Sunday, January 31, 2010

Australia seal one-day whitewash

Fifth one-day international, Perth:
Australia 213-8 beat Pakistan 212 by two wickets
Match scorecard


Mitchell Johnson and Clint McKay
Pakistan's batsmen struggled to deal with Johnson and McKay

Australia won the final one-dayer with Pakistan to complete a 5-0 series sweep on top of a whitewash over the same opponents in the Test series.

Electing to bat first in Perth, Pakistan crashed to 16-3 before Umar Akmal (67) and Fawad Alam (63) improved the situation with two big stands.

However, a late collapse left Australia chasing a modest 213 to win.

The hosts lost regular wickets, but Michael Hussey produced an unbeaten 40 to see them home with four balls left.

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