Only T20I

Australia beat Pakistan by 2 runs in the only T20I

Melbourne Cricket Ground, 5 Feb 2010. Australia won the toss and chose to bat.

Australia won by 2 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Australia were bowled out for 127, David Hussey 40 not out from 31 balls and Michael Clarke 32 from 26 balls. Umar Gul took 3 for 20.

Pakistan made 125 for 9 in 20 overs, Kamran Akmal 64 from 33 balls. Shaun Tait took 3 for 13.

Australia won by 2 runs.

Key performers

40*David HusseyAustralia. 31 balls, 1 four, 2 sixes

3/13Shaun TaitAustralia. 4 oversPlayer of the match

64Kamran AkmalPakistan. 33 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes

3/20Umar GulPakistan. 3.4 overs

Australia innings

127(18.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watsonrun out (Umar Akmal/†Kamran Akmal)	run out (Umar Akmal/†Kamran Akmal)	8	8	1	0	100.00
David Warnerc Imran Nazir b Mohammad Asif	c Imran Nazir b Mohammad Asif	24	14	1	1	171.43
Michael Clarkec Fawad Alam b Umar Gul	c Fawad Alam b Umar Gul	32	26	2	0	123.08
David Husseynot out	not out	40*	31	1	2	129.03
Cameron Whiterun out (Fawad Alam)	run out (Fawad Alam)	4	8	0	0	50.00
Travis Birtb Shoaib Malik	b Shoaib Malik	1	2	0	0	50.00
Brad Haddin †st †Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Malik	st †Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Malik	1	3	0	0	33.33
Steve Smithb Naved-ul-Hasan	b Naved-ul-Hasan	8	8	1	0	100.00
Mitchell Johnsonc †Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul	c †Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul	2	7	0	0	28.57
Dirk Nannesrun out (Umar Akmal/Saeed Ajmal)	run out (Umar Akmal/Saeed Ajmal)	4	3	0	0	133.33
Shaun Taitc Fawad Alam b Umar Gul	c Fawad Alam b Umar Gul	1	2	0	0	50.00
Extras(w 2)	(w 2)	2
Total18.4 Ov (RR 6.80)	18.4 Ov (RR 6.80)	127

Fall of wickets: 14-1 (SR Watson, 1.5 ov), 54-2 (DA Warner, 6.5 ov), 68-3 (MJ Clarke, 8.4 ov), 77-4 (CL White, 10.5 ov), 78-5 (TR Birt, 11.1 ov), 81-6 (BJ Haddin, 11.5 ov), 102-7 (SPD Smith, 14.5 ov), 106-8 (MG Johnson, 16.2 ov), 119-9 (DP Nannes, 17.4 ov), 127-10 (SW Tait, 18.4 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Mohammad Asif	4	31	1	7.75	9	2	1	0
Naved-ul-Hasan	4	27	1	6.75	7	1	0	0
Shoaib Malik	4	31	2	7.75	6	2	1	1
Umar Gul	3.4	20	3	5.45	7	1	0	1
Saeed Ajmal	3	18	0	6.00	8	0	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	SR Watson 8(8) & DA Warner 6(3)	14	11
2nd	MJ Clarke 22(19) & DA Warner 18(11)	40	30
3rd	MJ Clarke 10(7) & DJ Hussey 4(4)	14	11
4th	CL White 4(8) & DJ Hussey 4(5)	9	13
5th	TR Birt 1(2) & DJ Hussey 0(0)	1	2
6th	BJ Haddin 1(3) & DJ Hussey 1(1)	3	4
7th	SPD Smith 8(8) & DJ Hussey 13(10)	21	18
8th	MG Johnson 2(7) & DJ Hussey 2(2)	4	9
9th	DP Nannes 4(3) & DJ Hussey 9(5)	13	8
10th	DJ Hussey 7(4) & SW Tait 1(2)	8	6

Pakistan innings

125/9(20 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Imran Farhatc SR Watson b SW Tait	c SR Watson b SW Tait	8	10	1	0	80.00
Imran Nazirrun out (MG Johnson)	run out (MG Johnson)	0	5	0	0	0.00
Kamran Akmal †c DJ Hussey b SW Tait	c DJ Hussey b SW Tait	64	33	7	2	193.94
Khalid Latiflbw b SR Watson	lbw b SR Watson	6	8	1	0	75.00
Shoaib Malikc TR Birt b SW Tait	c TR Birt b SW Tait	3	11	0	0	27.27
Umar Akmalc DA Warner b SR Watson	c DA Warner b SR Watson	21	25	0	0	84.00
Fawad Alamc CL White b SPD Smith	c CL White b SPD Smith	1	5	0	0	20.00
Naved-ul-Hasanst †BJ Haddin b SPD Smith	st †BJ Haddin b SPD Smith	1	9	0	0	11.11
Umar Gulb DP Nannes	b DP Nannes	10	9	0	1	111.11
Saeed Ajmalnot out	not out	1*	3	0	0	33.33
Mohammad Asifnot out	not out	5*	2	1	0	250.00
Extras(lb 3, w 2)	(lb 3, w 2)	5
Total20 Ov (RR 6.25)	20 Ov (RR 6.25) · Target 128 from 20 ov	125/9

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (Imran Nazir, 1.5 ov), 10-2 (Imran Farhat, 2.4 ov), 44-3 (Khalid Latif, 5.3 ov), 59-4 (Shoaib Malik, 8.4 ov), 98-5 (Kamran Akmal, 14.1 ov), 103-6 (Fawad Alam, 15.3 ov), 107-7 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 17.2 ov), 118-8 (Umar Gul, 19 ov), 118-9 (Umar Akmal, 19.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Shaun Tait	4	0	13	3	3.25	18	1	0	1
Dirk Nannes	4	1	27	1	6.75	13	2	1	0
Mitchell Johnson	4	1	24	0	6.00	15	2	1	1
Shane Watson	4	1	24	2	6.00	11	3	0	0
Steve Smith	4	0	34	2	8.50	6	2	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Imran Farhat 4(6) & Imran Nazir 0(5)	5	11
2nd	Imran Farhat 4(4) & Kamran Akmal 1(1)	5	5
3rd	Khalid Latif 6(8) & Kamran Akmal 27(9)	34	17
4th	Shoaib Malik 3(11) & Kamran Akmal 11(8)	15	19
5th	Umar Akmal 13(18) & Kamran Akmal 25(15)	39	33
6th	Fawad Alam 1(5) & Umar Akmal 4(3)	5	8
7th	Naved-ul-Hasan 1(9) & Umar Akmal 3(2)	4	11
8th	Umar Gul 10(9) & Umar Akmal 1(1)	11	10
9th	Umar Akmal 0(1) & Saeed Ajmal 0(0)	0	1
10th	Saeed Ajmal 1(3) & Mohammad Asif 5(2)	7*	5

Commentary

End of over 207 runs, 1 wktPAK 125/9W1101Lb4

Mohammad Asif 5(2)Saeed Ajmal 1(3)SR Watson 4-1-24-2

19.64

SR Watson to Mohammad Asif, FOUR

19.51Lb

SR Watson to Saeed Ajmal, 1 leg bye

19.40

SR Watson to Saeed Ajmal, no run

19.31

SR Watson to Mohammad Asif, 1 run

19.21

SR Watson to Saeed Ajmal, 1 run

19.1W

SR Watson to Umar Akmal, OUT

Umar Akmal c DA Warner b SR Watson 21(25) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 118/9 (19.1 ov)

End of over 192 runs, 1 wktPAK 118/800020W

Umar Akmal 21(24)DP Nannes 4-1-27-1

18.6W

DP Nannes to Umar Gul, OUT

Umar Gul b DP Nannes 10(9) [4s-0 6s-1] · FoW 118/8 (19 ov)

18.50

DP Nannes to Umar Gul, no run

18.42

DP Nannes to Umar Gul, 2 runs

18.30

DP Nannes to Umar Gul, no run

18.20

DP Nannes to Umar Gul, no run

18.10

DP Nannes to Umar Gul, no run

End of over 1810 runs, 1 wktPAK 116/71W6111

Umar Gul 8(3)Umar Akmal 21(24)SPD Smith 4-0-34-2

17.61

SPD Smith to Umar Gul, 1 run

17.51

SPD Smith to Umar Akmal, 1 run

17.41

SPD Smith to Umar Gul, 1 run

17.36

SPD Smith to Umar Gul, SIX

17.2W

SPD Smith to Naved-ul-Hasan, OUT

Naved-ul-Hasan st †BJ Haddin b SPD Smith 1(9) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 107/7 (17.2 ov)

17.11

SPD Smith to Umar Akmal, 1 run

End of over 170 runsPAK 106/6000000

Naved-ul-Hasan 1(8)Umar Akmal 19(22)MG Johnson 4-1-24-0

16.60