1st ODI: Australia v Pakistan at Sharjah - 28th Aug 2012

[Mr.Khan]

Assalaam Alaikum



Australia v Pakistan

1st ODI at Sharjah

[Mr.Khan]

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Australia squad

MJ Clarke*, GJ Bailey, DT Christian, XJ Doherty, CJ Ferguson, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, AC McDermott, GJ Maxwell, JL Pattinson, SPD Smith, MA Starc, MS Wade†, DA Warner

[Mr.Khan]

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Pakistan squad

Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Aizaz Cheema, Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Kamran Akmal†, Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal

[MR.Fkas]

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Match to be started at 14:00 GMT

[MR.Fkas]

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Pitch report: According to pitch expert Robin Jackman, it is still very hot 36 degree in the middle, I dont how the pitch is going to do, the ball might swing in the lights, looks very consistant from both ends, new ball may swing a bit early on with some carry as well but it is a pitch to bat on, Pakistan have won 9 out of 10 they played here.

[MR.Fkas]

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Toss: Misbah spins the coin, tails is the call from Clarke and it comes down to head, Misbah has won the toss and decided to bat first

[MR.Fkas]

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The toss can play a vital role in this series as the matches will start in the evening which may help the seamers in lights and the dew can also play a part in the match later on the wet ball will not be easy to grip, lets see what the captain's do after the toss.

[MR.Fkas]

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The big news from Pakistan that explosive wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal is back in the side as we saw in the BPL anad SLPL he looked in great touch which will give Pakistan batting some strength.

[MR.Fkas]

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While in this series Australia having edge in batting and pace department over Pakistan but on the other hand Pakistan will heavily rely on their spinners as we saw the past track record in UAE they were superb, Hafeez was excellent with the new ball specially against left handers while Afridi and Ajmal are in great form as we saw in the past that they can demolish any batting attack.

[MR.Fkas]

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Two batsmen from Australia have scored two centuries against Pakistan, Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke while from Pakistan Zaheer Abbas was the only one who scored two centuries against Australia.

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Shahid Afridi having the best bowling figure in a match against Australia that was 6 for 38 in 2009 at Dubai.

[MR.Fkas]

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The legendary left-arm pacer Wasim Akram is the leading wicket-taker in ODIs between Pakistan and Australia, he took 67 wickets in 49 matches.

[MR.Fkas]

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Ricky Ponting scored most runs from Australia in ODIs against Pakistan and Javed Miandad was the leading runs scorer from Pakistan in ODIs against Australia.

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Australia's highest total against Pakistan 337 at Sydney in 2000, while Pakistan's highest total against Australia is 315 at Lahore in 1998 and their lowest total is 108 at Nairobi in 2002, Australia's lowest total is 120 against Pakistan at Hobart in 1997.

[MR.Fkas]

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Time for a long break (due to load shedding), Hope will be back after 2 hours.