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- Ponting lashes Pakistan's quicks in 7 wicket win
 NATWEST SERIES, 2001, 2nd Match, Australia v Pakistan
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 9 June 2001 (50-over match)
Toss: Pakistan
Umpires: AGT Whitehead and P Willey, TV Umpire: R Julian
Match Referee: BF Hastings (NZ)
PAKISTAN Innings (50 overs
Saeed Anwar c Warne b Harvey 35
Shahid Afridi c ME Waugh b Lee 11
Abdur Razzaq st Gilchrist b Warne 9
Inzamam-ul-Haq st Gilchrist b Warne 0
Yusuf Youhana not out 91
Younis Khan lbw b Harvey 13
Azhar Mahmood c Gilchrist b Warne 0
+Rashid Latif run out (SR Waugh/Lee) 66
*Waqar Younis c Warne b McGrath 14
Saqlain Mushtaq run out (SR Waugh/McGrath) 2
Shoaib Akhtar c ME Waugh b McGrath 1
Extras (lb 3, w 6, nb 6) 15
TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs, 202 mins) 257
FoW: 1-14 (Shahid Afridi, 3.2 ov), 2-44 (Abdur Razzaq, 12.1 ov), 3-45 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 12.3 ov), 4-65 (Saeed Anwar, 17.6 ov),5-83 (Younis Khan, 21.5 ov), 6-85 (Azhar Mahmood, 22.6 ov), 7-209 (Rashid Latif, 43.6 ov), 8-241 (Waqar Younis, 47.1 ov), 9-254 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 49.1 ov), 10-257 (Shoaib Akhtar, 49.5 ov).
Bowling-McGrath 9.5 2 22 2, Lee 10 1 85 1 (2nb, 3w), Harvey 10 2 39 2 (1nb), Warne 10 0 52 3 (1nb, 2w), Martyn 4 0 21 0, Symonds 4 0 23 0 (1w), Bevan 2 0 12 0.
AUSTRALIA innings (target: 258 runs from 50
ME Waugh c Younis Khan b Abdur Razzaq 47
+AC Gilchrist b Shoaib Akhtar 13
RT Ponting c Abdur Razzaq b Saqlain Mushtaq 70
MG Bevan not out 57
*SR Waugh not out 54
Extras (b 6, lb 2, w 3, nb 6) 17
TOTAL (3 wickets, 45.4 overs) 258
DNB: DR Martyn, A Symonds, IJ Harvey, SK Warne, B Lee,
GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-20 (Gilchrist, 3.3 ov), 2-112 (ME Waugh, 17.6 ov),
3-142 (Ponting, 23.3 ov).
Bowling-
Waqar Younis 7 0 41 0 (1nb), Shoaib Akhtar 5 0 41 1 (1nb), Azhar Mahmood 8 0 37 0, Abdur Razzaq 9 0 42 1 (2nb), Saqlain Mushtaq 8.4 0 45 1 (2nb), Shahid Afridi 8 0 44 0 (1w).
Saeed Anwar and Shahid Afridi opened for Pakistan and
immediately set about the Australian bowling but Mark Waugh quickly took a flyer of a catch at slip off Brett Lee.
The innings which began with a flurry of shots then became becalmed with a string of maidens.
With the introduction of Warne the game changed. first Abdur Razzaq lost his balance and was stumped by a fumbling Gilchrist then a wide was bowled followed by Inzamam losing his nut and charging Warne. He was stumped by a mile.
Australia 's fielding was magnificent saving a lot of runs and adding pressure on the Pakistani batsmen.
Having pulled Harvey for four Yohana was lbw to Harvey then Khan edgec a leg break to the wicket keeper.
Pakistan were in all sorts of trouble and must be rueing their decision to bat first.
Rashid Latif joined Yohana and these two took the score to 209 before a run out mix up brought the end og Rashid's great knock of 66.
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- Australia bludgeon Pakistan's speed
- Australia emerged commanding victors in match two of this Natwest series but not before Pakistan had staged an astonishing recovery from 85-6 to 257 all out.
Saeed Anwar and Shahid Afridi opened for Pakistan and
immediately set about the Australian bowling but Mark Waugh quickly took a flyer of a catch at slip off Brett Lee.
The innings which began with a flurry of shots then became becalmed with a string of maidens.
With the introduction of Warne the game changed. first Abdur Razzaq lost his balance and was stumped by a fumbling Gilchrist then a wide was bowled followed by Inzamam losing his nut and charging Warne. He was stumped by a mile.
Australia's fielding was magnificent saving a lot of runs and adding pressure on the Pakistani batsmen.
Having pulled Harvey for four Khan was lbw to Harvey then Azhar Mahmood edged a leg break to the wicket keeper to record a duck.
Pakistan were in all sorts of trouble and must have been be rueing their decision to bat first.
Rashid Latif joined Yohana and these two took the score to 209 before a run out mix up brought the end of Rashid's great knock of 66.
Australia were unable to stem the run flow but did take the remaining wickets Mark Waugh strolling round the boundary to catch a big hit from Shoaib off the penultimate ball.
Pakistan opened with Waqar and Shoaib and they bowled very fast Shoaib reaching 95mph. Although they captured the useful wicket of Gilchrist, Ponting and Mark Waugh hit the bowling all round the park setting up the innings at an exceptionally fast rate.
Waqar failed to bring on Afridi and Saglain until too late and all the medium pacers were severely punished even the normally mean Abdur Razzaq.
Steve Waugh and Bevan carried on after Ponting had fallen to Saqlain and put on over 100 to romp home by 7 wickets.
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- Teams:
AUSTRALIA (from): A Gilchrist (wkt), D Martyn, M Waugh, R Ponting, S Waugh (captain), M Bevan, M Hayden, I Harvey, S Warne, B Lee, G McGrath, N Bracken.
PAKISTAN: Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi, Abdur Razzaq, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Azhar Mahmood, Younis Khan, Rashid Latif (wkt), Waqar Younis (captain), Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar.
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