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    "excerpt": "Australia beat Pakistan by 93 runs in the first of the three One-Day Internationals (ODI) played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here.",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sharjah, Oct 8 (IANS) Australia beat Pakistan by 93 runs in the first of the three One-Day Internationals (ODI) played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Captain George Bailey won the toss and elected to bat with Australia posting a respectable 255\/8 in their 50 overs Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The tourists didn&rsquo;t have the ideal start losing opener Aaron Finch (0) with the first ball of the match but David Warner and Steve Smith combined for a 86-run partnership to steady the innings before Warner was dismissed for 43.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Smith dug in and went on to post his maiden ODI ton before he was dismissed for 101 by Shahid Afridi (3\/46).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">In response, Pakistan&rsquo;s batting order was never really able to get going with Nathan Lyon (2\/33) and Glenn Maxwell (2\/29) capitalising on a turning wicket. Mitchell Johnson&rsquo;s pace was again destructive and he was able to pick up three wickets in his seven overs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">David Warner was solid in the field taking two superb catches to dismiss Pakistani captain Misbah-ul-Haq (0) and Fawad Alam (7) before finishing the match off for the Aussies with a run out in the 37th over.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Smith was chosen as the Man of the Match.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Brief scores: Australia 255\/8 in 50 overs (Steve Smith 101, David Warner 43, Brad Haddin 23 not out; Shahid Afridi 3\/46, Wahab Riaz 2\/61) beat Pakistan 162 all out in 36.3 overs (Umar Akmal 46, Sarfraz Ahmed 34; Mitchell Johnson 3\/24, Glenn Maxwell 2\/29, Nathan Lyon 2\/33).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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