Pakistan Vs West Indies World Cup 2007
At last the world cup 2007 started and I am back in business...blogging....Every one eagerly started for the world cup to start and the match started between the hosts and indian arch rivals(pakistan),WI batted first but to the disappointment of the hosts Gayle was caught by kamran akmal when the score was 6 in second over, to the anguish of pakistan's the next ball a catch was dropped by the slip fielder, this proved to be costly as Sarwan went on to score 49 valuable runs.
Things turned the other way and west went on scoring steadily with a run rate of 3-4 runs per over.Later the pair of Lara and samuels scored briskly and in trying to increase the tempo further they lost 3 quick wickets, but Dwyane Bravo 30 runs from 15 balls helped the WI reach a fighting total of 241/9 in 50 overs.
It was a challenging total for pakistani batsman, to the deligh of the pakistan's first ball went for six but this is for a very brief period of time as they lost their first wicket in the first over, and two more to follow before the team score was 40, however Inzi and Yousuf tried to steady the ship, but they were never in control specially checking the required run rate.Finally Yousuf was out for 39 runs and in the next over
Inzi was trapped leg before by Smith.The hopes of pakistani victory were over with the fall of Inzi bhai..even Shoaib Malik's resistance could'nt bring the smile back on pakistani's.Finally pakistan were all out for 187 in the 42nd over of the match.
Score Card:
West Indies innings
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 241
Pakistan innings
Total (all out; 47.2 overs) 187
Man of the match: DR Smith (West Indies) fo his quick fire 30 runs and 3 crucial wickets.
Things turned the other way and west went on scoring steadily with a run rate of 3-4 runs per over.Later the pair of Lara and samuels scored briskly and in trying to increase the tempo further they lost 3 quick wickets, but Dwyane Bravo 30 runs from 15 balls helped the WI reach a fighting total of 241/9 in 50 overs.
It was a challenging total for pakistani batsman, to the deligh of the pakistan's first ball went for six but this is for a very brief period of time as they lost their first wicket in the first over, and two more to follow before the team score was 40, however Inzi and Yousuf tried to steady the ship, but they were never in control specially checking the required run rate.Finally Yousuf was out for 39 runs and in the next over
Inzi was trapped leg before by Smith.The hopes of pakistani victory were over with the fall of Inzi bhai..even Shoaib Malik's resistance could'nt bring the smile back on pakistani's.Finally pakistan were all out for 187 in the 42nd over of the match.
Score Card:
West Indies innings
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 241
Pakistan innings
Total (all out; 47.2 overs) 187
Man of the match: DR Smith (West Indies) fo his quick fire 30 runs and 3 crucial wickets.
