Australia beat pakistan in 5th ODI of series,2010

Pakistan was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International in Australia in 2010. 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 1 and 5. The 5th ONE DAY international match was to be played on W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth, Australia on 31^st Jan 2010. Australia holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

Pakistan won the toss and opts to bat first; this is how Pakistan team and 11 was looking like in this 5th ONE DAY international match: Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf (c), Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal, F Alam, Mohammad Amir, Umar Akmal

And Australia team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th ONE DAY international Match: Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Cameron White, Doug Bollinger, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle, Clint McKay, Michael Hussey

Pakistan batted well and was able to post total of 212 runs in 49.3 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of U Akmal who made 67 runs in 102 balls with 2 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 66 runs in 100 balls and F Alam who made 63 runs in 70 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 90 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 213 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

Australia batted well and was unable to chase the target of 213 runs in 49.2 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and won the game by 2 wickets in hand with top contributions from Ricky P who made 55 runs in 78 balls with 6 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 71 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 2 wickets in hand and series stands at 5-0 in favor of Australia with 2 more games to play.

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