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Pakistan beat Australia in World Twenty20
Published on
Sunday, 23 March 2014
9:24 pm
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Pakistan beat
Australia by 16 runs in the World Twenty20 Super-10 Group Two match in Dhaka on
Sunday.
Australia made a
brave attempt to surpass Pakistan's commanding 191-5 before being bowled out
for 175 off the last ball of the innings at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
It was
Australia's first match in the tournament, while Pakistan had lost to India on
Friday.
The West Indies
and hosts Bangladesh are the two other teams in the group, from which the top
two will advance to the semi-finals.
Brief scores:
Pakistan 191-5 in
20 overs (Umar Akmal 94, Kamran Akmal 31, Nathan Coulter-Nile 2-36)
Australia 175 all
out in 20 overs (Glenn Maxwell 74, Aaron Finch 65, Shahid Afridi 2-30, Umar Gul
2-29)
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