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Still Australia amble

AFP, Hobart
A revitalised Pakistan posted a respectable total but world champions Australia still coasted home to a four-wicket victory in
their tri-series one-day cricket match at Bellerive Oval here on Sunday.
The tourists opted for a strong batting line-up which rewarded the selectors with a sizeable tally of 272 for 7 from 50 overs.
The highlights were a swashbuckling 56 off 26 balls by one-day specialist Shahid Afridi and the return to form of captain Inzamamul Haq. who top-scored with 68.
But the elements intervened and after Australia got off to an excellent
start, courtesy of replacement openers Michael Clarke and Simon Katich, the home side were set a revised total of253 for victory off45 ovets.
They achieved their target with two overs remaining, ending Pakistan's hopes of revenge after their3-0 drubbingin theTest series.
But the visitors could take some consolation from their batting performance even though their bowlinglacked a knockout punch.
The much-vaunted showdown between the world's two fastest bowlers did not become the contest many had hoped for.
Australia's Brett Lee did send down some scorching deliveries at well over 150 km per hour (93 mph) -- as did Shoaib Akhtar, who can lay claim to being the faster of the pair.
But neither asserted their authority over the match. Lee finished with poor figures of 1-66 off 10 overs while Shoaib had none for 54
from eight.
Instead it was the batsmen who stole the limelight
Afridi’s rapid-fire 56 included four sixes and his efforts were supplemented by Inzamamul Haq and a solid 61 from openerSalman Butt.
For Australia, man-of-the-match Clarke scored his second successive half-century while opening -- reach-ing97off99 balls before he was cau^it byNavedul Hasan while trying to hoist Mohammad Hafeez over the bound-arytobringuphis century.
Clarke, who smacked 66 while opening against the West Indies in Australia's first match in Melbourne on Friday, set the stage with fe)low stand-in opener Simon Katich.
They put on 107 for the first wicket before Katich dragged an Azhar Mahmood delivery onto his stumps for38.
The duo were fill ing in as openers For Matthew Hayden, who is being rested, and Adam Gilchrist who has a knee injury.
Pakistan began shakily before steadying.
The tourists, who have been tinkering with their batting line-up all summer, had wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal partnering Butt to open the innings.
That part of the experiment failed when veteran Glenn McGrath made an early breakthrough, entic-ing Kamran to play at an outswinging delivery which he edged to Clarke at second slip for five.
The tourists also moved their two most talented batsmen, Inzamam and Yousuf Youhana to fifth and sixth in the order, dropping Shoaib Malikinto fourth place.
Malik's solid 31 from 43 deliveries helped steady Pakistan after they had lost Kamran and then Mohammad Hafeez for a duck -caught by Brad Hogg off Lee behind square leg - to be on 30 for 2.
Inzamam then came in to steer theship for Pakistan.
Yousuf contributed 30 but was caught by Damien Martyn off Michael Kasprowicz with the score on 191 for 5. When Inzamam fell lbw to Kasprowicz just 13 runs later, it was left to Afridi to set the innings alight.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the VB Series one-day international between Australia and Pakistan at Hobart's Bellerive Oval on Sunday: PAKISTAN
ButtcLehmannbllogg 61
Akmal c Clarke b McGrath 5
Hafeez c Hogg b Lee 0
MaliklbwbSymonds 31
Inzamam lbwb Kasprowicz 68
Youhanac Martyn b Kasprowicz 30
Razzaqcaarkeb McGrath 12
Afridi notout 56
Mahmood not out 3
Extras:(b-l,w-4,nb-l) 6
Total: (For7wktsin50overs) 272
Fall ofwickets: 1-15, 2-30, 3-83, 4-117,5-191,6-2-4,7-251.
Did not bat: Akhtar, Naved
Bowler O M R W
McGrath 10 2 5-1 2
Lee 10 0 66 1
Kasprowicz 9 0 38 2
Symonds 9 0 55 1
Hogg 7 0 28 I
Lehmann 5 0 30 0
AUSTRALIA
Clarke c Naved b Hafeez 97
Katichb Azhar 38
. Ponting c Akmal b Afridi 6
Martyn bRazzaq 11
Lehmann not out 49
Symonds b Razzaq 0
HaddincHafeezbNaved 30
Hoggnotout 3
Extras: (lb-5, w-6, nb-8) 19
Total:(For6wktsin43overs) 253 Fall ofwickets: 1-107, 2-118, 3-141, 4-184,5-186,6-243
Did not bat: Lee, McGrath, Kasprowicz
Bowler O M R W
Akhtar 8 0 5-1 0
Naved 8 0 60 1
Mahmood 6 0 33 1
Afridi 9 0 43 1
Hafeez 4 0 17 1
Result: Australia won by four wickets in D-Lmethod.
Man-of-the-match: Michael Clarke.
Toss: Pakistan.
Next match: PakLstanvWIndies, Jan 19.