5-0 - Wow, Tait has started off at 150km/h, that's incredible pace! Unbelievable, he's now topped 160km/h! Straying down the leg side and he concedes a wide. Farhat manages to get one away, pushing into the covers, he doesn't get enough on it to reach the fence but they manage to run for anyway.
A great effort from Paksitan. They were sharp in the field, holding onto their catches and affecting run outs, something they haven't managed all summer. All the bowlers stuck to their tasks and really made life difficult for the Australian batsman. The home side will feel they should have done better, with no partnerships of substance in the innings. The pitch is hard and pacey which should aid the likes of Johnson, Nannes and Tait, but Pakistan have got themselves in prime position to take the win here.
127 - Nearly another run out as Tait digs a Yorker out but then doesn't think of the single, his partner does and Hussey sprints down the track, there is a shy at the bowler's end and Tait would have been miles out had there been a direct hit. Hussey fends out another Yorker and there is a bit of stuttering as they consider the single, eventually deciding to go through with the run. WICKET! They're going to wish they hadn't taken it as Tait cuts the balls straight to the man at backward point.
125-9 - Worked down to long on for a single to Hussey. A slip comes into place with Nannes on strike. And he nearly comes into play as Nannes edges a doosra wide of the man close in and he picks up three. WICKET! Too short and Hussey swivels and pulls the ball wide of the man at deep square leg. It's Umar Akmal out there once more and again he fires in a great flat through to the bowler's end and Nannes is found short of his ground. It's hard to believe this is the same Pakistan team who have been so abysmal in the field! Big Hit from Hussey! Heaved over a wide long on for six, great stuff! It does mean Tait will have to face the next over though.
114-8 - Hussey hammers the ball down the ground but it's only a single. WICKET! Another one gone! Johnson is cramped by a short delivery and the ball tickles his glove as he tries to take evasive action. Nannes turns the ball into the leg side for a single. Shot! With everything crumbling around him, Hussey reminds everyone he's still around, latching onto a bit of width and cutting powerfully behind square for four. Heaved down the ground, it's beautifully struck but Rana pulls off a great stop on the fence to cut off the boundary. French cut to deep square for a single to keep the strikes.
105-7 - Ajaml is back. Hussey sneaks a quick single to short third man to get the over started. Johnson goes for the big heave across the line, he only manages to get an inside edge on it which somehow manages to evade the stumps.
102-7 - Just one over from Ajmal with Rana Naved returning to bowl his final over. An attacking move from Malik, looking to deliver the killer blow by calling on his strike bowler. Hussey clips the ball wide of fine leg for two. Whacked down the ground for a single. WICKET! Brilliant ball from Rana Naved, an absolute cracker of a slower ball. It's 25-30km/h slower than his standard delivery and Smith has no clue, playing all around it before seeing his stumps rearranged.
99-6 - Smith gives himself room and looks to crack the ball square of the wicket but can't make contact. Much better from Smith next up as he strikes the ball inside-out over cover for four. Turned into the leg side for a single. Huge it from Hussey, coming down the track and heaving the ball over the wide long on fence. Dabbed down the ground for a single to end the over.
86-6 - Spin from both ends with Saeed Ajmal joining the attack. Smith picks up one more, angling the ball wide of short third man. One more to Hussey, nudged down the ground. Rotating the strike well as Smith cuts to deep point for one. Good bowling from Ajmal as he gets one to spin and bounce into Hussey.
82-6 - WICKET! Birt is gone second ball! Looking to paddle the ball round the corner, but he gets too far across and misjudges it and has his stumps disturbed as a result. Hussey angles the ball wide of short third man for a single. WICKET! Another one gone! Fired down the leg side as Haddin advances down the ground, Kamran whips off the bails in a flash and Haddin is short of his ground. The second of Australia's debutants, Steve Smith, trots out to the crease. He gets off the mark first up, turning the ball into the leg side for a single.
78-4 - Another single, and again it's picked up down the ground. Gul gets one to jag back at White who manages to defend the ball into the off side. Straying onto leg and Hussey dabs the ball behind square for a single. WICKET! Great delivery from Gul, serious pace on that one, White is cramped and the ball flies out t the man at point who hurtles in a throw and the stumps, he finds the target and White is short of his ground! Travis Birt walks out to the crease, this is his international debut. He's off the mark immediately - that should calm some nerves - pushing the ball down the ground for a single.
74-3 - Nudged down the ground by White, one run results. Hussey works it to long on for another single. Prodded to mid off for a single, with the man at extra cover running round to do the fielding. One more down the ground, they're working in singles at the moment.
70-3 - Umar Gul will take up the attack from the Member's End. Hussey top edges a pull; he doesn't get hold of it at all which in the end is a good thing as it falls short of the man rushing in from the deep. One more to Clarke, angled to short third man. Hussey looks to turn the ball into the leg side but gets a leading edge and manages to pick up a single. WICKET! The big fish is sent packing, Clarke is gone! The Aussie skipper cuts with great venom but hits it straight to the man at backward point who takes a good catch, it really rocketed to him. Gul strays down the leg side and is correctly wided. White gets off the mark, working the ball to deep point for a single.
65-2 - We have the first bowling change of the match, with the skipper Shoaib Malik joining the attack. Clarke comes down the track and lifts the ball over extra cover for four. One more to Clarke, worked down to long on. Hussey chops the ball to point for a single to get off the mark. Great running from Clarke as he finds the gap wide of point and hurries through for the second. Clarke gives himself room and cuts the ball to short third man for one. One more to Hussey, nudged into the leg side.
55-2 - Asif is going to bowl out is compliment. Nudged wide of point by Warner and he picks up a single. Clarke is struggling a touch against Clarke; he's being drawn onto the front foot and beaten. Pushed down the ground for a single. Warner goes hard and straight, but there is protection at long on so it's just two. WICKET! Some width from Asif and Warner goes after it, he cuts powerfully but hits it straight down the throat of the man at deep point. Clarke clips the ball behind square for a single to end the over and Asif's spell.
50-1 - Mid on has gone back to the fence for Warner. The Aussie dabs it into the covers for a single. Clarke works the ball wide of third man for two. Ooh, another risky single as Clarke drops the ball into the covers and scampers through for the run, a direct hit would have seen him out by a mile. A slower ball and Warner slices it over the off side inner ring and picks up through.
41-1 - Clarke moves towards off stump and turns it into the leg side for two. Clarke drops the ball into the covers and scuttles through for the single. Super shot from Warner! He leans back, swivels and heaves the ball over the midwicket fence for a maximum. A leading edge from Warner as he looks to work the ball into the leg side but manages to pick up a single.
31-1 - Warner goes for a heave across the line and slices the ball down to third man, it's in the air for some time but Asif decides against diving forward for him. Clarke nudges the ball out to deep square leg for a single. A flat pull from Warner heralds a single. A slower ball and it's turned into the leg side, they sprint through for the second, it's a got flat throw from Umar and he nearly affected another run out.
25-1- Warner clips the ball into the on side for a single. Clarke cracks the ball through point for four, too wide from Asif. The skipper clips the ball wide of mid on and some good running from Warner allows them to pick up two. Two more to the total, again finding some space in the leg side.
16-1 - Rana Naved will share the new ball with Asif. He strays down leg but Watson can only get a pad on it, Kamran makes a diving stop to his left to prevent the batsmen scuttling through for a leg bye. A single to Watson as he nudges the ball to third man. Watson is away immediately, cracking a square drive to the fence. Too much width there from Rana. WICKET! Suicidal running from Watson costs him his wicket! Warner cut the ball through the inner ring but didn't get enough on it to reach the boundary, they ran through easily for two and Watson decided to risk coming back for the third. A good throw in from the deep by Umar Akmal finds the batsman short. Clarke gets off the mark, working the ball into the midwicket region.
7-0 - Mohammad Asif will get the ball rolling for Pakistan. Over the top and Watson opens his account with a boundary. Watson went hard at it, upper cutting the ball over the head of slip. There is certainly some pace in the wicket; it's a very hard deck. Watson goes on the pull but doesn't get hold of it, the ball skies high into the leg side, but he manages to bisect the men at short fine leg and deep square leg. Turned into the leg side for a single to end the over.
The players and umpires are out in the middle and we're ready to get underway.
Australia have handed international debuts to Tasmanian batsman Travis Birt and leg spinner Steve Smith. Imran Nazir returns for Pakistan
Kamran Akmal, Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Khalid Latif, Fawad Alam, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal
David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, David Hussey, Cameron White, Travis Birt, Brad Haddin, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Tait, Dirk Nannes
Australia have won the toss and decided to have a bat first up.
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Hello and welcome to our over-by-over commentary of the one-off Twenty20 International between the Aussies and Pakistan at the MCG.