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Imad hopes team will recover when key players return
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DUBAI: Stand-in Pakistan captain Imad Wasim has said the team would recover from the loss against Australia with the return of the key players who had been rested.Pakistan had rested six of their key players, including the regular skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed for the series, to keep them fresh for the World Cup starting in the UK from May 30 and to test their bench strength."No matter what players are playing, 5-0 is a bad loss. But we have to chin up as we have a series coming up against England before the World Cup," said the all-rounder, who captained the side in the later part of the series."Two hundreds in four games is great," said Imad of Haris Sohail, who was the top scorer for Pakistan in the series. "He's worked really hard on his fitness, and that has paid off. Shan (Masood) also played really well," he added.Pakistan failed to make full use of a brilliant century by Haris as they went down by 20 runs in the fifth and final ODI in Dubai to lose the five-match series 5-0. Haris hit a solid 129-ball 130 with 11 boundaries and three sixes, but Australia came back strongly to dismiss the left-hander and keep Pakistan to 307-7 in 50 overs.Usman Khawaja made a 111-ball 98 with ten boundaries and Glenn Maxwell smashed 33-ball 70 with three towering sixes and ten boundaries to lift Australia to an imposing 327-7 in 50 overs. Pakistan were off to a poor start when Abid Ali fell for nought. Abid had scored a hundred on his ODI debut in the previous game.Haris added 108 for the second-wicket with Shan, who hit his maiden half century off 54 balls with three boundaries. Haris, who hit his maiden century in the first game in Sharjah, then threatened to take away the game with a 102-run stand for the fourth-wicket with Umar Akmal but when things looked in control they both departed within one run. Umar hit three boundaries in his 44-ball 43-run knock. Imad fought with a 34-ball 50 not out with six boundaries and a six, but failed to take his team to the target.Australian innings had four half-centuries, as apart from Khawaja and Maxwell, Shaun Marsh scored 61 and Finch made 53. Finch and Khawaja put on 134 for the first-wicket to lay a solid foundation, their second hundred-plus partnership in the series. Usman Shinwari, who took 4-49 in his ten overs, provided Pakistan with the breakthrough by bowling Finch off his pads.Khawaja added 80 with Marsh to consolidate the innings. Marsh and Maxwell added 60 for the third wicket. Khawaja looked set for his third hundred this month -- after scoring his first two in India -- but a few dot balls put pressure on him and he gave a simple catch to Yasir Shah off Shinwari.Maxwell, playing his 100th ODI, and Marsh furthered the inning as the two took the total past the 250-mark. Marsh holed out off Junaid Khan, who had figures of 3-73 in his ten overs. It was because of Maxwell's fireworks that Australia added 107 in the last ten and 54 in the last five overs.Pakistan won tossAustraliaUsman Khawaja c Yasir b Shinwari 98*A Finch b Shinwari 53S Marsh c Ali b Junaid 61G Maxwell b Junaid 70M Stoinis b Shinwari 4P Handscomb lbw b Shinwari 8†A Carey lbw b Junaid 0J Behrendorff not out 6K Richardson not out 5Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 15) 22Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 327Did not bat: N Lyon, A ZampaFall: 1-134, 2-214, 3-274, 4-299, 5-309, 6-314, 7-318Bowling: Abbas 10-0-71-0 (4 w); Junaid 9-0-73-3 (7 w); Wasim 10-1-51-0 (1 w); Shinwari 10-0-49-4 (1 w); Yasir 10-0-63-0 (2 w); Sohail 1-0-13-0PakistanShan Masood lbw b Zampa 50Abid Ali c Carey b Behrendorff 0Haris Sohail c Lyon b Richardson 130†Mohammad Rizwan c Lyon b Maxwell 12Umar Akmal c Behrendorff b Lyon 43Saad Ali c Marsh b Behrendorff 4*Imad Wasim not out 50Yasir Shah c Finch b Behrendorff 11Usman Shinwari not out 0Extras (w 7) 7Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 307Did not bat: Junaid Khan, Mohammad AbbasFall: 1-1, 2-109, 3-136, 4-238, 5-239, 6-255, 7-303Bowling: Behrendorff 8-0-63-3 (1 w); Richardson 10-0-61-1 (2 w); Lyon 10-0-50-1; Maxwell 10-0-45-1; Zampa 9-0-68-1 (4 w); Stoinis 3-0-20-0Result: Australia won by 20 runsMan of the Match: Glenn Maxwell (Australia)Series: Australia won 5-match series 5-0Man of the Series: Aaron Finch (Australia)Umpires: Michael Gough (England) and Ahsan Raza (Pakistan). Tv umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka). Match referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)