Watson-Hussey take Aussie past 190

Gros Islet (St Lucia) May 2: Shane Watson once again reminded Pakistan of the torrid time they had in the tour down-under late last year as the strong Aussie all-rounder clubbed 81 off 49 balls to take his side to a monster-like score of 191 in their opening match of the Twenty-20 World Cup here on Sunday.
The Queenslander smashed seven fours and four sixes in his fast-paced innings. He was well supported by David Hussey (53 off 29), who hit five massive sixes in his quick fire fifty after Michael Clarke won the toss and chose to set the target for the opponents.
Al the Pakistan bowlers proved ineffective against the confident Australian side and went for plenty whenever they came to bowl. Their fielding was equally faulty, dropping both Watson and Hussey at the crucial juncture of the game.
Mohammad Sami, the hero with the ball in the game against Bangladesh yesterday, went for 54 in his four overs. Only Saeed Ajmal picked up three with his crafty off spin.
The last over of Mohammad Aamer produced five wickets, including two run-outs, without conceding a single run.
It was mystifying that why Shahid Afridi allowed four overs of Mohammad Hafeez (47 in four overs) inside the first 10 overs, especially when he proved expensive right from the beginning.
Earlier, David Warner started Aussie innings with Shane Watson and hit the first boundary by flicking Aamer in the first over and followed it up with a big six off Hafeez in the next over.
Australia were quick to adopt with the slow and sluggish nature of Beausejour Stadium pitch and ran quick between the wickets from the start.
Shane Watson penalized Hafeez in his next over with two fours and a six and collected 17 runs with Warner in that over.
Sami drew the first blood for his side by taking the wicket of Warner at square-leg but Watson carried on, scoring on every bowler.
Hafeez, who was proving expensive till that point did his team a favor by sending Michael Clarke (2 off 3) back in the hut.
David Hussey joined the party with Watson and started clobbering Pakistan bowlers from ball one. His four sixes off Sami summed up the day for Pakistan in the field. The Victorian went passed his fifty in just 27 balls but holed out to Fawad Alam off Saeed Ajmal.
The off-spinner then got the priced wicket of Watson, who paid the price of hitting across the line and found himself in front of the wickets. Cameron White, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson came and went quickly at the end.