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Australia 168/7 (20/20 ov) – Pakistan won the toss and chose to field
Australia finally gave http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 going ballistic right from the get go, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan, making one change in their outfit by calling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 at short fine leg. The Australian opener found his way back to the pavilion after hammering 47 runs off 32 deliveries.
Arafat struck again in his next over by nabbing Warner, who fell after smacking a fiery knock of 59 off 34 balls.
The demise of the two hard-hitting openers finally brought Pakistan back in the game, as they gradually squeezed the flow of runs.
With GJ Maxwell and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 in the middle, the Aussies were still hoping to end their innings on a big total. However, with 140 on the scoreboard, youngster Raza Hassan grabbed his first wicket of the day by sending Maxwell back to the dressing room on 27 runs.
It was then chaos for Australia as they lost another wicket with only 145 on the board with skipper GJ Bailey getting his stumps shattered while trying to slog sweep http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859. The batsman could score only three runs.
CL White continued his bad form, as he failed to score a run before losing his wicket to Umar Gul. By this time, the Australians were lingering on 152.
In the next over, Ajmal struck gold by dismissing Hussey, who faltered after scoring 12 runs off 14 deliveries.
On the penultimate delivery of the final over, Gul secured his second wicket by dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dominic-John-Thornely-c54306 Christian, who fell after scoring only three runs.
After receiving severe punishment from the Aussies, Pakistan made a strong comeback by restricting their opponents under 170.
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