Pakistan beat Australia in 1st T 20 of series, 2010

Pakistan and Australia was scheduled to play a 3 Match T 20 International in England 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 4. The 1st T 20 international match was to be played on Edgbaston, Birmingham, England on 8th July 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 Australia team and 11 was looking like in this 1st  T 20 international match: Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Nathan Hauritz, Cameron White, D Warner, Doug Bollinger, Ryan Harris, Tim Paine (wk), Michael Hussey, Josh Hazlewood

And Pakistan team and 11 was looking like this in this 1st  T 20 international Match: Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal (wk), Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi (c), Salman Butt, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Amir, Shahzaib Hasan, Umar Akmal

Pakistan batted well and was able to post total of 167 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 8 wickets and with top scores of U Akmal who made 64 runs in 31 balls with 7 4’s and 3 six at the strike rate of 206 runs in 100 balls and K Akmal who made 23 runs in 19 balls with 2 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 121 runs in 100 balls.

Australia was needed to score 168 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

Australia batted well but was unable to chase the target of 168 runs and was able to make only 144 runs in 18.4 over’s at the loss of 10 wicket and lost the game by 23 runs and with top contributions from D Warner who made 41 runs in 31 balls with 6 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 132 runs in 100 balls.

Pakistan won the match by 23 runs and series stands at 1-0 in favor of Pakistan with 2 more games to play.

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