Afghanistan cricket team vs Australia in the UAE in 2012

Afghanistan cricket team vs Australia in UAE 2012
		Afghanistan		Australia
Dates		25 August 2012 – 26 August 2012[1]
Captains		Nowroz Mangal		Michael Clarke
One Day International series
Result		Australia won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs		Michael Clarke (75)		Asghar Stanikzai (66)
Most wickets		Karim Sadiq (2)		Mitchell Starc (4)
Player of the series		Mitchell Starc (Aus)

The Afghanistan national cricket team played the Australian national cricket team in a single One Day International (ODI) in the United Arab Emirates during Australia's concurrent series against Pakistan in UAE in August 2012. The match took place on 25 August, and was held at Sharjah.^[2] The match was notable for being the first time a One Day International would be played over two days and with both innings starting at night. The match started at 18:00 GST and was scheduled to finish at around 1:45 during the morning of the 26th.^[3] It was also Afghanistan's second ODI against a full member of the International Cricket Council,^[2] following their one off ODI earlier in the year against Pakistan, and their first meeting in any format against Australia. Australia won this first meeting between the sides by 66 runs.

Squads

Afghanistan[4]	Australia[5]
Nawroz Mangal (c) Asghar Stanikzai Dawlat Zadran Gulbudeen Naib Izatullah Dawlatzai Javed Ahmadi Karim Sadiq Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Sami Agha Mohammad Shahzad (wk) Najibullah Zadran Noor Ali Rahmat Shah Samiullah Shenwari Shapoor Zadran	Michael Clarke (c) George Bailey Daniel Christian Xavier Doherty Callum Ferguson David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Clint McKay Glenn Maxwell James Pattinson Steven Smith Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner

ODI Series

Only ODI

25 August 2012 Scorecard

Australia  272/8 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 206 (43.5 overs)
Michael Clarke 75 (94) Karim Sadiq 2/22 (6 overs)		Asghar Stanikzai 66 (106) Mitchell Starc 4/47 (9 overs)

Australia won by 66 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Shozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

References

1. "Afghanistan Schedule". cricketworld4u. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
2. "Australia to play Afghanistan in UAE". ESPNcricinfo. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
3. Coverdale, Brydon (24 August 2012). "Afghanistan ready for 'huge moment'". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
4. "Mangal to lead Afghanistan against Australia". 24 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
5. "Pakistan v Australia Australia – One-Day Squad". 16 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.