Australia Tour of Pakistan - Analysis and Scoreboard!

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Schedule

Marsh Injured, North Gets a Chance!

1st ODI Result!

2nd ODI Result!

1st ODI: Aus v. Pak: Afridi demolishes Australia! Bowls Career Best 6 for 38!

In the first ODI, the inexperienced Austrlian side was completed defeated by the spin and turn of Afridi. He picked his career best figures of 6 for 38 in his 10 overs beating his previous record of 5 for 11 against Kenya.

He mixed his deliveries with leg spin and googlies which the Australians did not read at all.

Match # 1
Date: Wednesday April 22, 2009
Teams: Australia v. Pakistan
Captains: Michael Clarke and Younis Khan
Toss: Australia, elected to bat
Venue: Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium
Result: Pakistan won by 4 wickets with 35 balls remaining
Series Result: Pakistan leading 5 match series 1-0
Man of the Match: Shaid Afridi off Pakistan

Australia Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Marsh	Run Out (Butt/N Jamshed)	16	27	1	0
Haddin	c Younis b Afridi	40	52	3	1
Watson	b Afridi	40	47	2	1
M Clarke	c K Akmal b S Ajmal	4	4	0	0
Symonds	c K Akmal b Afridi	2	5	0	0
Ferguson	c Misbah b Afridi	2	13	0	0
Hopes	Not Out	48	46	5	1
Hauritz	b S Ajmal	1	3	0	0
Bracken	b Afridi	1	9	0	0
S Clark	b Afridi	2	10	0	0
Hilfenhaus	b Umar Gul	4	17	0	0
Extras	(lb 1, w 7)	8	-	-	-
Total	all out in 38.5 overs	168	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-41 (Marsh, 8.6 ov), 2-95 (Haddin, 18.4 ov), 3-100 (Clarke, 19.6 ov), 4-107 (Symonds, 22.1 ov), 5-108 (Watson, 22.6 ov), 6-109 (Ferguson, 24.4 ov), 7-110 (Hauritz, 25.2 ov), 8-118 (Bracken, 28.4 ov), 9-122 (Clark, 30.5 ov), 10-168 (Hilfenhaus, 38.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Umar Gul	9.5	0	48	1
S Akhtar	6	0	35	0
I Anjum	2	0	18	0
Afridi	10	0	38	6
S Ajmal	10	1	19	2
S Malik	1	0	9	0

Pakistan Innings: (Target: 169 runs in 50 overs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S Butt	lbw b Hilfenhaus	5	10	1	0
K Akmal	c Haddin b S Clark	48	62	9	0
Younis Khan	c Bracken b Hopes	11	31	2	0
S Malik	c Haddin b Hopes	24	53	1	0
Misbah	Not Out	30	68	4	0
S Afridi	c Bracken b Hilfenhaus	24	16	5	0
N Jamshed	b Symonds	9	14	1	0
Umar Gul	Not Out	8	13	1	0
Extras	(lb 5, w 1, nb 6)	12	-	-	-
Total	for 6 wickets in 44.1 overs	171	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-5 (Salman Butt, 1.4 ov), 2-33 (Younis Khan, 10.2 ov), 3-81 (Kamran Akmal, 20.6 ov), 4-99 (Shoaib Malik, 29.3 ov), 5-138 (Shahid Afridi, 34.4 ov), 6-152 (Nasir Jamshed, 39.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Bracken	9.1	2	25	0
Hilfenhaus	10	3	42	2
Hopes	8	1	22	2
S Clark	8	1	32	1
Hauritz	6	0	27	0
Symonds	3	0	18	1