ABU DHABI: The Scoreboard from the first of three-T20 International series between Pakistan and Australia at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Wednesday.
Australian captain Aaron Finch won the toss and put Pakistan to bat in the first T20I, which was comfortably won by the green shits to maintain the top slot on the ICC table of ranking.
Sarfraz-led Pakistan team appeared happy to bat first and set a target of 156 for kangaroos. Australia were all out for 89 handing Pakistan a big victory to lead the 3-match series 1-0.
Pakistan did not have the services of Shoaib Malik for this game, while Imad Wasim was given chance to play his first international game this year and declared the man of the match.
SCOREBOARD
===============================================================Pakistan
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Fakhar Zaman c Coulter-Nile b Stanlake 14
Babar Azam not out 68
Mohammad Hafeez c McDermott b Short 39
Asif Ali lbw b Zampa 2
Hussain Talat c Finch b Tye 9
Faheem Ashraf c Maxwell b Tye 0
Sarfraz Ahmed lbw b Stanlake 0
Shadab Khan c McDermott b Stanlake 1
Imad Wasim c Finch b Tye 0
Hasan Ali not out 17
===============================================================Extras: (b 1, lb 3, w 1) 5
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Total: (for eight wkts; 20 overs) 155
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Did not bat: Shaheen Shah Afridi
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Zaman), 2-105 (Hafeez), 3-110 (Ali), 4-130 (Talat), 5-130 (Ashraf), 6-131 (Sarfraz), 7-133 (Shadab), 8-133 (Wasim)
Bowling: Coulter-Nile 4-0-42-0, Stanlake 4-0-21-3 (1w), Tye 4-0-24-3, Agar 2-0-19-0, Zampa 4-0-32-1, Short 2-0-13-1
===============================================================Australia
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A. Finch b Wasim 0
D. Short b Wasim 4
C. Lynn b Ashraf 14
G. Maxwell b Ashraf 2
B. McDermott run out 0
A. Carey c Sarfraz b Wasim 1
A. Agar c Sarfraz b Hasan 19
N. Coulter-Nile b Shadab 34
A. Zampa c Hasan b Shaheen 3
A. Tye b Shaheen 6
B. Stanlake not out 2
===============================================================Extras: (b1, lb3) 4
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Total: (all out; 16.5 overs) 89
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Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Finch), 2-5 (Short), 3-16 (Maxwell), 4-16 (McDermott), 5-22 (Carey), 6-22 (Lynn), 7-60 (Agar), 8-72 (Zampa), 9-78 (Tye)
Bowling: Wasim 4-0-20-3, Ashraf 3-1-10-2, Hasan 3-0-16-1, Shaheen 3-0-23-2, Shadab 3.5-0-16-1
Toss: Australia
Result: Pakistan won by 66 runs
Man of the Match: Imad Wasim
Pakistan lead 3-match series 1-0
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK) and Shozab Raza (PAK)
Tv umpire: Asif Yaqoob (PAK)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)