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DUBAI: Pakistani batsman (left) hits the ball during the second match between Australia and . —AP Australia thump Pakistan to seal ODI

DUBAI: Australia continued their dominance over was a pretty challenging pitch but we’re happy that we brilliant throw from the covers by Maxwell after mak- innings with Pakistan managing just 29 runs in the final Pakistan with a hard fought five-wicket win in the second dragged them to 215 and then Glenn played a wonder- ing just 15. Pakistan couldn’t recover as (29) ten slog overs. The third and final match will be played in day-night international, taking an unbeatable 2-0 lead in ful knock.” and (20 ) laboured through their Abu Dhabi tomorrow. —AFP the three-match series. Pakistan Misbah-ul Haq blamed a poor total Pakistan squandered an opening stand of 126 for the loss. “I think it was a poor display of in the between openers Sarfraz Ahmed (65) and Ahmed last 15 overs,” said Misbah. “It would have been a 250- SCOREBOARD Shahzad (61) and were bowled out for 215 in 49.3 overs plus total but irresponsible shots and my run out didn’t with paceman Mitchell Johnson taking 3-40. help us.” Asked was he under pressure to relinquish the DUBAI: Scoreboard of the second day-night international between Pakistan and Australia Glenn Maxwell then punished the sloppy Pakistan captaincy, Misbah said: “I will fight on. We need to played at Dubai stadium yesterday: fielding with an 81-ball 76 as Australia reached their tar- improve things before the World Cup-if not, it will be get in 43.2 overs for their fourth consecutive one-day trouble.” It was Johnson who derailed Pakistan’s innings Pakistan 10-0-44-1, Faulkner 7-0-27-1, Lyon 10-0-40- series win over Pakistan. with some fiery bowling. Ahmed and Shahzad put on 126 Ahmed Shahzad c Smith b Doherty 61 1 (1w), Maxwell 3-0-19-0 Maxwell added an invaluable 85 for the fourth wicket for the opening wicket but Australia hit back to take the Sarfraz Ahmed c Maxwell b Johnson 65 with skipper George Bailey (28), steadying the chase after last nine wickets for a mere 89 runs. Asad Shafiq c Johnson b Lyon 29 Australia Pakistan dismissed Aaron Finch (14), David Warner (29) Johnson, who took 3-24 in Australia’s 93-run win in Misbah-ul Haq run out 15 D. Warner c Irfan b Hasan 29 and Steven Smith (12) to leave Australia wobbling at 72-3. the first one-dayer, put the brakes on the innings dismiss- Umar Akmal c Smith b Johnson 5 A. Finch c Ahmed b Irfan 14 But Pakistan spurned a good chance of dismissing the ing Ahmed, Umar Akmal (five) and (two) in a Fawad Alam not out 20 S. Smith c Ahmed b Babar 12 dangerous Maxwell on five when Umar Akmal dropped destructive 10-over spell. Pakistan, who won the toss Shahid Afridi c Smith b Johnson 2 G. Bailey run out 28 him in the slips off debutant Raza Hasan. and batted, cruised to their first century stand in 44 b Richardson 2 G. Maxwell c Shafiq b Babar 76 Hasan was also unlucky in the early overs when innings as Ahmed and Shahzad batted with authority Raza Hasan run out 0 J. Faulkner not out 26 Fawad Alam let off Warner on ten, making Pakistan’s against a spin-cum-pace attack. Zulfiqar Babar c Maxwell b Faulkner 6 B. Haddin not out 17 defence of a modest target even tougher. Ahmed, promoted to open the innings in this series, run out 0 Extras (lb3, w12) 15 Maxwell took advantage of the let off, reaching his reached his maiden half-century off 60 balls while Extras (lb2, w8) 10 Total (for five wkts; 43.2 overs) 217 eighth half-century off 56 deliveries. Maxwell continued Shahzad needed 63 balls for his eighth 50. Ahmed hit five Total (all out, 49.3 overs) 215 Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Finch), 2-39 (Smith), 3- to punish the bowlers after Bailey was run out. With 38 boundaries and a six off 72 balls while Shahzad hit five Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Shahzad), 2-130 72 (Warner), 4-157 (Bailey), 5-178 (Maxwell) needed off 81 balls, he holed out off Zulfiqar Babar after boundaries in his 82-ball knock. Pakistan’s last opening (Sarfraz), 3-159 (Misbah), 4-168 Bowling: Hasan 10-0-68-1 (2w), Irfan 9.2-0- hitting nine boundaries and a six. century stand in a one-dayer was between Mohammad (Akmal), 5-185 (Shafiq), 6-199 (Afridi), 7-203 42-1, Babar 10-1-52-2 (7w), Afridi 10-0-36-0 James Faulkner (26 not out) and Brad Haddin (17 not Hafeez and against India at Kolkata in (Riaz), 8-204 (Hasan) (2w), Riaz 2.2-0-7-0 (1w), Shahzad 1.4-0-9-0 out) ensured Australia secured the win. “I am satisfied,” January 2013. As Pakistan tried to build on the opening Bowling: Johnson 10-0-40-3 (3w), Result: Australia win by five wickets said Bailey, standing in for the injured Michael Clarke. “It stand, out-of-form skipper Misbah was run out by a Richardson 9.3-0-43-1 (4w), Doherty Toss: Pakistan