Pakistan has already won the first Twenty20 match which was played 2 days ago against the Australians. Yesterday, second 20-20 match was played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. Pakistan again in this match won the toss and elected to bat first.
Shahzaib Hasan returned to pavilion without scoring any run in the very first over itself. After the fall their first wicket, rest other players batted well and contributed some runs from their side to the team. This really helped the team to put a decent total against the Aussies. By 20 overs, Pakistan scored 162 runs loosing 9 wickets. Stephen O'Keefe and Dirk Nannes took 3 wickets each.
Australia needed 163 runs to win, this was not at all great score but the bowling attack is very good from Pakistan side. Hence it was an real challenge to chase down the target. Australians played well but some batsmen failed to contribute some runs to their team. By 19.4 overs, Australia lost all its 10 wickets scoring 151 runs in total. Pakistan won the match by 11 runs. Mohammed Aamer took 3 important wickets and also bowled well. Aamer was chosen as the man of the match for his 3 wickets and a magnificent 21 runs from 11 deliveries which helped the team to win the match against the Aussies.
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Pakistan vs Australia: 1st Twenty20 international
Yesterday Australia and Pakistan played their first Twenty20 cricket match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. Pakistan won the toss & elected to bat first.
Shahzaib Hasan was out in the very first ball of his batting innings. Salman Butt faced 21 deliveries and scored just 13 runs and then got out in David Hussey's over. Three wickets fell from 6.4 over to 7.4 over. At this point of time, Pakistan had scored 47 runs from 7.4 overs. Shahid Afridi failed to hit big, as he was duck out by getting bowled in the Steven Smith's over. Umar Akmal played magnificently scoring 64 runs from just 31 deliveries which included 7 fours and 3 sixes. This helped Pakistan to put up a decent total against the Australians. After 20 overs, Pakistan scored a total of 167 runs loosing 8 wickets.
Australia needed 168 runs to win the Twenty20 match. Shane Watson did not score a single run as he got out in the last delivery of the first over. Australians kept on loosing wickets in regular intervals. David Warner survived for some time, but there was no good partnership from Australian side. After the fall of their sixth wicket, they started to struggle a lot just to add a run to their total. By 18.4 overs, Australia lost all its 10 wickets and ended up scoring 144 runs in total. Pakistan won the match by 23 runs. Man of the match was Umar Akmal for his magnificent 64 runs from just 31 deliveries.
Shahzaib Hasan was out in the very first ball of his batting innings. Salman Butt faced 21 deliveries and scored just 13 runs and then got out in David Hussey's over. Three wickets fell from 6.4 over to 7.4 over. At this point of time, Pakistan had scored 47 runs from 7.4 overs. Shahid Afridi failed to hit big, as he was duck out by getting bowled in the Steven Smith's over. Umar Akmal played magnificently scoring 64 runs from just 31 deliveries which included 7 fours and 3 sixes. This helped Pakistan to put up a decent total against the Australians. After 20 overs, Pakistan scored a total of 167 runs loosing 8 wickets.
Australia needed 168 runs to win the Twenty20 match. Shane Watson did not score a single run as he got out in the last delivery of the first over. Australians kept on loosing wickets in regular intervals. David Warner survived for some time, but there was no good partnership from Australian side. After the fall of their sixth wicket, they started to struggle a lot just to add a run to their total. By 18.4 overs, Australia lost all its 10 wickets and ended up scoring 144 runs in total. Pakistan won the match by 23 runs. Man of the match was Umar Akmal for his magnificent 64 runs from just 31 deliveries.
Some updates on Cricket
Today West Indies will be playing the 1st Test match against the visitors, South Africa, at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain - Trinidad. But, due to the rain, the match has been delayed.
Saurabh Tiwary looks pretty confident about making his career very successful right from his debut in international matches. Tiwary is been added to the Indian team where he will be playing in Asia Cup which starts from 19th of this month. He has said that he will not disappoint the selectors for sure & can rely on him. Tiwary is the second player from Jharkhand who will be representing India in International Cricket after MS Dhoni. He had shown a very good performance in IPL-3 scoring 419 runs for Mumbai Indians.
Sourav Ganguly who was the former captain of Indian Cricket team will be leading Marylebone Cricket Club team against the Pakistanis at Lord's. Brain Lara, Chaminda Vaas, Ian Harvey are also playing for MCC. Pakistani's will be facing against some of the world class cricketer's at Lord's. After this, Pakistan will be 5-ODI & 4 test matches England team in July.
Saurabh Tiwary looks pretty confident about making his career very successful right from his debut in international matches. Tiwary is been added to the Indian team where he will be playing in Asia Cup which starts from 19th of this month. He has said that he will not disappoint the selectors for sure & can rely on him. Tiwary is the second player from Jharkhand who will be representing India in International Cricket after MS Dhoni. He had shown a very good performance in IPL-3 scoring 419 runs for Mumbai Indians.
Sourav Ganguly who was the former captain of Indian Cricket team will be leading Marylebone Cricket Club team against the Pakistanis at Lord's. Brain Lara, Chaminda Vaas, Ian Harvey are also playing for MCC. Pakistani's will be facing against some of the world class cricketer's at Lord's. After this, Pakistan will be 5-ODI & 4 test matches England team in July.
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