Pakistan vs Canada (Colombo) (3rd March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 3^rd March

17^th Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,

Pakistan won by 46 runs;

Pakistan successively won the toss and chose to bat first;

Scoreboard:

Pakistan        184/10    (43 over)

Pakistan Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Mohammad Hafeez	lbw b Osinde	11	12	2	0	91.66
Ahmed Shehzad	c Gordon b Baidwan	12	23	2	0	52.17
Kamran Akmal†	c Kumar b Rizwan Cheema	16	38	2	0	42.10
Younis Khan	lbw b Baidwan	6	13	1	0	46.15
Misbah-ul-Haq	c †Bagai b Balaji Rao	37	68	1	0	54.41
Umar Akmal	lbw b Balaji Rao	48	68	4	1	70.58
Shahid Afridi*	c Kumar b Rizwan Cheema	20	17	2	0	117.64
Abdul Razzaq	lbw b Hansra	8	8	1	0	100.00
Umar Gul	not out	2	4	0	0	50.00
Wahab Riaz	c Balaji Rao b Hansra	0	3	0	0	0.00
Saeed Ajmal	b Baidwan	0	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 16, nb 1)	24

Total (all out; 43 over) 184 (4.27 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

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

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Khurram Chohan	3.3	0	10	0	2.85	(1nb)
H Osinde	7	1	25	1	3.57	(5w)
TG Gordon	0.3	0	1	0	2.00	(1w)
HS Baidwan	8	1	35	3	4.37	(2w)
Rizwan Cheema	8	0	33	2	4.12	(3w)
WD Balaji Rao	10	0	50	2	5.00	(1w)
AS Hansra	6	1	23	2	3.83

Canada            138/10    (42.5 over)    (lost by 46 runs)

Canada Innings	(target: 185 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
R Gunasekera	lbw b Umar Gul	8	16	0	0	50.00
NR Kumar	b Abdul Razzaq	2	13	0	0	15.38
ZE Surkari	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	27	67	2	0	40.29
A Bagai*†	lbw b Shahid Afridi	16	35	2	0	45.71
AS Hansra	b Shahid Afridi	43	75	4	1	57.33
Rizwan Cheema	b Shahid Afridi	4	8	1	0	50.00
TG Gordon	c Wahab Riaz b Shahid Afridi	9	12	1	0	75.00
HS Baidwan	b Shahid Afridi	0	1	0	0	0.00
Khurram Chohan	not out	5	20	0	0	25.00
WD Balaji Rao	run out (Shahid Afridi)	1	7	0	0	14.28
H Osinde	b Wahab Riaz	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 19)	23

Total (all out; 42.5 over) 138 (3.22 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-16 (Gunasekera, 3.6 over), 2-16 (Kumar, 4.5 over), 3-44 (Bagai, 17.1 over), 4-104 (Surkari, 33.3 over), 5-111 (Rizwan Cheema, 34.6 over), 6-114 (Hansra, 36.4 over), 7-114 (Baidwan, 36.5 over), 8-130 (Gordon, 38.4 over), 9-134 (Balaji Rao, 41.4 over), 10-138 (Osinde, 42.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Abdul Razzaq	7	2	16	1	2.28	(1w)
Umar Gul	7	1	20	1	2.85	(4w)
Shahid Afridi	10	0	23	5	2.30	(3w)
Wahab Riaz	5.5	0	23	1	3.94	(2w)
Saeed Ajmal	8	0	31	1	3.87	(3w)
Mohammad Hafeez	5	0	21	0	4.20

Player of the match:    Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Umpires:        DJ Harper (Australia) and NJ Llong (England)

TV umpire:        AL Hill (New Zealand)

Like Ireland triumph against England, Canada urged to beat Pakistan as the second upset of World Cup 2011, but Pakistan's skipper blew their dreams into sand. Although Afridi's batting performance was not still worthy for his side but his bowling speculated all-around the world as the leading wicket-taker in the tournament so far. He got 14 scalps from three games. Today, Pakistan batsmen showed iffy techniques in their innings and no batsman scored a fifty against rusty Canada and all the batting line-up surrendered at 184 in 43^rd over.

While chasing a low 184 score, Pakistan bowlers boosted them and gradually got wickets of Canadian players, outstanding bowling from skipper destroyed all the line and for 34 runs, they lost 7 wickets. Pakistan skipper Afridi said, "Batting first was a good decision but the shot selections weren't good. It's a good wake-up call for us. Coach Waqar Younis and I will speak to the boys. It wasn't good shot selection. We won't repeat this kind of performance again. These are perfect conditions for bowling, for spin and fast bowlers".