Colombo : Afridi's bowling has grown into a model of menacing consistency which has placed him well in front as the tournament's leading wicket-taker with 14 scalps from three games as well as helped Pakistan to win the match against the Canada team in colombo.
Earlier Pakistan batsman couldn't with stand the terrible bowling attack of the Canada team. Pakistan was all-out for 184. Tremendous bowling performance from the Canada team helped them to restrict the Paksitan total to 184.
Pakistan lost early wickets, Opener Mohammad Hafeez(11 out of 12 balls ) was out for an leg before by Osinde in the fourth over itself. After which Ahmed Shehzad(12 out of 23 balls) and Younis Khan (6 out of 13 balls) were dismissed in the 9th and the 13th over by Baidwan. Pakistan were 67 for 4 in the 16th over after which a 73 run paternship between Umar Akmal(48 out of 68 balls) and Misbah-ul-Haq(37 out of 68) helped the pakistan team to recover.
Baidwan was the top wicket taker from the Canada team who took three wickets, Cheema Hansra and Balaji Rao also took two wickets each.
Canada also lost two early wickets as both the openers were out in the fourth and the fifth over itself. Gunasekera was out for an leg before, while Kumar was bowled by Abdul Razzaq.
Afridi was the top wicket taker who took five wickets with an economy rate of 2.30, while Razzaq, Gul, Riaz, and Ajmal took a wicket each.
"It was the right decision to bat first, but we didn't bat well. It is a good wake up call for us. Myself and the coach will talk to the boys after the game. We couldn't get a partnership going. Our shot selection was poor, but we won't repeat such a batting performance again. Our bowling was superb, Waqar as been doing a great job with the boys. It was a good pitch for the fast bowlers to bowl on." Afridi said.
"Very disappointing. We lost one of our good bowlers initially but we bowled and fielded well. Our batting let us down. We let ourselves down. Fighting is one thing but we couldn't win. Our batting has been a worry for us. Maybe we can get a few new faces in the next games. It was a great crowd and a good atmosphere." Bagai said.
Toss : Pakistan, who chose to bat
Points : Pakistan 2, Canada 0
Scores : Pakistan 184 (43 ov) Canada 138 (42.5 ov)
Player of the match : Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
Also see : South Africa won by 231 runs
Love to play India - Pakistan final : Shahid Afridi.
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Earlier Pakistan batsman couldn't with stand the terrible bowling attack of the Canada team. Pakistan was all-out for 184. Tremendous bowling performance from the Canada team helped them to restrict the Paksitan total to 184.
Pakistan lost early wickets, Opener Mohammad Hafeez(11 out of 12 balls ) was out for an leg before by Osinde in the fourth over itself. After which Ahmed Shehzad(12 out of 23 balls) and Younis Khan (6 out of 13 balls) were dismissed in the 9th and the 13th over by Baidwan. Pakistan were 67 for 4 in the 16th over after which a 73 run paternship between Umar Akmal(48 out of 68 balls) and Misbah-ul-Haq(37 out of 68) helped the pakistan team to recover.
Baidwan was the top wicket taker from the Canada team who took three wickets, Cheema Hansra and Balaji Rao also took two wickets each.
Canada also lost two early wickets as both the openers were out in the fourth and the fifth over itself. Gunasekera was out for an leg before, while Kumar was bowled by Abdul Razzaq.
Afridi was the top wicket taker who took five wickets with an economy rate of 2.30, while Razzaq, Gul, Riaz, and Ajmal took a wicket each.
"It was the right decision to bat first, but we didn't bat well. It is a good wake up call for us. Myself and the coach will talk to the boys after the game. We couldn't get a partnership going. Our shot selection was poor, but we won't repeat such a batting performance again. Our bowling was superb, Waqar as been doing a great job with the boys. It was a good pitch for the fast bowlers to bowl on." Afridi said.
"Very disappointing. We lost one of our good bowlers initially but we bowled and fielded well. Our batting let us down. We let ourselves down. Fighting is one thing but we couldn't win. Our batting has been a worry for us. Maybe we can get a few new faces in the next games. It was a great crowd and a good atmosphere." Bagai said.
Toss : Pakistan, who chose to bat
Points : Pakistan 2, Canada 0
Scores : Pakistan 184 (43 ov) Canada 138 (42.5 ov)
Player of the match : Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
Also see : South Africa won by 231 runs
Love to play India - Pakistan final : Shahid Afridi.
ICC suspects the AUS-NZ WC match
I am not worried about being hit for sixes by Tendulkar - Shoiab Akhtar
