Pak beat Aus in 1st 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 1st 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 1st 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 1st 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 did not batted well and was able to post total of only 108 runs in 19.5 over’s at the loss of 10 wickets and with top scores of S Watson who made 33 runs in 14 balls with 5 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 236 runs in 100 balls and B Haddin who made 24 runs in 27 balls with 2 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 89 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan was needed to score 109 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Pakistan batted well and was able to chase the target of 109 runs in 16.2 over’s at the loss of 3 wickets and won the game by 7 wickets in hand and with top contributions from K Akmal who made 59 runs in 42 balls with 5 4’s and 3 sixes at the strike rate of 140 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets in hand and series stands at 1-0 in favor of Pakistan with 6 more games to play.

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