Australia 1st Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
4
16
1
0
25
Over 4.4: Bowled him! Mohammad Aamer to SR Watson, good length delivery, looks to pad up again around off and middle, there is an lbw shout and the Umpire is almost raising his finger but the ball anyway rolled off the pad onto the stumps!
ct Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif
80
138
9
0
57.97
Over 44.3: He is Caught! Mohammad Asif to SM Katich, good length delivery, goes back in an attempt to work the ball to the onside but can only edge it behind to Kamran Akmal with the ball seaming away around off and middle!
ct Umar Amin b Mohammad Aamer
26
39
4
0
66.67
Over 16.6: He is Caught! Mohammad Aamer to RT Ponting, short of length delivery, shuffles across and whips it but straight into the hands of an alert short leg fielder who holds onto that terrific sharp catch below his waist! That was Amin taking that catch.
47
77
8
0
61.04
Over 42.6: Out LBW! Mohammad Asif to MJ Clarke, good length delivery, attempts an off drive and is hit on the pad by one that swung in sharply to hit the pad infront of middle. That was absolutely plumb!
0
3
0
0
0
Over 44.6: Bowled him! Mohammad Asif to MJ North, good length delivery, plants his frontfoot around middle and attempts a loose drive on the up and the magician Asif gets the ball to nip back ever so slightly to beat the bat and hit the timber! North didn't quite get his frontpad across the stumps.
ct Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul
7
46
1
0
15.22
Over 58.1: He is Caught! Umar Gul to TD Paine, short of length delivery, thats a terrific leg cutter kind of ball landing on the seam while angling in to force Paine to play at that! The away movement was just enough to force an edge to the keeper!
1
7
0
0
14.29
Over 59.1: Out LBW! Danish Kaneria to SPD Smith, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward in defence thinking that it was a leg break with the bat well outside the line but instead its the googly turning in to hit the pad infront of off! Rudi Koertze gives the slow death to Smith!
3
9
0
0
33.33
Over 61.6: Bowled him! Danish Kaneria to MG Johnson, flighted delivery, attempts a wild slog sweep and is done in by a sharp turning leg break which goes onto hit the middle stump!
1
8
0
0
12.5
Over 64.6: Bowled him! Mohammad Aamer to BJ Hilfenhaus, good length delivery, attempts to flick all across his frontpad and ends up getting his off stump take a blow by a skidder from Aamer which just swung back from outside off.
4
28
1
0
14.29
Over 76.5: Bowled him! Mohammad Aamer to DE Bollinger, thats a perfect change of length, the yorker after a short one and Bollinger's feet are way back in the crease and a nothing flick shot is beaten to destroy the stumps!
extras
(lb 2, w 2, nb 10 , b10)
24
Total
(10 wickets; 76.5 overs)
253
(3.29 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :
1-8 (SR Watson,
4.4 ov) ,
2-51 (RT Ponting,
16.6 ov) ,
3-171 (MJ Clarke,
42.6 ov) ,
4-174 (SM Katich,
44.3 ov) ,
5-174 (MJ North,
44.6 ov) ,
6-206 (TD Paine,
58.1 ov) ,
7-208 (SPD Smith,
59.1 ov) ,
8-213 (MG Johnson,
61.6 ov) ,
9-222 (BJ Hilfenhaus,
64.6 ov) ,
10-253 (DE Bollinger,
76.5 ov) ,
18
7
49
2
2.72
(1nb)
Over 59.1: Out LBW! Danish Kaneria to SPD Smith, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward in defence thinking that it was a leg break with the bat well outside the line but instead its the googly turning in to hit the pad infront of off! Rudi Koertze gives the slow death to Smith!
Over 61.6: Bowled him! Danish Kaneria to MG Johnson, flighted delivery, attempts a wild slog sweep and is done in by a sharp turning leg break which goes onto hit the middle stump!
19.5
2
72
4
3.63
(2w)
Over 4.4: Bowled him! Mohammad Aamer to SR Watson, good length delivery, looks to pad up again around off and middle, there is an lbw shout and the Umpire is almost raising his finger but the ball anyway rolled off the pad onto the stumps!
Over 16.6: He is Caught! Mohammad Aamer to RT Ponting, short of length delivery, shuffles across and whips it but straight into the hands of an alert short leg fielder who holds onto that terrific sharp catch below his waist! That was Amin taking that catch.
Over 64.6: Bowled him! Mohammad Aamer to BJ Hilfenhaus, good length delivery, attempts to flick all across his frontpad and ends up getting his off stump take a blow by a skidder from Aamer which just swung back from outside off.
Over 76.5: Bowled him! Mohammad Aamer to DE Bollinger, thats a perfect change of length, the yorker after a short one and Bollinger's feet are way back in the crease and a nothing flick shot is beaten to destroy the stumps!
19
5
63
3
3.32
0
Over 42.6: Out LBW! Mohammad Asif to MJ Clarke, good length delivery, attempts an off drive and is hit on the pad by one that swung in sharply to hit the pad infront of middle. That was absolutely plumb!
Over 44.3: He is Caught! Mohammad Asif to SM Katich, good length delivery, goes back in an attempt to work the ball to the onside but can only edge it behind to Kamran Akmal with the ball seaming away around off and middle!
Over 44.6: Bowled him! Mohammad Asif to MJ North, good length delivery, plants his frontfoot around middle and attempts a loose drive on the up and the magician Asif gets the ball to nip back ever so slightly to beat the bat and hit the timber! North didn't quite get his frontpad across the stumps.
17
3
32
1
1.88
(9nb)
Over 58.1: He is Caught! Umar Gul to TD Paine, short of length delivery, thats a terrific leg cutter kind of ball landing on the seam while angling in to force Paine to play at that! The away movement was just enough to force an edge to the keeper!
Pakistan 1st Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
ct TD Paine b BJ Hilfenhaus
4
19
1
0
21.05
Over 6.1: He is Caught! BJ Hilfenhaus to Imran Farhat, good length delivery, looks to drive it straight down the ground on the up and Hilfenhaus gets the ball to swing away late to take the edge for the keeper. Hilfenhaus has replaced Johnson ans is bowling from over the sticks.
63
94
12
0
67.02
Over 36.6: Bowled him! SR Watson to Salman Butt, pitched up delivery, plays right across the line to an inswinging yorker from off to get clean bowled! Salman didn't quite get his frontpad across to cover the line of that delivery and his bat face closed too soon!
ct TD Paine b BJ Hilfenhaus
16
43
2
0
37.21
Over 16.6: He is Caught! BJ Hilfenhaus to Azhar Ali, short of length delivery, plays away from his body feeling for an outswinger outside off and can only nick it behind to Paine!
1
3
0
0
33.33
Over 19.2: He is Caught! MG Johnson to Umar Amin, short and rising delivery, and that is the third wicket down, this one angling in to force the left hander to play at that and the extra bounce with a bit of away movement forces the edge to the keeper.
5
21
0
0
23.81
Over 26.4: Out LBW! SR Watson to Umar Akmal, short of length delivery, shuffles in a predetermined manner and misses his flick around off to get hit on the pad. That one didn't quite bounce that high to have him plumb infront according to Rudi Koertzen!
0
3
0
0
0
Over 28.1: Out LBW! SR Watson to Kamran Akmal, good length delivery, Kamran is a dead duck here, has no clue that it was an inducker coming back to hit his backpad right infront of off! Watson seemed to have held it for the outswinger and that was what Kamran was expecting, to leave it outside off, but it straightened off the slope!
ct MG Johnson b SR Watson
31
15
4
2
206.67
Over 30.6: He is Caught! SR Watson to Shahid Afridi, pitched up delivery, this is an inswinger and its a slightly late decision from Afridi to loft it and he can only miscue it high in the air to be caught by Johnson at mid off.
ct TD Paine b DE Bollinger
0
2
0
0
0
Over 31.2: He is Caught! DE Bollinger to Mohammad Aamer, short and rising delivery, this time Bollinger ensures that the ball is angled into the left hander and there is absolutely no running away and Aamer can only fend it off the splice to the keeper who takes a simple catch.
ct SR Watson b DE Bollinger
7
20
1
0
35
Over 35.4: He is Caught! DE Bollinger to Umar Gul, short and rising delivery, nice angle from round the sticks and Umar Gul is forced to push at that off the splice and the edge flies quickly into the soft and safe hands of Watson at first slip.
14
20
1
0
70
Over 40.5: He is Caught! SR Watson to Danish Kaneria, pitched up delivery, edges the widish yorker into the hands of third slip who takes a smart catch to help Watson clinch a five-wicket haul. Australia lead by 105 runs.
extras
(lb 2, w 0, nb 1 , b0)
3
Total
(10 wickets; 40.5 overs)
148
(3.62 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :
1-11 (Imran Farhat,
6.1 ov) ,
2-45 (Azhar Ali,
16.6 ov) ,
3-54 (Umar Amin,
19.2 ov) ,
4-75 (Umar Akmal,
26.4 ov) ,
5-83 (Kamran Akmal,
28.1 ov) ,
6-117 (Shahid Afridi,
30.6 ov) ,
7-117 (Mohammad Aamer,
31.2 ov) ,
8-129 (Umar Gul,
35.4 ov) ,
9-133 (Salman Butt,
36.6 ov) ,
10-148 (Danish Kaneria,
40.5 ov) ,
11
3
38
2
3.45
0
Over 31.2: He is Caught! DE Bollinger to Mohammad Aamer, short and rising delivery, this time Bollinger ensures that the ball is angled into the left hander and there is absolutely no running away and Aamer can only fend it off the splice to the keeper who takes a simple catch.
Over 35.4: He is Caught! DE Bollinger to Umar Gul, short and rising delivery, nice angle from round the sticks and Umar Gul is forced to push at that off the splice and the edge flies quickly into the soft and safe hands of Watson at first slip.
12
2
37
2
3.08
(1nb)
Over 6.1: He is Caught! BJ Hilfenhaus to Imran Farhat, good length delivery, looks to drive it straight down the ground on the up and Hilfenhaus gets the ball to swing away late to take the edge for the keeper. Hilfenhaus has replaced Johnson ans is bowling from over the sticks.
Over 16.6: He is Caught! BJ Hilfenhaus to Azhar Ali, short of length delivery, plays away from his body feeling for an outswinger outside off and can only nick it behind to Paine!
10
2
31
1
3.1
0
Over 19.2: He is Caught! MG Johnson to Umar Amin, short and rising delivery, and that is the third wicket down, this one angling in to force the left hander to play at that and the extra bounce with a bit of away movement forces the edge to the keeper.
7.5
1
40
5
5.11
0
Over 26.4: Out LBW! SR Watson to Umar Akmal, short of length delivery, shuffles in a predetermined manner and misses his flick around off to get hit on the pad. That one didn't quite bounce that high to have him plumb infront according to Rudi Koertzen!
Over 28.1: Out LBW! SR Watson to Kamran Akmal, good length delivery, Kamran is a dead duck here, has no clue that it was an inducker coming back to hit his backpad right infront of off! Watson seemed to have held it for the outswinger and that was what Kamran was expecting, to leave it outside off, but it straightened off the slope!
Over 30.6: He is Caught! SR Watson to Shahid Afridi, pitched up delivery, this is an inswinger and its a slightly late decision from Afridi to loft it and he can only miscue it high in the air to be caught by Johnson at mid off.
Over 36.6: Bowled him! SR Watson to Salman Butt, pitched up delivery, plays right across the line to an inswinging yorker from off to get clean bowled! Salman didn't quite get his frontpad across to cover the line of that delivery and his bat face closed too soon!
Over 40.5: He is Caught! SR Watson to Danish Kaneria, pitched up delivery, edges the widish yorker into the hands of third slip who takes a smart catch to help Watson clinch a five-wicket haul. Australia lead by 105 runs.
Australia 2nd Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
ct Imran Farhat b Mohammad Asif
31
51
4
1
60.78
Over 16.3: He is Caught! Mohammad Asif to SR Watson, good length delivery, gets over ambitious losing his patience and plays a flashy drive on the up to a widish outswinger and ends up getting out at first slip. That was a fast thick edge which was well caught by Farhat.
ct Kamran Akmal b Umar Gul
83
174
14
0
47.7
Over 54.5: He is Caught! Umar Gul to SM Katich, short of length delivery, gets the ball to pitch oiutside off and move away just a fraction off the seam which is good enough to produce a thin edge to the keeper. Katich just didn't have to play at that but he had shuffled far too across the stumps!
0
6
0
0
0
Over 18.3: Out LBW! Mohammad Asif to RT Ponting, good length delivery, doesn't read the inswinger and blindly puts his frontpad across the off stump and is hit around the thighpad in a bent position. Rudi Koertzen gives the correct decision of the lbw with Ponting not offering any shot.
12
25
2
0
48
Over 26.3: Bowled him! Umar Gul to MJ Clarke, good length delivery, gets forward and doesn't read the inswinger at all, shapes up to leave the ball but only to have his off stump get a knock!
ct Imran Farhat b Umar Gul
0
1
0
0
0
Over 26.4: He is Caught! Umar Gul to MEK Hussey, short of length delivery, gets the ball to kick up on the seam around middle to force Hussey to play at that on the backfoot and its an edge which flies straight to first slip. Umar Gul is on a hat-trick.
30
54
5
0
55.56
Over 42.6: Bowled him! Umar Gul to MG Johnson, full toss, for some reason doesn't quite pick the inswinger and plays all across the line in a lazy flick to get clean bowled around middle!
ct Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Asif
20
25
2
0
80
Over 55.1: He is Caught! Mohammad Asif to MJ North, short of length delivery, plays away from his body and Asif has got the ball to dart away a long way from middle to induce a faint edge! This time Kamran Akmal has to dive to his left to take the catch.
47
85
3
0
55.29
Over 79.4: Bowled him! Shahid Afridi to TD Paine, quicker and flatter in the air, misreads the yorker and plays all around it with his flick to be clean bowled and also miss out a well deserved fifty!
12
17
1
0
70.59
Over 61.2: Out LBW! Danish Kaneria to SPD Smith, flighted delivery, gets the ball to drift in and hit the pad infront of off, that was a slider and Smith has his bat outside the line. Ian Gould is convinced enough to give the lbw!
21
33
3
0
63.64
Over 90.6: Bowled him! Danish Kaneria to DE Bollinger, flighted delivery, steps out for a big shot over long on and misses it to get clean bowled by a turning leg break! Pakistan need 440 runs to win. Its also time for Tea.
extras
(lb 5, w 2, nb 9 , b6)
22
Total
(10 wickets; 90.6 overs)
334
(3.67 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :
1-61 (SR Watson,
16.3 ov) ,
2-73 (RT Ponting,
18.3 ov) ,
3-97 (MJ Clarke,
26.3 ov) ,
4-97 (MEK Hussey,
26.4 ov) ,
5-149 (MG Johnson,
42.6 ov) ,
6-188 (SM Katich,
54.5 ov) ,
7-188 (MJ North,
55.1 ov) ,
8-208 (SPD Smith,
61.2 ov) ,
9-282 (TD Paine,
79.4 ov) ,
10-334 (DE Bollinger,
90.6 ov) ,
21
3
77
3
3.67
(2nb)
Over 16.3: He is Caught! Mohammad Asif to SR Watson, good length delivery, gets over ambitious losing his patience and plays a flashy drive on the up to a widish outswinger and ends up getting out at first slip. That was a fast thick edge which was well caught by Farhat.
Over 18.3: Out LBW! Mohammad Asif to RT Ponting, good length delivery, doesn't read the inswinger and blindly puts his frontpad across the off stump and is hit around the thighpad in a bent position. Rudi Koertzen gives the correct decision of the lbw with Ponting not offering any shot.
Over 55.1: He is Caught! Mohammad Asif to MJ North, short of length delivery, plays away from his body and Asif has got the ball to dart away a long way from middle to induce a faint edge! This time Kamran Akmal has to dive to his left to take the catch.
21
5
61
4
2.9
(3nb, 2w)
Over 26.3: Bowled him! Umar Gul to MJ Clarke, good length delivery, gets forward and doesn't read the inswinger at all, shapes up to leave the ball but only to have his off stump get a knock!
Over 26.4: He is Caught! Umar Gul to MEK Hussey, short of length delivery, gets the ball to kick up on the seam around middle to force Hussey to play at that on the backfoot and its an edge which flies straight to first slip. Umar Gul is on a hat-trick.
Over 42.6: Bowled him! Umar Gul to MG Johnson, full toss, for some reason doesn't quite pick the inswinger and plays all across the line in a lazy flick to get clean bowled around middle!
Over 54.5: He is Caught! Umar Gul to SM Katich, short of length delivery, gets the ball to pitch oiutside off and move away just a fraction off the seam which is good enough to produce a thin edge to the keeper. Katich just didn't have to play at that but he had shuffled far too across the stumps!
17
2
74
2
4.35
(3nb)
Over 61.2: Out LBW! Danish Kaneria to SPD Smith, flighted delivery, gets the ball to drift in and hit the pad infront of off, that was a slider and Smith has his bat outside the line. Ian Gould is convinced enough to give the lbw!
Over 90.6: Bowled him! Danish Kaneria to DE Bollinger, flighted delivery, steps out for a big shot over long on and misses it to get clean bowled by a turning leg break! Pakistan need 440 runs to win. Its also time for Tea.
14
1
44
1
3.14
(1nb)
Over 79.4: Bowled him! Shahid Afridi to TD Paine, quicker and flatter in the air, misreads the yorker and plays all around it with his flick to be clean bowled and also miss out a well deserved fifty!
Pakistan 2nd Innings
r
b
4s
6s
SR
24
48
3
0
50
Over 15.1: He is Caught! SPD Smith to Imran Farhat, flighted delivery, moves back and attempts an ambitious pull shot flat in the air and its well caught by Watson at mid wicket. It came straight onto Watson but came at a rapid pace.
92
173
15
0
53.18
Over 55.1: Stumped Out! MJ North to Salman Butt, flighted delivery, attempts a careless flick shot down the legside and loses his balance totally to not only miss the ball but also get stumped! North has just replaced Watson and is bowling from round the sticks.
ct TD Paine b BJ Hilfenhaus
42
87
4
0
48.28
Over 46.6: He is Caught! BJ Hilfenhaus to Azhar Ali, good length delivery, pushes at an outswinger with hard hands on the frontfoot and gets a healthy edge which is caught by the diving Paine.
33
55
4
0
60
Over 67.1: He is Caught! MJ North to Umar Amin, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward in defence and can only get a bat pad edge straight to shortleg! Amin was playing for the off break but it was the drifter with the arm and Katich did well to pounce onto the sharp chance.
22
30
3
1
73.33
Over 63.3: He is Caught! MJ North to Umar Akmal, flatter trajectory delivery, goes back for a cut and its a top spinner perhaps getting some sudden bite of the pitch to induce the top edge which is well caught by an alert Clarke at slip!
46
82
6
1
56.1
Over 86.5: Bowled him! SPD Smith to Kamran Akmal, flatter trajectory delivery, goes back for the big pull over mid wicket and its a well disguised flipper that skids through low to beat the bat and hit the middle stump!!
2
4
0
0
50
Over 67.5: He is Caught! MJ North to Shahid Afridi, flighted delivery, goes for the slog sweep and ends up with a dreadful top edge which is just caught infront of the ropes at deep mid wicket by Hussey! North got good loop and bounce in that off break.
19
48
1
0
39.58
Over 87.4: He is Caught! MJ North to Mohammad Aamer, flatter trajectory delivery, clears his frontleg and slog sweeps it flat in the air but straight into the hands of the fielder Hussey at deep wide mid wicket! That's a five wicket haul for North!
ct RT Ponting b SPD Smith
1
10
0
0
10
Over 90.1: He is Caught! SPD Smith to Umar Gul, flighted delivery, closes the face of the blade in a flick and ends up with a leading edge which is caught by the forward diving Ponting at covers.
2
11
0
0
18.18
Over 91.1: He is Caught! MJ North to Danish Kaneria, flighted delivery, doesn't bother to get to the pitch of the ball and drives it uppishly and straight into the hands of Ponting at covers! Match Over.
extras
(lb 1, w 0, nb 2 , b2)
5
Total
(10 wickets; 91.1 overs)
289
(3.17 runs per over)
Fall of wickets :
1-50 (Imran Farhat,
15.1 ov) ,
2-152 (Azhar Ali,
46.6 ov) ,
3-186 (Salman Butt,
55.1 ov) ,
4-216 (Umar Akmal,
63.3 ov) ,
5-227 (Umar Amin,
67.1 ov) ,
6-229 (Shahid Afridi,
67.5 ov) ,
7-283 (Kamran Akmal,
86.5 ov) ,
8-285 (Mohammad Aamer,
87.4 ov) ,
9-287 (Umar Gul,
90.1 ov) ,
10-289 (Danish Kaneria,
91.1 ov) ,
16
8
37
1
2.31
(2nb)
Over 46.6: He is Caught! BJ Hilfenhaus to Azhar Ali, good length delivery, pushes at an outswinger with hard hands on the frontfoot and gets a healthy edge which is caught by the diving Paine.
21
5
51
3
2.43
0
Over 15.1: He is Caught! SPD Smith to Imran Farhat, flighted delivery, moves back and attempts an ambitious pull shot flat in the air and its well caught by Watson at mid wicket. It came straight onto Watson but came at a rapid pace.
Over 86.5: Bowled him! SPD Smith to Kamran Akmal, flatter trajectory delivery, goes back for the big pull over mid wicket and its a well disguised flipper that skids through low to beat the bat and hit the middle stump!!
Over 90.1: He is Caught! SPD Smith to Umar Gul, flighted delivery, closes the face of the blade in a flick and ends up with a leading edge which is caught by the forward diving Ponting at covers.
18.1
1
55
6
3.03
0
Over 55.1: Stumped Out! MJ North to Salman Butt, flighted delivery, attempts a careless flick shot down the legside and loses his balance totally to not only miss the ball but also get stumped! North has just replaced Watson and is bowling from round the sticks.
Over 63.3: He is Caught! MJ North to Umar Akmal, flatter trajectory delivery, goes back for a cut and its a top spinner perhaps getting some sudden bite of the pitch to induce the top edge which is well caught by an alert Clarke at slip!
Over 67.1: He is Caught! MJ North to Umar Amin, flatter trajectory delivery, gets forward in defence and can only get a bat pad edge straight to shortleg! Amin was playing for the off break but it was the drifter with the arm and Katich did well to pounce onto the sharp chance.
Over 67.5: He is Caught! MJ North to Shahid Afridi, flighted delivery, goes for the slog sweep and ends up with a dreadful top edge which is just caught infront of the ropes at deep mid wicket by Hussey! North got good loop and bounce in that off break.
Over 87.4: He is Caught! MJ North to Mohammad Aamer, flatter trajectory delivery, clears his frontleg and slog sweeps it flat in the air but straight into the hands of the fielder Hussey at deep wide mid wicket! That's a five wicket haul for North!
Over 91.1: He is Caught! MJ North to Danish Kaneria, flighted delivery, doesn't bother to get to the pitch of the ball and drives it uppishly and straight into the hands of Ponting at covers! Match Over.
Toss: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to field
Player of the match: SM Katich
Umpires: IJ Gould and RE Koertzen
Reserve Umpire: Nadeem Ghauri