Pakistan defeated Australia by 4 wickets in the 40th match between the teams. Batting first, Australia were bowled out for 176 in 46.4 overs, with Umar Gul taking 3 wickets for 30 runs. Pakistan reached the target of 178 for the loss of 6 wickets in 41 overs, with Umar Akmal scoring an unbeaten 44. Umar Akmal was named player of the match.

1. Australia Vs Pakistan
40th Match, R.Premadasa Stadium, 19 Mar 2011
Umpires: BC Broad,M Erasmus,AL Hill,TH Wijewardene,BF Bowden
Result: Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Player of the Match: Umar Akmal
Pakistan: 178/6 (41.0)
Run Rate:4.34 Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Batting Wickets R B 4s 6s S/R FOW
Kamran Akmal lbw B Lee 23 27 5 0 85.2 45/2
Mohammad ct B Lee b B Lee 5 8 1 0 62.5 12/1
Hafeez
Asad Shafiq ct SR Watson b MG 46 81 5 0 56.8 139/5
Johnson
Younis Khan ct BJ Haddin b B Lee 31 42 4 0 73.8 98/3
Misbah-ul-Haq ct BJ Haddin b B Lee 0 1 0 0 0 98/4
Umar Akmal not out 44 59 4 1 74.6
Shahid Afridi ct B Lee b JJ Krejza 2 4 0 0 50 142/6
Abdul Razzaq not out 20 24 2 0 83.3
Umar Gul
Abdur Rehman
Wahab Riaz
TOTAL 6 wicket(s) 41.0 over(s) 178
Bowling O M R W Eco WD NB
B Lee 8.0 1 28 4 3.5 0 0
SW Tait 8.0 1 37 0 4.63 3 0
MG Johnson 9.0 1 40 1 4.44 1 0
SR Watson 6.0 0 26 0 4.33 0 0
JJ Krejza 10.0 0 44 1 4.4 0 0

2. Australia: 176/10 (46.4)
Run Rate:3.77 Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Batting Wickets R B 4s 6s S/R FOW
SR Watson b Umar Gul 9 16 1 0 56.3 12/1
BJ Haddin ct Kamran Akmal b 42 80 3 1 52.5 90/3
Wahab Riaz
RT Ponting ct Kamran Akmal b 19 33 2 0 57.6 75/2
Mohammad Hafeez
MJ Clarke b Abdul Razzaq 34 48 2 0 70.8 134/5
CL White run out (Misbah-ul-Haq) 8 18 0 0 44.4 117/4
MEK Hussey ct Misbah-ul-Haq b 12 22 0 0 54.5 144/6
Abdur Rehman
SPD Smith b Shahid Afridi 25 32 1 0 78.1 176/9
MG Johnson ct Kamran Akmal b 0 3 0 0 0 147/7
Abdul Razzaq
JJ Krejza b Umar Gul 7 19 0 0 36.8 169/8
B Lee ct Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar 5 8 1 0 62.5 176/10
Gul
SW Tait not out 0 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 wicket(s) 46.4 over(s) 176
Bowling O M R W Eco WD NB
Umar Gul 7.4 1 30 3 3.91 1 0
Abdur Rehman 10.0 0 34 1 3.4 1 0
Shahid Afridi 9.0 0 34 1 3.78 1 0
Wahab Riaz 6.0 0 39 1 6.5 3 0
Mohammad Hafeez 10.0 0 26 1 2.6 0 0
Abdul Razzaq 4.0 0 8 2 2 0 0