All-round Pakistan too good for Australia

May 07, 2009

The opening stand of 42 for Australia was brought to an end by Umar Gul, who removed Shane Watson for 33•Associated Press

Afridi then removed David Hussey for 4 to end with three wickets in the match•Associated Press

Ben Hilfenhaus sent back opener Salman Butt, as Australia got off to great start defending a below-par 108•Associated Press

Pakistan overhauled the target in the 17th over and won the one-off Twenty20 international by seven wickets•Associated Press

Shahid Afridi dismissed James Hopes and Andrew Symonds off successive deliveries to turn the game Pakistan's way•Associated Press

Brad Haddin battled bravely but perished for 24, as Australia slid to 73 for 5•Associated Press

But Kamran Akmal's aggressive intent did not bode well for the Australians•Associated Press

Gul dented the lower half of Australia's batting order to end with astounding figures of 4-0-8-4•Associated Press

Akmal got to his fifty off 38 balls •Associated Press