But the visitors then struggled too, inching their way to a tense victory on 141-8 with just a ball to spare.

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Mike Hussey struck 60 from 24 balls as Australia overhauled their opponents' massive total of 191-6 with a ball to spare.

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And, after Shivnarine Chanderpaul went for 51, Kyle Hogg and Mark Chilton won it with just a ball to spare on 171-7.

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Needing 18 from spinner Saeed Ajmal's final over, the left-hander powered Australia past Pakistan's imposing target of 191-6 with a ball to spare.

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The Wanderers ground at Johannesburg attracted the highest crowd for a game between Highveld Lions and Nashua Dolphins which saw Lance Klusener and Shaun Pollock steer the latter to victory with one ball to spare.

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And, although Chanderpaul went with 28 still required, Chilton hit the satisfaction of striking the winning runs off Lancashire old boy Dominic Cork with one ball and three wickets to spare.

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That left the fly-half with a tricky conversion to spare the Wallabies' blushes but not for the first time the ball drifted to the left of the posts as the delirious Murrayfield crowd threatened to lift the roof off the stadium.

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It needed a goal-line clearance from Albanian debutant Drissa Diallo, impressive throughout, to preserve the status quo and spare the blushes of Michopoulos, who misjudged a cross to present Darren Bent with the ball on the edge of the area.

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From 106-0, when an injudicious reverse sweep cost Strauss his wicket, England slumped to 141-5 and although they reached their target with 10 overs to spare, it was somehow fitting that they should finally stumble over the line courtesy of a no-ball.

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