Though Watson and Haddin started well by adding 42 in 4 overs, Umar Gul played the spoil sport for the Aussies.
Pakistan was never under pressure in reaching the target. This is their first T20 in this year and will boost their confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup to be played in England.
ICC T20 World Cup Schedule
Scoreboard:
Match: 1st T20
Date: Thursday May 7, 2009
Teams: Australia v. Pakistan
Captains: Brad Haddin and Younis Khan
Toss: Pakistan, decided to field
Venue: Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets with 22 balls remaining
Series Result: Pakistan won the only T20 match
Man of the Match: Umar Gul and Shahid Afridi off Pakistan
Australia Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Watson | lbw b Umar Gul | 33 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Haddin | c Gul b S Malik | 24 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| Hopes | lbw b Afridi | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Symonds | lbw b Afridi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D Hussey | b Afridi | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ferguson | st K Akmal b S Malik | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| North | b Umar Gul | 20 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| Hauritz | c S Malik b Umar Gul | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| B Lee | b Umar Gul | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| N Bracken | Not Out | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilfenhaus | c Afridi b S Ajmal | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, w 1, nb 2) | 6 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 19.5 overs | 108 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-42 (Shane Watson, 4.1 ov.), 2-61 (James Hopes, 7.1 ov.), 3-61 (Andrew Symonds, 7.2 ov.), 4-69 (David Hussey, 9.3 ov.), 5-73 (Brad Haddin, 10.3 ov.), 6-85 (Callum Ferguson, 12.4 ov.), 7-94 (Nathan Hauritz, 14.3 ov.), 8-94 (Brett Lee, 14.6 ov.), 9-105 (Marcus North, 18.1 ov.), 10-108 (Ben Hilfenhaus, 19.5 ov.)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| S Akhtar | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| S Tanvir | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| S Ajmal | 3.5 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| S Afridi | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| S Malik | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
Pakistan Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Butt | c Harris b RP Singh | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| Shehzad | b RP Singh | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| K Akmal | c D Smith b T Suman | 59 | 42 | 5 | 3 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | c Gilchrist b R Sharma | 24 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| S Malik | c Harris b T Suman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (w 5, nb 1) | 6 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 3 wkts in 16.2 overs | 109 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-17 (Ahmed Shehzad, 2.5 ov.), 2-23 (Salman Butt, 3.6 ov.), 3-108 (Misbah Ul-Haq, 16.1 ov.)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| B Lee | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| N Bracken | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Hilfenhaus | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| N Hauritz | 3.2 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
| Hopes | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
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