Jamshed steers Pakistan to victory
Opener Nasir Jamshed hit an aggressive 97 to guide Pakistan to a
seven-wicket win over Australia in the second one-dayer, levelling the
three-match series at 1-1 in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
The 22-year-old left-hander took the attack to the Australian bowlers
during his 98-ball innings, hitting 11 boundaries and two well-timed
sixes to help his team successfully chase a 249-run target in the 43.4
overs at Abu Dhabi Stadium.
Australia owed their recovery to another left-hander Michael Hussey
(61) to post a challenging total despite an impressive performance by
Pakistan's ace spinner Saeed Ajmal (4-32).
Australia had won the first match by four wickets in Sharjah on
Tuesday. The third and final match will be played in Sharjah on Monday.
Pakistan's batting, which folded in the first one-day for 198, showed
a remarkable improvement as Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez (23) raced to 66
by the 12th over to set their team on course for a win.
Even when Hafeez pulled Dan Christian straight into the hands of
Hussey, Jamshed remained unperturbed, as he pulled Christian for two
exquisite sixes over mid-wicket.
He brought up his sixth one-day fifty off 58 balls. As he looked set
for his second hundred, Jamshed miscued a drive off Mitchell Johnson
straight into the hands of Mitchell Starc at mid-off. He added 101 for
the second wicket with Azhar Ali who made 59 not out.
Pakistan also lost Asad Shafiq (nine) but Ali and Misbah-ul Haq (35)
saw off the target.
Australian paceman Starc and James Pattinson, who shared eight
wickets between them in the first match, found the ball hard to grip in
the humid conditions and dismissed just one batsman.
SCOREBOARD
AUSTRALIA
M. Wade b Khan 07
D. Warner lbw b Ajmal 24
M. Clarke lbw b Hafeez 37
M. Hussey b Ajmal 61
D. Hussey lbw b Ajmal 00
G. Bailey c and b Rehman 39
G. Maxwell st Kamran b Ajmal 28
D. Christian c Ajmal b Khan 18
M. Johnson b Khan 02
J. Pattinson not out 02
M. Starc not out 11
Extras: (lb9, nb5, w5) 19
Total: (for nine wkts in 50 overs) 248
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Wade), 2-74 (Wade), 3-86 (Clarke)
4-87 (D. Hussey), 5-153 (Bailey)
6-211 (M. Hussey), 7-214 (Maxwell)
8-235 (Christian), 9-235 (Johnson)
Bowling: Tanveer 9-0-59-0 (nb5, w1)
Khan 9-0-52-3 (w4)
Hafeez 10-1-28-1
Rehman 10-0-54-1
Ajmal 10-0-32-4
Ali 2-0-14-0
PAKISTAN
Mohammad Hafeez c M. Hussey b Christian 23
Nasir Jamshed c Starc b Johnson 97
Azhar Ali not out 59
Asad Shafiq b Pattinson 09
Misbah-ul Haq not out 35
Extras: (lb6, w20) 26
Total: (for three wickets in 43.4 overs) 249
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Hafeez), 2-167 (Jamshed), 3-190 (Shafiq)
Bowling: Pattinson 8-0-46-1 (w2)
Starc 7.5-0-43-0 (w5)
Johnson 9-0-51-1 (w1)
Christian 8-0-40-1 (w1)
Maxwell 4.4-0-37-0 (w9)
Clarke 3.1-0-12-0
M. Hussey 1-0-8-0 (w3)
D. Hussey 2-0-6-0 |
