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| Venue | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah on 25th August 2012 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 66 runs |
| Umpires | BF Bowden (New Zealand), Shozab Raza (Pakistan) |
| TV umpire | Zameer Haider (Pakistan) |
| Referee | J Srinath (India) |
| Reserve Umpire | Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afghanistan) |
| Player of the Match | MA Starc |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +MS Wade | c and b Mohammad Nabi | 75 | 108 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 69.44 |
| DA Warner | c Mohammad Shahzad b Shapoor Zadran | 24 | 18 | 15 | 4 | - | 133.33 |
| *MJ Clarke | st Mohammad Shahzad b Samiullah Shenwari | 75 | 94 | 120 | 3 | 2 | 79.79 |
| GJ Maxwell | c Najibullah Zadaran b Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 33.33 |
| MEK Hussey | b Karim Sadiq | 49 | 37 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 132.43 |
| DJ Hussey | run out (Mohammad Nabi) | 13 | 19 | 22 | - | - | 68.42 |
| GJ Bailey | b Shapoor Zadran | 23 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 143.75 |
| MG Johnson | not out | 1 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 100.00 |
| JL Pattinson | b Karim Sadiq | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 50.00 |
| MA Starc | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 100.00 |
| XJ Doherty | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 272 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (Warner, 6.5 ov), 2-168 (Wade, 34.6 ov), 3-172 (Maxwell, 36.2 ov), 4-181 (Clarke, 37.6 ov), 5-210 (DJ Hussey, 43.6 ov), 6-263 (Bailey, 48.6 ov), 7-269 (MEK Hussey, 49.2 ov), 8-271 (Pattinson, 49.5 ov) | |||||||
| Afghanistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Shapoor Zadran | 8 | 0 | 60 | 2 | - | 1 | 24.00 | 7.50 |
| Dawlat Zadran | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.30 |
| Gulbadeen Naib | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.00 |
| Karim Sadiq | 6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 18.00 | 3.67 |
| Javed Ahmadi | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Samiullah Shenwari | 10 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 4.80 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 10 | 0 | 50 | 2 | - | 1 | 30.00 | 5.00 |
| Afghanistan innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| Karim Sadiq | b Starc | 17 | 18 | 28 | 3 | - | 94.44 |
| Javed Ahmadi | b Starc | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Asghar Stanikzai | c Clarke b Starc | 66 | 106 | 154 | 6 | - | 62.26 |
| +Mohammad Shahzad | c Wade b Pattinson | 11 | 12 | 28 | 1 | - | 91.67 |
| *Nawroz Mangal | lbw b Pattinson | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Mohammad Nabi | b Johnson | 46 | 60 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 76.67 |
| Samiullah Shenwari | b Starc | 14 | 22 | 36 | 1 | - | 63.64 |
| Najibullah Zadaran | c Wade b Johnson | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Gulbadeen Naib | c Wade b Pattinson | 22 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 129.41 |
| Dawlat Zadran | c MEK Hussey b Doherty | 8 | 18 | 32 | 2 | - | 44.44 |
| Shapoor Zadran | not out | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - | 25.00 |
| Extras | (1 b, 9 lb, 11 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 43.5 overs) | 206 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Javed Ahmadi, 1.5 ov), 2-26 (Karim Sadiq, 5.5 ov), 3-49 (Mohammad Shahzad, 11.1 ov), 4-49 (Nawroz Mangal, 11.3 ov), 5-135 (Mohammad Nabi, 30.4 ov), 6-165 (Asghar Stanikzai, 35.6 ov), 7-166 (Najibullah Zadaran, 36.4 ov), 8-171 (Samiullah Shenwari, 37.4 ov), 9-199 (Gulbadeen Naib, 42.3 ov), 10-206 (Dawlat Zadran, 43.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pattinson | 9 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 4 | - | 18.00 | 5.11 |
| Starc | 9 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 3 | - | 13.50 | 5.22 |
| Johnson | 9 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 4 | - | 27.00 | 3.78 |
| Doherty | 7.5 | 1 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 47.00 | 4.34 |
| Maxwell | 5 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.20 |
| DJ Hussey | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Clarke | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 |