Umar Akmal's sparkling 64 from 31 balls lifted the Pakistanis to a competitive total of 167 for eight and excellent bowling from Mohammad Aamer and Umar Gul strangled Australia, who slumped to 144 all out in the 19th over.
SCORE BOARD
PAKISTAN
Butt c Warner b D Hussey 13
Hasan c D Hussey b Nannes 0
K Akmal (run out) 23
Malik c Paine b Nannes 21
Afridi lbw Smith 0
U Akmal b Tait 64
Razzaq b Tait 7
Aamer (not out) 11
Gul (run out) 10
Extras (LB-1, NB-1, W-16) 18
Total (for 8 wkts, 20 overs) 167
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-45, 3-45, 4-47, 5-98, 6-137, 7-153, 8-167.
Bowling: Nannes 4-0-41-2, Tait 4-0-25-2, Johnson 4-0-33-0, D Hussey 4-0-33-1, Smith 4-0-34-1.
AUSTRALIA
Warner b Ajmal 41
Watson lbw Aamer 0
Clarke c Afridi b Razzaq 5
D Hussey c Malik b Afridi 34
White c Afridi b Aamer 17
M Hussey b Gul 18
Smith b Aamer 12
Paine b Gul 1
Johnson st K Akmal b Ajmal 3
Nannes (not out) 0
Tait st K Akmal b Ajmal 6
Extras (LB-3, NB-1, W-3) 7
Total (all out, 18.4 overs) 144
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-29, 3-81, 4-85, 5-109, 6-132, 7-134, 8-137, 9-138.
Bowling: Mohammad Aamer 4-0-27-3, Shoaib Akhtar 2-0-34-0, Abdul Razzaq 2-0-15-1, Shahid Afridi 4-0-26-1, Umar Gul 3-0-13-2, Saeed Ajmal 3.4-0-26-3.
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