Australia Vs Pakistan 1St Final
Carlton & United Series Australia, India, Pakistan in Australia - 2000 (1999/00) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 2 February 2000
Australia won by 6 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
Australia won by 6 wickets (with 44 balls remaining). Michael Bevan top-scored with 54 for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 2 February 2000
- Toss
- Pakistan, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 6 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Glenn McGrath
- Captains
- Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Steve Waugh (Australia)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and SJA Taufel
- Match referee
- CW Smith
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat.
Pakistan batted first and made 154 all out. Moin Khan top-scored with 47 off 48 balls. Glenn McGrath took 3 for 17 for Australia. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 12 runs, to 12 for 4. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 242 across 28 ODIs.
Chasing 155, Australia made 155 for 4. Michael Bevan top-scored with 54 off 102 balls, and Ricky Ponting made 50. The innings was built on a 77-run stand for the third wicket between Michael Bevan and Ricky Ponting, 50% of the total.
Australia won by 6 wickets (with 44 balls remaining).
PAKISTAN: 154 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saeed Anwar | c Shane Warne b Brett Lee | 7 | 20 |
| Shahid Afridi | c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 1 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | c Shane Warne b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 5 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 2 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | lbw b Shane Lee | 14 | 41 |
| Abdul Razzaq | c Steve Waugh b Brett Lee | 24 | 58 |
| Azhar Mahmood | c Steve Waugh b Michael Bevan | 16 | 44 |
| Moin Khan | c Damien Martyn b Shane Warne | 47 | 48 |
| Wasim Akram | b Andrew Symonds | 15 | 32 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | b Brett Lee | 16 | 27 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | not out | 3 | 7 |
Extras 12 · Total 154 all out
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 |
| Brett Lee | 8.2 | 2 | 18 | 3 |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 2 | 33 | 1 |
| Shane Lee | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
| Andrew Symonds | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| Michael Bevan | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Mark Waugh | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-1 (Shahid Afridi, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Ijaz Ahmed, 2.3 ov), 3-4 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 2.5 ov), 4-12 (Saeed Anwar, 7.2 ov), 5-28 (Mohammad Yousuf, 14.3 ov), 6-59 (Azhar Mahmood, 27.1 ov), 7-78 (Abdul Razzaq, 29.5 ov), 8-108 (Wasim Akram, 39.1 ov), 9-147 (Moin Khan, 45.3 ov), 10-154 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 47.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Saeed Anwar (0) and Shahid Afridi (0) | 1 | 5 |
| second | Ijaz Ahmed (0) and Saeed Anwar (2) | 3 | 11 |
| third | Saeed Anwar (0) and Inzamam-ul-Haq (0) | 0 | 2 |
| fourth | Saeed Anwar (4) and Mohammad Yousuf (4) | 8 | 27 |
| fifth | Abdul Razzaq (6) and Mohammad Yousuf (10) | 16 | 43 |
| sixth | Azhar Mahmood (16) and Abdul Razzaq (13) | 31 | 76 |
| seventh | Moin Khan (9) and Abdul Razzaq (6) | 19 | 16 |
| eighth | Wasim Akram (15) and Moin Khan (13) | 30 | 56 |
| ninth | Moin Khan (25) and Saqlain Mushtaq (12) | 39 | 38 |
| tenth | Saqlain Mushtaq (4) and Shoaib Akhtar (3) | 7 | 11 |
AUSTRALIA: 155 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Waugh | lbw b Shoaib Akhtar | 10 | 19 |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Azhar Mahmood b Shoaib Akhtar | 9 | 17 |
| Ricky Ponting | c Abdul Razzaq b Shahid Afridi | 50 | 75 |
| Michael Bevan | c Abdul Razzaq b Saqlain Mushtaq | 54 | 102 |
| Steve Waugh | not out | 19 | 32 |
| Damien Martyn | not out | 4 | 15 |
Did not bat: Shane Lee, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Glenn McGrath
Extras 9 · Total 155 for 4
| Bowler (Pakistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasim Akram | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 7 | 1 | 26 | 2 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 3.5 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Azhar Mahmood | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Ijaz Ahmed | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Shahid Afridi | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-11 (Adam Gilchrist, 3.6 ov), 2-27 (Mark Waugh, 7.4 ov), 3-104 (Ricky Ponting, 29.6 ov), 4-147 (Michael Bevan, 38.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Mark Waugh (2) and Adam Gilchrist (9) | 11 | 24 |
| second | Mark Waugh (8) and Ricky Ponting (5) | 16 | 23 |
| third | Michael Bevan (30) and Ricky Ponting (45) | 77 | 134 |
| fourth | Steve Waugh (15) and Michael Bevan (24) | 43 | 55 |
| fifth | Steve Waugh (4) and Damien Martyn (4) | 8 | 24 |
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