After his departure from the scene, Australia were able to call on Alan Davidson, who again provided the movement that seems to come so naturally to left-armers.

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His accurate slow left-armers could also have brought a third wicket but Craig Kieswetter missed a straightforward stumping when Umar Akmal, Pakistan's top scorer with 30, had only reached five.

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To accompany the solid and experienced Umar Gul, they have the nippy, slingy Aizaz Cheema, plus left-armers Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz, who can extract swing, in particular the reverse variety.

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