Pakistan v Australia, 1st ODI, Pak Lose :(

Australia 199 for 6 (Clarke 66, Bailey 57*, Ajmal 3-30) beat Pakistan 198 (Shafiq 56, Starc 5-42, Pattinson 3-19) by four wickets

Sharjah: Australia will chase a target of 199 runs in the first ODI against Pakistan after Pakistani batting line collapsed against the furious Australian bowling attack at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Pakistan team won the toss and decided to bat first. But the decision was proven wrong after the top three batsmen were sent to pavilion on 40 runs. Later two partnerships between Asad Shafiq-Misbah-ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq-Umar Akmal provided Pakistan a chance to stable the innings.

But the lower order of the Pakistani team failed to capitalize on the stand provided by two partnerships and the whole team got out at 198 runs.

Asad Shafiq (56) and Umar Akmal were the two successful batsmen from Pakistani side followed by Misbah-ul-Haq (26) and Nasir Jamshed (23). Other Pakistani batsmen failed to cross 10’s.

Mitchell Starc, who took five wicket haul for the first time in ODI career, was the most successful batsmen from Australian side. Pattinson took three wickets while Johnson and Christian shared one wicket each.