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VB SeriesFinal · ODI

Australia beat Pakistan by 18 runs in the final - Commentary

Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bat.

Australia23749 ov
Pakistan219/950 ov
Australia won by 18 runs
Australia won the tournament
End of innings: PAK 219/9 (50 ov)
End of over 506 runs, 1 wktPAK 219/9102W21
Iftikhar Anjum 19(32)Mohammad Khalil 0(0)GD McGrath 10-3-34-3
49.61
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
49.52
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, 2 runs
49.4W
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, OUT
Naved-ul-Hasan c DR Martyn b GD McGrath 29(29) [4s-4 6s-0] · FoW 216/9 (49.4 ov)
49.32
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, 2 runs
49.20
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run
49.11
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
End of over 4910 runsPAK 213/8110044
Naved-ul-Hasan 27(26)Iftikhar Anjum 15(29)JN Gillespie 10-0-47-2
48.64
JN Gillespie to Naved-ul-Hasan, FOUR
48.54
JN Gillespie to Naved-ul-Hasan, FOUR
48.40
JN Gillespie to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run
48.30
JN Gillespie to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run
48.21
JN Gillespie to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
48.11
JN Gillespie to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
End of over 482 runsPAK 203/8101000
Iftikhar Anjum 14(28)Naved-ul-Hasan 18(21)GD McGrath 9-3-28-2
47.60
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
47.50
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
47.40
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
47.31
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
47.20
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run
47.11
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
End of over 473 runsPAK 201/8002001
Iftikhar Anjum 13(24)Naved-ul-Hasan 17(19)B Lee 10-0-23-3
46.61
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
46.50
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
46.40
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
46.32
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, 2 runs
46.20
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
46.10
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
End of over 468 runsPAK 198/8401111
Iftikhar Anjum 10(18)Naved-ul-Hasan 17(19)GD McGrath 8-3-26-2
45.61
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
45.51
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
45.41
GD McGrath to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
45.31
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
45.20
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run
45.14
GD McGrath to Naved-ul-Hasan, FOUR
End of over 451 runPAK 190/8001000
Iftikhar Anjum 8(16)Naved-ul-Hasan 11(15)B Lee 9-0-20-3
44.60
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
44.50
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
44.40
B Lee to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
44.31
B Lee to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
44.20
B Lee to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run
44.10
B Lee to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run
End of over 441 runPAK 189/8100000
Iftikhar Anjum 8(13)Naved-ul-Hasan 10(12)SR Watson 9-1-38-0
43.60
SR Watson to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
43.50
SR Watson to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
43.40
SR Watson to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
43.30
SR Watson to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
43.20
SR Watson to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
43.11
SR Watson to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
End of over 437 runsPAK 188/8111400
Iftikhar Anjum 8(8)Naved-ul-Hasan 9(11)JN Gillespie 9-0-37-2
42.60
JN Gillespie to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
42.50
JN Gillespie to Iftikhar Anjum, no run
42.44
JN Gillespie to Iftikhar Anjum, FOUR
42.31
JN Gillespie to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
42.21
JN Gillespie to Iftikhar Anjum, 1 run
42.11
JN Gillespie to Naved-ul-Hasan, 1 run
End of over 426 runsPAK 181/811Lb1Lb102
Iftikhar Anjum 3(4)Naved-ul-Hasan 7(9)SR Watson 8-1-37-0
41.62
SR Watson to Iftikhar Anjum, 2 runs
41.50
SR Watson to Iftikhar Anjum, no run