Australian cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2009

Australia against Pakistan in United Arab Emirates in 2009
		Pakistan		Australia
Dates		22 April 2009 – 7 May 2009
Captains		Younis Khan		Michael Clarke
One Day International series
Result		Australia won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs		Kamran Akmal 192		Shane Watson 271
Most wickets		Shahid Afridi 10		Nathan Hauritz 8
Player of the series		Michael Clarke
Twenty20 International series
Result		Pakistan won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		Kamran Akmal 59		Shane Watson 33
Most wickets		Umar Gul 4		Nathan Hauritz 1
Player of the series		Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul

The Australian cricket team played Pakistan in a five-match One Day International series and one Twenty20 match starting from 22 April 2009 to 7 May 2009 in the United Arab Emirates. The series was named 'The Chapal Cup' and is the first game since 2002.

Teams

ODI squads
Australia	Pakistan
Michael Clarke (c)	Younis Khan (c)
Doug Bollinger	Ahmed Shehzad
Nathan Bracken	Fawad Alam
Stuart Clark	Iftikhar Anjum
Callum Ferguson	Kamran Akmal (wk)
Brad Haddin (wk)	Misbah-ul-Haq
Nathan Hauritz	Nasir Jamshed
Ben Hilfenhaus	Saeed Ajmal
James Hopes	Salman Butt
David Hussey	Shahid Afridi
Ben Laughlin	Shoaib Akhtar
Shaun Marsh	Shoaib Malik
Andrew Symonds	Sohail Tanvir
Shane Watson	Umar Gul
	Yasir Arafat

• Australia originally chose Brett Geeves and Brett Lee in the squad but both were ruled out due to injury.

ODI series

1st ODI

22 April 2009 Scorecard

Australia 168 (38.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 171/6 (44.4 overs)
James Hopes 48* (46) Shahid Afridi 6/38 (10 overs)		Kamran Akmal 48 (62) James Hopes 2/22 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Billy Bowden, Nadeem Ghouri Player of the match: Shahid Afridi

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

24 April 2009 Scorecard

Pakistan 207 (46.2 overs)	v	Australia 208/4 (45.1 overs)
Salman Butt 57 (112) Nathan Hauritz 3/41 (10 overs)		Andrew Symonds 58 (62) Shahid Afridi 2/38 (10 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Billy Bowden, Asad Rauf Player of the match: Andrew Symonds

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

27 April 2009 Scorecard

Australia 198/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 171 (47.1 overs)
Michael Clarke 66 (93) Umar Gul 3/38 (8 overs)		Salman Butt 48 (77) Michael Clarke 3/15 (6 overs)

Australia won by 27 runs. Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Billy Bowden, Asad Rauf Player of the match: Michael Clarke

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

1 May 2009 Scorecard

Pakistan 197 (48.4 overs)	v	Australia 200/2 (44.2 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 43 (81) Doug Bollinger 5/35 (7.4 overs)		Michael Clarke 100* (122) Shoaib Akhtar 2/42 (7 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar, Billy Bowden Player of the match: DE Bollinger (Australia)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

5th ODI

3 May 2009 Scorecard

Australia 250/4 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 254/3 (47 overs)
Shane Watson 116* (146) Saeed Ajmal 1/40 (10 overs)		Kamran Akmal 116* (115) Nathan Hauritz 2/44 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Aleem Dar, Billy Bowden Player of the match: Kamran Akmal

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

T20I series

7 May 2009 Scorecard

Australia 108 (19.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 109/3 (16.2 overs)
Shane Watson 33 (14) Umar Gul 4/8 (4 overs)		Kamran Akmal 59* (42) Nathan Hauritz 1/20 (3.2 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Zameer Haider (Pak) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

External links

• "Australia and Pakistan tour of UAE, 2009"