AUSTRALIA VS PAKISTAN encounter at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday
, 2nd May, at Beausejour Cricket Ground at Gros Islet in West Indies is reached into the interesting stage. The latest update of the match is defending champion Pakistan lost to Australia by 34 runs.
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first at this afternoon at St. Lucia. Warner and Shane Watson started the Australian inning. Warner scored 26 runs in 18 deliveries before lost his wicket to Sami in the sixth over of the play and the Australians were at 51. Captain Michael Clarke lost his wicket in the cheap.
For the third wicket Shane Watson and David Hussey scored the partnership of 98 runs just in 8.2 overs. Hussy scored 53 runs in 29 balls with the help of 2 fours and 5 sixes. Shane Watson out for 81 runs when the total score of his team was 164 runs.
Watson 81 came in 49 balls with the strike rate of 165.3. He crossed the ball fence 11 times with 7 fours and 4 sixes.
In the 20 overs Australians all out for 191 runs. Mohammad Aamer and Saeed Ajmal shared 3 wickets each for Pakistan.
In reply Pakistan starting was not good. Opener Kamran Akmal leave the crease without scoring. Only Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi resists the Australian bowling attack. They scored 41 runs and 33 runs respectively. The complete team out for 157 runs in 20 overs and the lost the game by 34 runs. Australian bowler Shaun Tait and Nannes shared 3 wickets each in their victory.Shane Watson declared Man of the Match.
Australia lost a warm-up match against Zimbabwe in the T20 World Cup Cricket 2010. In the past two Twenty20 tournaments Australians have been never winning in their opening games.
THE DEFENDING champions Pakistanlost to Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday, 2nd May 2010 at Beausejour Cricket Ground at Gros Islet in West Indies. Pakistan won their first match of the T20 World Cup against Bangladesh by 21 runs.