Australia vs Pakistan - Australia tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 - 1st T20I – Australia crumble on 89 – Live Score and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 won the toss and chose to field
On Wednesday, Australia were left shocked by Pakistan when they failed to reach even a 100 runs while batting in the first T20I match of the three-match series, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan chose to field first on winning the toss, and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 wanted his bowlers to have a first go at the Aussies.
The bowling brigade responded well to the call of their skipper with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 in front of stumps with a tally of 12 on the board. The Aussie batsman had to walk back to the pavilion after scoring as short innings of eight runs.
The hero of the three-match ODI finale, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sohail-Tanvir-c90665 on a score of one.
Then just when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 and skipper GJ Bailey seemed taking their team on a right course, Hafeez spoiled the party by dismissing Warner on 22. At the time of this wicket, the Aussies were struggling on a tally of 46.
With 51 on the board, the Australians saw the demise of their fourth wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 after scoring only three runs.
A run later, the Aussie skipper was picked up by Hafeez on a score of 14, as Australia sunk in deep trouble.
CL White and MS Wade then took the score to 72, before Raza struck for the second time in the match by taking the wicket of Wade, who departed after scoring only six runs.
With wickets falling fast, Australia desperately required a big partnership at this crucial juncture in order to avoid a complete meltdown.
The much hyped, GJ Maxwell, who did wonders in the ODI series, was least impressive in this fixture, as the youngster looked nervous and could score only four runs before losing his wicket to Ajmal.
Pakistan wrapped up the Australian innings in 19.3 overs with only a target of 90 runs to win the match.
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