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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Semi-Final of World Cup 2011 between Pakistan and India

  • Congratulation India! You deserved victory. Best of luck for the finals. We captaincy by Dhoni who used his bowlers excellently.
  • In the end Misbah tried to change the situation in favor of Pakistan but too late. Pakistan 231/10 in 49.5 overs. Misbah was the last man out. 
  • Wahab is the 8th wicket down on 199/9 in 44.5 overs. Misbah and Power Play 3 are still in the ground but i think it is too late.
  • Shahid Afridi caught by Sehwag b. Harbajn on a simple full toss ball which can be put any where. Total 184/7 in 41.5 overs. Now the Misbah only man who can go for bowlers. Can he?
  • 1st boundary hit by Misbah ul Haq 39th over.
  • Pakistan last hope Afridi entered in ground. All the Pakistani fans are thinking of him Can he changed the game?
  • Razzaq bold out by Patel on 3. Score was 150/6 in 36.2 overs.
  • Razzaq promoted before Afridi.
  • Umar Akmal bold by Harbajn Singh on 29. Score is 142/5 in 33.1 overs.
  • 30 overs 130/4. Umar Akmal 18* & Misbah on 7*.
  • Boundary after 13 overs hit by Umar Akmal. Desperately need one.  Follow by a good six on mid wicket.
  • Younas Khan caught by Riana on 13. Total 106/4 in 25.4 overs.
  • Asad Shafique bold out by Youvraj on 30. Total score 103/3 in 23.5 overs.
  • 20 overs 89/2. Asad Shaffique on 20* and Younas Khan 7*.
  • Muhammad Hafeez caught behind on 43 by Munaf. Score is 70/2 in 15.3 overs.
  • 10 overs 52/1. Muhammad Hafeez 33* and Asad Shafique 0*.
  • Akmal is caught by Youvraj Singh b. Zaheer Khan on 19. Total score is 44/1 in 9 overs.
  • Kamran Akmal hit a four on very 1st ball of Zaheer Khan.
  • Pakistan have to chase 261 runs in 50 overs.
  • Riana and Munaf Patel were the not out batsmen.
  • India finished his inning on 260/9 in 50 overs.
  • Nehra was run out by Wahab Riaz on same score.
  • Wahab Riaz took his 5th wicket and he dismissed Zaheer Khan in 50th over. Score 256/8 in 49.2 overs.
  • Saeed Ajmal stumped out Harbajhan Singh with an excellent ball on 12. Total score was 236/7 in 46.4 overs.
  • After 2 balls Wahab Riaz again struck for Pakistan and Simon Tufal gave LBW Dhoni on 25. Total score was 206/6 in 41.4 overs.
  • 4th dropped catch, now by Kamran Akmal on bowling of Wahab Riaz. Dhoni was the survivor.
  • Finally Muhammad Hafeez dismissed Tendulkar on 85. Captain himself took the catch.
  • In 32nd over of Muhammad Hafeez, Tendulkar got 3rd life. Another drop catch by Pakistan team. This time Umar Akmal dropped him at 81. Unbelievable!
  • Youvraj Singh was bold by Wahab Riaz on very next ball on 0.
  • Virat Kohli was catch out by Umar Akmal bold by Wahab Riaz on 21 in 26th over 1st ball.
  • Younas Khan the best Pakistan fielder gave another chance to Tendulakar by dropping a catch at short on, on the bowling of Shahid Afridi in 20th over. Tendulakar was on 45 runs.
  • Muhammad Hafeez bold Ghambhir with a flighted delivery on 27 in 19th over. 
  • Misbah ul Haq dropped a chance of catch of Tendulakar at mid wicket on bowling of Shahid Afridi at 27 in 14th over. Chance was a regular one but Pakistan lost the opportunity.
  • Two continuous unsuccessful appeals in the over of Saeed Ajmal agains Tendulakar.
  • Sehwag is LBW by Wahab Riaz in his 1st over.
  • Third over from Omar Gull was an expensive one. Sehwag hit 4 boundaries in it.
  • Sehwag and Tendulkar opened for India and Omar Gull with Razzaq attacked for Pakistan.
  • Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr. Yousaf Raza Gillani entered in the ground with Prime Minister of India Mr. Manmohan Singh and met with both team's players.
  • Indian Team= Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (capt, wk), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.
  • Pakistan Team=Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal.
  • Shoiab Akhtar is not playing for the last match against India.
  • Pakistan lost the toss. India elected to bat first.

Shoaib Left Out of Semi's

Shoaib Akhtar could not save a place in semi final against Pakistan. I can say he might have played his last match against Sri-Lanka in a group match of World Cup 2011.
We will miss you Shoaib Akhtar.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Semi-Finals of World Cup 2011

Tue Mar 29

09:00 GMT
14:00 PKT
1st Semi-Final
Sri Lanka v New Zealand
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka


Wed Mar 30
09:00 GMT
14:00 PKT
2nd Semi-Final
India v Pakistan
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh, India