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Australia enter T20 final!

Australia took down Pakistan in a closely contested match at the World Twenty20...

Express May 14, 2010

SAINT LUCIA: Australia took down Pakistan in a closely contested match at the World Twenty20 semi-final, which saw the Aussies pull through despite the green shirts putting up an epic 191 runs on the board.

For Pakistan, Kamran Akmal made an outstanding 50, while Umar Akmal followed up with a half-century of his own.

The Australian innings saw an aggressive attack by the top order, and although Pakistan were able to take critical wickets to turn the pressure up Australia came through with 197/7.

Australia will now face England in Sunday’s final at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, after Paul Collingwood’s side convincingly defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the first semi-final at Beausejour on Thursday.

Collingwood’s side convincingly defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the first semi-final at Beausejour on Thursday.

COMMENTS (11)

Kamran Taj | 14 years ago | Reply Australia deserve yar.... They prove tht they r real professionals... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=674357777&ref=profile

Andrew Nielsen | 14 years ago | Reply As I said elsewhere, I congratulate Shahid Afridi and the Pakistani cricket fans for their graciousness. The situation must be very dissapointing. My deepest respect to you all.

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Nazir Habib | 14 years ago | Reply For the Pakistani team as the great Quaid said, 'Unity, Faith and Discipline', and shun infighting. For the Australians 'excellent recovery, excellent gamesmanship and championship material leading to mental toughness.

mak | 14 years ago | Reply Well played Boys! regroup and learn from the aussies never die attitude. Good match! i am shell shocked but I guess we can get to the same level of professionalism the aussies displayed..better strategy, physical and mental toughness required. We have the talent but just need the killer instinct! Thanks for putting up a fight against the no.1 team in the world! enjoyed the match...better team won! Back to the drawing board.

Tαnzeel | 14 years ago | Reply It was a contest between "Flare vs Method". Australians are one of the most professional squads of the world, their professionalism in every department of cricket is far ahead of us as they follow proper cricketing methods. If we had won this match or even the cup we would not have improved our major shortcomings exposed earlier in this tournament. Inconsistency or unpredictability is not something to be proud of, for PCB its high time to work out on their weaknesses and try to achieve a level of consistency and professionalism to bring team Pakistan on victory stand.

Hassan | 14 years ago | Reply Pakistan were terrible, why was Ajmal bowling the last over ? it should have been Aamir, Bad captaincy to allow that. Australia needed 18 runs in 6 balls, whice tips the balance towards the bowling team, i can almost say with certainty that had that been Australia bowling they would not have allowed Pakistan to score 18 runs in 6 balls. Disapointed especially after the great work by the Paki batsmen.

Dr. Asad Sadick, Germany | 14 years ago | Reply Well played Pakistan. Better played Australia. Ajmal was not the right choice for the last over, Razzak should have been brought in. Was surprised to seed Khalid Latif and Misbah in the side. Hammad Azam and Asif should have been in, instead.

Syed A. Mateen | 14 years ago | Reply Pakistan played very well until the last. Australian left handed player Mike led the team to win the match. I am not disappointed with the performance of Pakistani Cricket Team. They tried their best to win the match, but couldn’t. In games, teams win and lose. If Pakistan lost the match, it does not mean that Pakistan will never won the match. We should give more time to our national cricket team players to organize more efficiently.

Umayr Masud | 14 years ago | Reply Well Played Pakistan. You made the nation proud :) hopefully next time we can polish our efforts more and play better than we did. Awesome match. Played Australia.

sadsid | 14 years ago | Reply mike hussey ki kya baat hai!

anum | 14 years ago | Reply Maannnnnn! we deserved it after todays performance. But Australia is just too good.

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