Australia post 277-7 in fourth ODI

DUBAI: Glenn Maxwell missed a fighting hundred by two runs but still guided Australia to 277-7 in the fourth one-day international against an injury-hit Pakistan in Dubai on Friday.The dashing middle-order batsman knocked three sixes and nine boundaries in his 98 off 82 balls to lift Australia — sent into bat by Pakistan — from 140-5 to an imposing total on a slow Dubai stadium pitch.A new look Pakistan team — with Imad Wasim as skipper after Shoaib Malik was ruled out with a rib injury — had caught Australia napping at 101-4 when Maxwell walked in.He repaired the innings with a 134-run partnership for the sixth with Alex Carey who finished with 67-ball 55 for his maiden fifty with three boundaries. Maxell, bowled by fast bowler Usman Shinwari off a no-ball when on 76, was within a stroke of his second ODI hundred when he was run out while attempting a double run.Carey supplemented Maxwell well, as the pair beat the previous sixth wicket stand in Australia-Pakistan ODIs of 90 between Dirk Wellham and Rod Marsh at Sydney in 1981.Mohammad Hasnain (2-52), Wasim (2-56) and Yasir Shah (2-57) shared the wickets.Australia, who have already won the five-match series 3-0, brought in fast bowlers Kane Richardson and Nathan Coulter-Nile in place of Pat Cummins and Jason Behrendorff.AustraliaA. Finch lbw b Hasnain 39Usman Khawaja lbw b Yasir 62S. Marsh st Rizwan b Wasim 5P. Handscomb c Sohail b Wasim 7M. Stoinis b Yasir 2G. Maxwell run out 98A. Carey c Sohail b Hasnain 55N. Coulter-Nile not out 2Extras: (b2, lb1, nb1, w3) 7Total: (for seven wkts; 50 overs) 277Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Finch), 2-65 (Marsh), 3-98 (Handscomb), 4-101 (Stoinis), 5-140 (Khawaja), 6-274 (Maxwell), 7-277 (Carey)Bowling: Shinwari 10-0-53-0 (1nb), Junaid 10-1-47-0 (1w), Hasnain 9-0-52-2 (1w), Wasim 9-0-56-2(1w), Yasir 10-0-57-2, Sohail 2-0-9-0.Pakistan: Imad Wasim (capt), Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Umar Akmal, Haris Sohail, Saad Ali, M Rizwan, Usman Shinwari, Yasir Shah, M Hasnain, Junaid Khan.Toss: Pakistan Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI) and Rashid Riaz (PAK)Tv umpire: Michael Gough (ENG)Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).

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