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AUSvPAK ODI series 2009
From last 26 games, this was Pakistan's only 6th victory against Australia. (19 lost, 1 no result).Overall, Pakistan now trails 28-44 vs Australia in one day internationals. Clearly, asian giants have had a not-so-impressive record against team from down under, but today, they won a pretty good game of cricket. Opposite to a low scoring (century-less) series on dead UAE pitches that it was, which Aussies had already sealed with 3-1 lead going into this final onedayer, batsmen from both teams batted freely today and entertained the crowd. Electing to bat, Australians were off to solid start with Brad Haddin taking chances and Shane Watson setting his eyes in. 58 run opening partnership was broken bY Shoaib Akhtar while Marcus North's wicket was claimed by Saeed Ajmal. Australia down to 83 for two wickets, in form captain Michael Clarke joined Watson and formed a another half century partnership in the middle overs. Watson completed his century, a rather slow one as per his nature, but his 3rd half century partnership, this time with Callum Fergusson, took Australia past 250 run mark. Chasing the biggest target of series, Pakistan were 2 wickets down for 46 and then 3 down at 56 run mark but then, Misbah-ul-Haq settled in to form 198 run partnership with Kamran Akmal who played all the shots in book and with lots of authority. Brining up his 5th ODI century, Kamran Akmal saw his team home with 18 balls to spare. 116* = highest score : by a wicket keeper against Australia in one day internationals. Kamran Akmal became the 3rd keeper to score century against Aussies in ODI and now sits at the top of the ladder with his 5th century in this format of game to go with his 6 test centuries. Scorecard : 5th ODI : Pak v Aus : Abu Dhabi : 3 May 2009 Australia (elected to bat) = 250 for 4 wickets in 50 overs S Watson 116* (146b, 6x4, 2x6), C Fergusson 41* (42b, 4x4) B Haddin 36 (31b, 7x4), M Clarke 36, Andrew Symonds 15. Pakistan (target = 251) = 254 for 3 wickets in 47 overs Kamran Akmal 116* (115b, 13x4), Misbah-ul-Haq 76* (81b, 10x4) Younis Khan 27, Ahmed Shehzad 19, Nathan Hauritz 10-0-44-2. Full Scorecards : 1st ODI : 2nd ODI : 3rd ODI : 4th ODI. Man of the match = Kamran Akmal. Man of the series = Michael Clarke.
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