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Australia has won its third ICC U19 Cricket World Cup title with a 25-run win over Pakistan – after its bowling attack expertly neutralized Pakistan’s batting threat.


The Australian team celebrates winning the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2010.
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Set 208 to win at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval in Christchurch, Pakistan was bundled out in the 47th over after Australia’s paceman Josh Hazlewood and left-arm spinner Luke Doran ripped through the batting lineup.

Pakistan started comfortably as Babar Azam and Ahmad Shazhad accumulated 54 for the second wicket, but found themselves on the back foot after Doran dismissed first Shazhad, then Babar to have Pakistan at 74 for three.

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Eoin Morgan shows his full range of shots with a reverse sweep, South Africa v England, 1st Twenty20, Johannesburg, November 13, 2009

Umar Akmal plays the ball towards third man, Pakistan v New Zealand, 2nd Twenty20 International, Dubai, November 13, 2009

All-round Afridi leads rout

Pakistan v New Zealand, 1st ODI, Abu Dhabi
All-round Afridi leads rout
The Bulletin by Osman Samiuddin
November 3, 2009
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Pakistan 287 for 9 (Latif 64, Afridi 70, Kamran 67*) beat New Zealand 149 (Redmond 52, Vettori 38, Afridi 2-46) by 138 runsScorecard and ball-by-ball detailsHow they were out
Shahid Afridi had to have the final word and nearly puled off a hat-trick © Associated Press
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Players/Officials: Shane Bond Kamran Akmal Shahid Afridi
Matches: New Zealand v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi
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Teams: New Zealand Pakistan
Who needs the captaincy when you are in this kind of form? Shahid Afridi's supposed desire to lead Pakistan in ODIs and his rift with captain Younis Khan has dominated the chat in Pakistan since the Champions Trophy, and his all-round performance tonight to dismantle New Zealand - along with the captain's duck - will do nothing to quell further talk. But why burden yourself with leadership hassles when you can turn in the kind of man-mountain performance Afridi did, first resuscitating Pakistan from a disastrous start with the bat and then nearly taking a hat-trick as his side romped home to a 138-run win at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

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