Pakistan beat Australia by 43 runs in blind cricket

23 Feb, 2011

Australia won the toss and asked Pakistan to take guard.Pakistan scored a mammoth 232 runs on the board for the loss of 2 wickets in their stipulated 20 overs.

Muhammad Jameel who didn't capitalised yesterday in 1st T-20, played a brisk innings of 97 runs on just 47 balls. Anees Javeed and Masood Jan remained not out on 63 and 59 runs respectively. Chris Bailie took 2 wickets, says a press release issued here on Wednesday.

Australia, in reply made 187 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs.Brett Wilson was the top scorer for Australia with 38 runs, while Mathew Horsey scored 34 runs. Yasir Andleeb took 3 wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs, while Abdul Razzaq claimed 2 wickets for 30 runs in 4 overs.

The Man of the Match was Muhammad Jameel as he scored an outstanding 97 with the bat. With this win, Pakistan took the unassailable lead of 2-0 in 3 T-20 games. The 3rd and final Twenty-20 of the series will be played on Thursday at Adelaide.

The ODI series will commence from 26th February.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011

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