DUBAI, Oct 8 (AFP): Steven Smith scored a maiden one day hundred while paceman Mitchell Johnson took three wickets to help Australia beat Pakistan by 93 runs in the first day-night international on Tuesday.
Smith, who had never scored a half-century in one-day games before, managed a sedate 118-ball 101 to guide Australia to a challenging 255-8 before bowlers exposed Pakistan�s fragile batting to bowl them out for 162 in 36.3 overs at Sharjah stadium.
Johnson (3-24) combined with off-spinners Glenn Maxwell (2-29) and Nathan Lyon (2-33) bowled with venom and guile to derail Pakistan�s chase for Australia�s 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Only Umar Akmal (46) and Sarfraz Ahmed (34) offered some resistance in a poor batting display.
Pakistan lost opener Ahmed Shahzad early for four but makeshift opener Ahmed and Asad Shafiq (13) put on 50 for the second wicket before Pakistan lost three wickets for just four runs.
Lyon had Sarfraz caught behind off a miscued sweep and the next ball had Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq, playing in his 150th one day international, caught at leg-slip by a diving David Warner.
Johnson, who had recovered fully from a rib injury, then had Shafiq off a rising delivery to leave Pakistan reeling at 63-4.
Akmal and Fawad Alam (seven) were all at sea against some vicious spin from Lyon as runs were hard to come by.
As the pressure built up Alam fell to Glenn Maxwell while Shahid Afridi made just five before holing out off Sean Abbott.
Allrounder Anwar Ali made just eight before being caught by Brad Haddin off Johnson to cap a good return for the bowler.
Australian captain George Bailey praised Smith and Johnson.
SCOREBOARD
Australia: Finch c Shahzad b Irfan 0, Warner c Akmal b Afridi 43, Smith Riaz b Afridi 101, Bailey c Afridi b Alam 18, Maxwell c Irfan b Babar 21, Faulkner lbw b Afridi 11, Haddin not out 23, Abbott c Ali b Riaz 3, Johnson b Riaz 21, Richardson not out 2. Extras: (lb3, w9) 12. Total: (for eight wkts; 50 overs) 255. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-86, 3- 123, 4-158, 5-196, 6-216, 7-221, 8-253. Bowling: Irfan 10-2-35-1 (1w), Riaz 10-0-61-2 (7w), Babar 9-0-35-1, Ali 8-0-52-0 (1w), Afridi 10-0-46-3, Alam 3-0-23-1.
Pakistan: Shahzad c Smith b Johnson 4, Sarfraz c Haddin b Lyon 34, Asad Shafiq c Haddin b Johnson 13, Misbah-ul Haq c Warner b Lyon 0, Fawad Alam c Warner b Maxwell 7, Umar Akmal b Richardson 46, Afridi c Faulkner b Abbott 5, Anwar Ali c Haddin b Johnson 8, Wahab Riaz c and b Maxwell 5, Zulfiqar Babar not out 12, Mohammad Irfan run out 12. Extras: (b4, lb5, w7) 16. Total: (all out; 36.3 overs) 162. Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-59, 3-59, 4-63, 5-90, 6-102, 7-125, 8-137, 9-137. Bowling: Johnson 7-1-24-3, Richardson 6.3-1-22-1, Faulkner 2-0-20-0, Abbott 5-0-25-1, Lyon 10-2-33-2, Maxwell 6-1-29-2.
