Australia put on a clinical performance to beat Pakistan by six wickets in a one-off Twenty20 international in Dubai on Sunday.
Off-spinner Glenn Maxwell took a career best 3-13 and debutant Cameron Boyce (2-10) condemned Pakistan to their fifth-lowest Twenty20 international total, 96-9 in 20 overs.
Australia knocked off the target for the loss of four wickets in 14 overs, with opener David Warner hitting a robust 39-ball 53 not out with four fours and three sixes.
Warner reverse-swept Sohaib Maqsood for a big six to complete the only half-century of the match in a low-scoring game, much to the disappointment of a packed Eid holiday crowd.
Pakistan did make some inroads while defending their low total, with left-arm spinner Raza Hasan (2-17) dismissing skipper Aaron Finch (5) and Steve Smith (3) in an incisive four-over spell, but that was not enough.
Maxwell hit three boundaries in his 17 before he fell to Shahid Afridi, but Warner and James Faulkner (7 not out) saw Australia home.
Pakistan were missing key spinners Saeed Ajmal, who is suspended for a suspect bowling action, and Mohammad Hafeez to injury, but failed in their batting.
Only debutant Saad Nasim (25), tail-enders Wahab Riaz (16) and Raza Hasan (13 not out) came good in an innings that only had four boundaries and no sixes.
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat on a spin-friendly pitch.
Maxwell removed opener Awais Zia (3), Umar Amin (0) and Sohaib Maqsood (0) to leave Pakistan reeling at 23-3.
Leg-spinner Boyce, one of four debutants for Australia, chipped in with the wickets of Ahmed Shahzad (10) and Anwar Ali (5).
It was left to Nasim to take Pakistan past their lowest Twenty20 total — 74 against Australia at the same venue last year — with an enterprising knock.
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