WC cricket 2011 match 17: Pakistan demolishes Canada

By Team Bellevision
Bellevision Media Network

Colombo, 03 March 2011: Skipper Shahid Afridi led from the front with a scintillating five-wicket haul to help Pakistan notch up a 46-run victory over Canada in a Group A World Cup match here on Thursday. Inspired by Afridi’s exploits, Pakistan shot out Canada for 138 in 42.5 overs after folding for a modest 184 batting first at the R Premadasa Stadium here.

 

Afridi, who grabbed 5-16 and 4-34 against Kenya and Sri Lanka respectively in their last two matches, became the first bowler to take three consecutive four-wicket hauls in World Cup history. Apart from dismissing Ashish Bagai (16), Jimmy Hansra (43), Rizwan Cheema (4), Tyson Gordon (9) and Harvir Baidwan (0) in his 10 overs, Afridi also produced a brilliant direct throw to sent back Balaji Rao at the fag end of the match.

 

Chasing 185 to win, Canada were off to a disastrous start as they slipped to 44 for three in 17.1 overs. Zubin Surkari (27) and Jimmy Hansra (43) added a fighting 60-run partnership to lift Canada to 104. But with Saeed Ajmal trapping Surkari in front of wicket in the 34th over and Afridi taking two wicket in consecutive deliveries meant Pakistan was back in the game.

 

 

 

Afridi first sent Rizwan Cheema’s off stump for a walk with his googly and then disturbed HS Baidwan’s woods with his quick ripper to reduce Canada to 114 for seven. The skipper returned again to dismiss TG Gordon with Wahab Riwaz taking a superb catch to complete his second five wicket haul here.

 

Earlier, Canada had conjured up hopes of an upset when their bowlers bowled out the former champions Pakistan for 184 in their World Cup group A match. Pakistan found the disciplined Canada attack to hot to handle as, after opting to bat, they lost wickets at regular intervals to be finally bundled out inside the 200-run mark in 43 overs.

 

If not for the 73-run fifth wicket stand between Misbah-ul-Haq (37) and Umar Akmal (48), Pakistan could have folded up for a lesser total as they lost their last six wickets for just 44 runs. India-born medium-pacer Harvir Baidwan was the pick of the Canada bowlers with figures of three for 35 runs while Hansra (2/23), Cheema (2/33) and Rao (2/50) snared two wickets apiece to spell Pakistan’s doom.

 

Even though there were no demons in the pitch, Pakistan were off to a shaky start as the 1992 champions lost their first four batsmen for just 67 runs after electing to bat. Opener Mohammad Hafeez started positively as he picked up Henry Osinde for special treatement in his first and innings second over, spanking the right-arm pacer for back-to-back boundaries.

 

 

 

But Osinde took his revenge in the first delivery of his next over, trapping Hafeez lbw but not before the batsman went for the review which went against him. Baidwan struck the second blow for Canada in the ninth over, dismissing Ahmed Shehzad caught by Gordon at mid-on. Baidwan then trapped Younis Khan lbw in the 13th over with a full length delivery that was titlting in towards middle and leg, prompting the batsman to go for another unsuccessful review.

 

And then two overs later, Kamran Akmal too departed caught at the backward point region by Nitish Kumar off Cheema to ensure a dream start for Canada. But then came in ever-reliable Misbah and together with young Umar Akmal, he steadied the rocking Pakistani ship with the 73-run stand.

 

After the shocking start, the duo took their time to settle in as they mostly dealt with ones and twos with occasional boundaries in between during their 117-ball partnership. But after all the hardwork when it was time for Misbah and Umar Akmal to accelerate, leg-spinner Rao inflicted twin blows, dismissing both the set batsmen with the Pakistan scoreboard reading 165 for six.

 

Rao first trapped Umar plumb in front of the wicket just two short of his half-century and then four overs later he accounted for Misbah, caught by captain Asish Bagai behind the stumps. Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi (20) and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq failed to live upto their reputation with the former becoming Cheema’s third victim. The lower-order did very little to help Pakistan’s cause as they lost their last four batsmen within a span of three runs.

 

Match Summary 

ICC World Cup 2011 Pakistan vs Canada, 17th Match, Group A R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) & Nigel Llong (Eng) Third Umpire: Tony Hill (NZ) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: Pakistan (Elected to bat) Match Status: Pakistan won by 46 runs

Batting: Pakistan Innings

Batsmen Pakistan (184/10 in 43 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Mohammad Hafeez lbw b H Osinde 11 12 2 0 91.67 Ahmed Shehzad c Tyson Gordon b H Baidwan 12 23 2 0 52.17 Kamran Akmal (wk) c NR Kumar b R Cheema 16 38 2 0 42.11 Younis Khan lbw b H Baidwan 6 13 1 0 46.15 Misbah-ul-Haq c A Bagai b B Rao 37 68 1 0 54.41 Umar Akmal lbw b B Rao 48 68 4 1 70.59 Shahid Afridi (c) c NR Kumar b R Cheema 20 17 2 0 117.65 Abdul Razzaq lbw b J Hansra 8 8 1 0 100.00 Umar Gul not out 2 4 0 0 50.00 Wahab Riaz c B Rao b J Hansra 0 3 0 0 0.00 Saeed Ajmal b H Baidwan 0 5 0 0 0.00 Extras: b - 4, w - 16, nb - 1, lb - 3 24   Total:(184 for 10 in 43 overs) 184 Run Rate: 4.28

Fall Of Wickets

1/16 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.1 ov.), 2/42 (Ahmed Shehzad, 8.5 ov.), 3/55 (Younis Khan, 12.5 ov.), 4/67 (Kamran Akmal, 15.3 ov.), 5/140 (Umar Akmal, 34.6 ov.), 6/165 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 38.2 ov.), 7/181 (Shahid Afridi, 40.5 ov.), 8/181 (Abdul Razzaq, 41.1 ov.), 9/181 (Wahab Riaz, 41.4 ov.), 10/184 (Saeed Ajmal, 42.6 ov.)

Bowling: Canada

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Khurram Chohan 3.3 0 10 0 1 0 2.9 Henry Osinde 7 1 25 1 0 5 3.6 Tyson Gordon 0.3 0 1 0 0 1 2.0 Harvir Baidwan 8 1 35 3 0 2 4.4 Rizwan Cheema 8 0 33 2 0 3 4.1 Balaji Rao 10 0 50 2 0 1 5.0 Jimmy Hansra 6 1 23 2 0 0 3.8

Batting: Canada Innings

Batsmen Canada (138/10 in 42.5 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Ruvindu Gunasekera lbw b U Gul 8 16 0 0 50.00 Nitish Kumar b A Razzaq 2 13 0 0 15.38 Zubin Surkari lbw b S Ajmal 27 67 2 0 40.30 Ashish Bagai (c) (wk) lbw b S Afridi 16 35 2 0 45.71 Jimmy Hansra b S Afridi 43 75 4 1 57.33 Rizwan Cheema b S Afridi 4 8 1 0 50.00 Tyson Gordon c W Riaz b S Afridi 9 12 1 0 75.00 Harvir Baidwan b S Afridi 0 1 0 0 0.00 Khurram Chohan not out 5 20 0 0 25.00 Balaji Rao run out (S Afridi) 1 7 0 0 14.29 Henry Osinde b W Riaz 0 3 0 0 0.00 Extras: b - 0, w - 19, nb - 0, lb - 4 23   Total:(138 for 10 in 42.5 overs) 138 Run Rate: 3.22

Fall Of Wickets

1/16 (Ruvindu Gunasekera, 3.6 ov.), 2/16 (Nitish Kumar, 4.5 ov.), 3/44 (Ashish Bagai, 17.1 ov.), 4/104 (Zubin Surkari, 33.3 ov.), 5/111 (Rizwan Cheema, 34.6 ov.), 6/114 (Jimmy Hansra, 36.4 ov.), 7/114 (Harvir Baidwan, 36.5 ov.), 8/130 (Tyson Gordon, 38.4 ov.), 9/134 (Balaji Rao, 41.4 ov.), 10/138 (Henry Osinde, 42.5 ov.)

Bowling: Pakistan

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Abdul Razzaq 7 2 16 1 0 1 2.3 Umar Gul 7 1 21 1 0 4 3.0 Shahid Afridi 10 0 23 5 0 3 2.3 Wahab Riaz 5.5 0 23 1 0 2 3.9 Saeed Ajmal 8 0 32 1 0 3 4.0 Mohammad Hafeez 5 0 21 0 0 0 4.2