Skipper Michael Clarke struck a luminous hundred as Australia beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the fourth day-night international here on Friday to take an incontrovertible 3-1 lead in the one day series.The 28-year-old Australian skipper hit an unbeaten 100 and was well supported by Watson (85 not out) as the brace added 197 for the third wicket to ease Australia past a modest 198-run target with 5.4 overs to spare.
Pakistan bowled out for 197 in 48.4 overs with Australian left-arm pacer Doug Bollinger taking 5-35 in only his second international one-day match.
Pakistan won the first match by 4 wickets before Australia came back powerfully to win the second by six wickets and the third by 27 runs. The fifth and final match will be played here on Sunday.
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