T20: Aus v. Pak: Australia tumble as Umar Gul pick 4 Wkts!

Pakistan fast bowler Umar Gul picked 4 wickets in his 4 over spell which put Australia completely on the back foot. He gave away just 8 runs and played a vital role in restricting Australia to 108.

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.

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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

2nd ODI: Pak v. WI: Pakistan win the series!

Pakistan beat WI by 24 runs in the 2nd ODI played on November 14, 2008 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Both teams are playing in 3 ODIs in the netural venue due to security concerns in Pakistan.

Winning the toss and batting first, Misbah's half century and Kamran Akmal's 45 helped Pakistan to put a decent total of 232. Not sure what happened to WIs as they were bundled out for 208 with 7 more deliveries which needed 25 runs to equal the series.

Chanderpaul's century couldn't help WI though he was playing in one end, the wickets were falling on the other end. Umar Gul was the pick of the bowler picking 3 wickets. The other disaster for WIs were the poor running between the wickets. Marshal and Findlay were run out for 1 and 12 respectively.

Sohail Tanvir picked Gayle for a duck in the first over. In the fifth over, he picked the other opener Chattergoon also for a duck. For his two wickets and for scoring 26 crucial runs in batting, he was given man of the match award.

Earlier, struggling at 7 for 2, Younis Khan and Misbah put on 51 runs for the 3rd wicket. Later, Kamran Akmal and Shahid Afridi added 52 runs for the 6th wicket to put a moderate schoolf of 232.

Scoreboard:

Match: 2nd ODI
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Teams: Pakistan and West Indies
Captains: Shoaib Malik and Chris Gayle
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
Match Result: Pakistan won by 24 runs
Series Result: Pakistan leading by 2-0
Man of the Match: Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan)

Pakistan 232 all out in 49 overs (Salman Butt 7, Khurram Manzoor 0, Younis Khan 34, Misbah-ul-Haq 52, Shoaib Malik 10, Kamran Akmal 45, Shahid Afridi 28, Sohail Tanvir 26, Iftikhar Anjum 7, Umar Gul 13, Saeed Ajmal 4 not out, Extras--6 (lb 3, w 2, nb 1), Powell 8-0-50-3, Taylor 9-1-38-3, Baker 10-0-35-1, Miller 10-0-39-1, Gayle 10-0-44-0, Sarwan 2-0-23-0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Salman Butt, 1.6 ov), 2-7 (Khurram Manzoor, 2.3 ov), 3-58 (Younis Khan, 13.6 ov), 4-87 (Shoaib Malik, 22.5 ov), 5-125 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 33.1 ov), 6-177 (Kamran Akmal, 40.5 ov), 7-179 (Shahid Afridi, 41.2 ov), 8-199 (Iftikhar Anjum, 45.2 ov), 9-218 (Sohail Tanvir, 47.5 ov), 10-232 (Umar Gul, 48.6 ov)

West Indies 208 all out in 48.5 overs (Gayle 0, Chattergoon 0, Sarwan 45, Chanderpaul 107 not out, Marshall 1, Findlay 12, Baugh 3, Taylor 0, Miller 12, Powell 6, Baker 0, Extras--22 (lb 6, w 16), Sohail Tanvir 9-0-32-2, Umar Gul 9.5-3-44-3, Iftikhar Anjum 9-0-40-1, Shahid Afridi 10-0-42-1, Saeed Ajmal 9-1-38-1, Shoaib Malik 2-0-6-0)