Match T 20 International series in United Arab Emirates in 2009. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 3 and 4. The 2nd T 20 international match was to be played on Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, Dubai. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Pakistan won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 2nd T 20 international match: Andrew Symonds, Michael Clarke (c), Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk),Nathan Hauritz, James Hopes, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken, Ben Hilfenhaus, Shaun Marsh, Callum Ferguson

And Pakistan team and 11 was looking like this in this 2nd T 20 international Match: Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan (c), Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt, Misbah ul Haq, Iftikhar Anjum, A Shehzad, Saeed Ajmal, Nasir Jamshed

Australia batted well and was able to post total of 180 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 7 wickets and with top scores of James H who made 45 runs in 30 balls with 4 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 150 runs in 100 balls and S Marsh who made 30 runs in 30 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan was needed to score 181 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Pakistan batted well but was unable to chase the target of 181 runs and was only able to make 155 in 19.5 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and lost the game by 25 runs and with top contributions from M U Haq who made 40 runs in 40 balls with 5 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 100 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 25 runs and series stands at 1-1 in favor of none with 5 more games to play.

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