Umar leads Pakistan recovery against South Africa
GROS ISLET: Umar Akmal struck 51 from 33 balls as Pakistan recovered from a poor start to make 148 for seven after captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in their World Twenty20 game on Monday.
On a slow track, Pakistan struggled throughout the ”power play” overs stumbling to 19 for three at the end of the six overs of field restrictions.
Umar and his brother Kamran Akmal (32) then put on a 51-run partnership that got Pakistan”s momentum going.
After Kamran departed, skipper Shahid Afridi (30 from 18) contributed to a 61-run partnership in just 5.3 overs.
For South Africa, Charl Langeveldt made the important breakthroughs taking 4-19 from his four overs.
The defending champions made one change from the side beaten by one run by New Zealand in Barbados on Saturday, with spin-bowling all-rounder Khalid Latif replacing fast bowler Mohammad Sami.
South Africa, who lost by 39 runs to England in Barbados on Saturday, also made one change with left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe replacing fast bowler Morne Morkel.
Pakistan have lost their opening two games in the three-match Super Eight stage while South Africa have one victory giving them two points and a chance to make the
semi-finals with a win.
Pakistan had to win this match to have a chance of reaching the semi-finals, although they also needed England beat New Zealand in the final Group E match later here on Monday.
Victory for South Africa would guarantee England”s place in the semi-finals but leave the Proteas needing England to beat New Zealand to advance into the last four.
If New Zealand win, South Africa would most likely be out, unless they beat Pakistan by a huge margin and New Zealand only win narrowly.
Teams
Pakistan:Salman Butt, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi (captain), Umar Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Khalid Latif Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal
South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher (wkt), Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Roelof van der Merwe, Dale Steyn, Charl Langeveldt.
Pakistan knock Proteas out of World T20
GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia: Defending champions Pakistan knocked South Africa out of the World Twenty20 with an 11-run Super Eights win at the Beausejour Stadium here on Monday.
The victory kept Pakistan’s own qualification hopes alive. The result meant England, who have won both opening Super Eight games, would qualify for the semi-finals regardless of the outcome of their final match against New Zealand later here on
Monday.
But, in order for Pakistan to progress to the last four, they have to hope England beat New Zealand by a sufficiently wide margin to go through on net run-rate.
New Zealand, also on two points, will go through with a win over England. Their victory would send them into the knockout stages.
Pakistan and South Africa both have two points from three matches but Pakistan have a superior run-rate.
Umar Akmal struck 51 from 33 balls as Pakistan recovered from a poor start to make 148 for seven.
In reply, South Africa were only 56 for three after 10 overs but a spirited 53 off 41 balls from AB de Villiers gave them a fighting chance which they were unable to make the most of as Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal took four wickets.
Brief scores:
Pakistan 148-7, 20 overs (U Akmal 51; C Langeveldt 4-19)
South Africa 137-7, 20 overs (AB de Villiers 53; S Ajmal 4-26)
Result: Pakistan won by 11 runs.
Apple Cup 2009 Score
Apple Cup 2009 Score, We know all the reasons why the Cougs are going to kill on Saturday – Washington has improved considerably and has Jake Locker, while the Cougs are terrible and horrible game on the road .
Looking for a reason why the Cougs might actually be able to stay within the estimated 24-point difference tomorrow? Here is the best I could find.
For all the problems we have on defense, I argue that the biggest problem Cougs’ is the general, there is the nature of the offense. WSU is currently an average of 4.2 yards per game, tied for 117th nationally. To stay in a game, simply must be able to score some points, both for the obvious reason that we need to score points to win, but also to give your defense a fighting chance to stay fresh.
Our three main offensive performances – in terms of yards per game – were against Cal, Stanford and Hawaii. In fact, here’s a look at how we did against the four worst defenses we have faced:
Apple Cup 2009 Score was first posted on November 29, 2009 at 10:26 am.
Ind vs Wi , India Vs West Indies 2009
Ind vs Wi , India Vs West Indies 2009, India Vs West Indies Johannesburg 12th Match,
Ind vs Wi , India Vs West Indies 2009 was first posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:09 pm.
