Australian cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2009

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.

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
Results 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
Results 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

Background

The Australia national cricket team was scheduled to tour Pakistan in March and April 2008, to play three Test matches and five One Day Internationals. The tour was cancelled by Australia due to concerns about the security of playing in the country. Following the 2008 general elections in Pakistan, there was continual violence, and some of the Australian players spoke about against travelling to compete in the series.[1][2]

ODI series part was held in UAE as part of this tour, while the test series was held in England as part of Australian cricket team against Pakistan in England in 2010.[3]

Teams
  • 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.

References
  1. Staff and agencies (11 March 2008). "Australia cancel tour of Pakistan". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. "Australia postpone Pakistan tour". BBC Sport. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  3. "Bangladesh v Australia tour, is Australia's tour of Bangladesh cancelled, Will Australia's tour go ahead: a look back at Australia's postponed tours of Pakistan and Zimbabwe". September 28, 2015.
  4. "Team Announcements". Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  5. "Team Announcements". Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
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