Dubai, Sep 6 (ANI): Australia crashed to their second-lowest total of 89 in Twenty20 en route to a seven-wicket thrashing by Pakistan in the opening match of their series last night.
Australia's lowest Twenty20 total of 79 came against England at Southampton in 2005.
Pakistani spinners Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal and Raza Hasan bowled Australia out for just 89 to set up an easy seven-wicket win in the first Twenty20 international here.
Ajmal (2-13), Hasan (2-15) and skipper Hafeez (2-24) shook the Australian batting before left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir (3-13) wrapped up the innings in 19.3 overs.
It was an easy win for Pakistan at Dubai Stadium after going down 2-1 in the preceding one-day series, Sport24 reports.
Shoaib Malik hit the winning boundary, finishing with nine not out while Kamran Akmal finished with an unbeaten 31 with three boundaries and a six.
The victory was never in doubt once Pakistan bowled well. Hafeez (17) and Imran Nazir (22) gave Pakistan a solid start of 30 before losing Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed (10) in quick succession.
"We stuck to our plans and the bowlers did very well to bowl them out cheaply. We were more determined to do well after the disappointment of the one-day series," said Hafeez. (ANI)
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