# 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.

## 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.
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.

## Teams

ODI squads :
| Australia | Pakistan |
| Michael Clarke (c) | Younis Khan (c) |
| Doug Bollinger | Ahmed Shehzad |
| Nathan Bracken | Fawad Alam |
| Stuart Clark | Iftikhar Anjum |
| Callum Ferguson | Kamran Akmal (wk) |
| Brad Haddin (wk) | Misbah-ul-Haq |
| Nathan Hauritz | Nasir Jamshed |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | Saeed Ajmal |
| James Hopes | Salman Butt |
| David Hussey | Shahid Afridi |
| Ben Laughlin | Shoaib Akhtar |
| Shaun Marsh | Shoaib Malik |
| Andrew Symonds | Sohail Tanvir |
| Shane Watson | Umar Gul |
| | Yasir Arafat |
* 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 (44.1 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 Ghauri 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 match

* 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.