- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR8.1 that's wide down the leg side, from round the stumps 99/18.3 a run-out chance at the non-striker's end, but Haddin makes his ground after dabbing it short fine, and they get an overthrow too 102/213 No. 4 for him, another straighter one, well bowled, throws it up outside off, Ponting defends, playing for the spin, this one goes with the angle, and gets a tickle through to Rahim 144/412.3 and he has got three now, Symonds looks for another six, goes for the big sweep, this is a straighter one from round the stumps, and he splices it to short third man 143/318.2 another slower delivery, it works this time, Clarke looks to clear the straight boundary, gets the toe end of the bat, and Tamim at long-on takes a good catch low and forward 204/617.3 steps out, Shakib bowls it flat, Hussey heaves big, misses by a kilometre, easy stumping for Rahim 196/5Extras8 (lb 1, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL219/6 (20 Overs, RR: 10.95)Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Shane Watson, 8.1 ov), 2-102 (Brad Haddin, 8.3 ov), 3-143 (Andrew Symonds, 12.3 ov), 4-144 (Ricky Ponting, 12.6 ov), 5-196 (Michael Hussey, 17.3 ov), 6-204 (Michael Clarke, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Mashrafe Mortaza 4 0 44 1 11 1 0 Syed Rasel 3 0 36 0 12 0 0 Rubel Hossain 3 0 44 0 14.66 0 1 Shakib Al Hasan 4 0 31 1 7.75 0 0 Naeem Islam 2 0 26 0 13 1 0 Mahmudullah 4 0 37 4 9.25 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 soft, too many risks taken, and he pays for it, this was over-pitched, gives it his all, hits it hard in the air, straight down mid-off's throat 34/22.2 full and fast, and Australia's best bowler strikes, 91mph, Junaid plays all around it, straight as the ball was it takes the leg stump 32/19.1 chopped onto the stumps, short and fast, no room, 90mph, he is clearly late on this attempt to run it down to third man, and gets the bottom edge onto the middle stump. Johnson again strikes in the first over of a new spell 92/313.1 and he is finally out! makes room room again, Bracken follows him with a slower offcutter, all he manages is to slice it towards extra cover, where Ponting takes a safe, diving catch 132/415.2 played on again, Raqibul backs away to try and hit it over cover, Lee bowls a slower bouncer, he bottom-edges onto the middle stump 149/518.5 slower ball, cleans him up, goes for the slog sweep, and connects air 177/619.3 another one goes, delaying the inevitable, Mortaza goes for the big hoick, gets a thick edge, straight to third man 178/7Extras17 (lb 5, nb 3, w 9)TOTAL181/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.05)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Zunaed Siddique, 2.2 ov), 2-34 (Tamim Iqbal, 3.2 ov), 3-92 (Mohammad Ashraful, 9.1 ov), 4-132 (Shakib Al Hasan, 13.1 ov), 5-149 (Raqibul Hasan, 15.2 ov), 6-177 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 18.5 ov), 7-178 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 19.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB NW Bracken 4 0 32 2 8 0 0 B Lee 4 0 32 2 8 1 3 MG Johnson 4 0 21 3 5.25 1 0 JR Hopes 2 0 26 0 13 1 0 DJ Hussey 3 0 32 0 10.66 2 0 A Symonds 1 0 17 0 17 0 0 MJ Clarke 2 0 16 0 8 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.30 start, First Session 13.30-14.50, Interval 14.50-15.10, Second Session 15.10-16.30
Match days
1 June 2009 (20-over match)
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
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