2nd Semi-Final India vs Pakistan (Mohali) 30th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 30^th March

48^th Match – 2^nd Semi-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh,

India won by 29 runs;

India won the toss and preferred to bat first;

Scoreboard:

India                260/9    (50 over)

India Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
V Sehwag	lbw b Wahab Riaz	38	25	9	0	152.00
SR Tendulkar	c Shahid Afridi b Saeed Ajmal	85	115	11	0	73.91
G Gambhir	st †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Hafeez	27	32	2	0	84.37
V Kohli	c Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz	9	21	0	0	42.85
Yuvraj Singh	b Wahab Riaz	0	1	0	0	0.00
MS Dhoni*†	lbw b Wahab Riaz	25	42	2	0	59.52
SK Raina	not out	36	39	3	0	92.30
Harbhajan Singh	st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal	12	15	2	0	80.00
Z Khan	c †Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz	9	10	1	0	90.00
A Nehra	run out (Wahab Riaz/†Kamran Akmal)	1	2	0	0	50.00
MM Patel	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 8, w 8, nb 2)	18

Total (9 wickets; 50 over) 260 (5.20 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-48 (Sehwag, 5.5 over), 2-116 (Gambhir, 18.5 over), 3-141 (Kohli, 25.2 over), 4-141 (Yuvraj Singh, 25.3 over), 5-187 (Tendulkar, 36.6 over), 6-205 (Dhoni, 41.4 over), 7-236 (Harbhajan Singh, 46.4 over), 8-256 (Khan, 49.2 over), 9-258 (Nehra, 49.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Umar Gul	8	0	69	0	8.62	(2nb, 1w)
Abdul Razzaq	2	0	14	0	7.00
Wahab Riaz	10	0	46	5	4.60	(4w)
Saeed Ajmal	10	0	44	2	4.40	(2w)
Shahid Afridi	10	0	45	0	4.50
Mohammad Hafeez	10	0	34	1	3.40

Pakistan            231/10    (49.5 over)    (lost by 29 runs)

Pakistan Innings	(target: 261 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
Kamran Akmal†	c Yuvraj Singh b Khan	19	21	3	0	90.47
Mohammad Hafeez	c †Dhoni b Patel	43	59	7	0	72.88
Asad Shafiq	b Yuvraj Singh	30	39	2	0	76.92
Younis Khan	c Raina b Yuvraj Singh	13	32	0	0	40.62
Misbah-ul-Haq	c Kohli b Khan	56	76	5	1	73.68
Umar Akmal	b Harbhajan Singh	29	24	1	2	120.83
Abdul Razzaq	b Patel	3	9	0	0	33.33
Shahid Afridi*	c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh	19	17	1	0	111.76
Wahab Riaz	c Tendulkar b Nehra	8	14	1	0	57.14
Umar Gul	lbw b Nehra	2	3	0	0	66.66
Saeed Ajmal	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
Extras	(w 8)	8

Total (all out; 49.5 over) 231 (4.63 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-44 (Kamran Akmal, 8.6 over), 2-70 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.3 over), 3-103 (Asad Shafiq, 23.5 over), 4-106 (Younis Khan, 25.4 over), 5-142 (Umar Akmal, 33.1 over), 6-150 (Abdul Razzaq, 36.2 over), 7-184 (Shahid Afridi, 41.5 over), 8-199 (Wahab Riaz, 44.5 over), 9-208 (Umar Gul, 46.1 over), 10-231 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 49.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
Z Khan	9.5	0	58	2	5.89	(2w)
A Nehra	10	0	33	2	3.30	(1w)
MM Patel	10	1	40	2	4.00	(1w)
Harbhajan Singh	10	0	43	2	4.30
Yuvraj Singh	10	1	57	2	5.70

Player of the match:    SR Tendulkar (India)

Umpires:        IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire:        BF Bowden (New Zealand)

India maintained their winning streak against Pakistan in World Cups as they defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in the semi-final in Mohali in a nerve thrilling contest from both the countries. India is now one rung closer to World Cup triumph after their bowlers' destructed frail Pakistan's batting lineup. India made a place in World Cup final which would be held on Saturday in Mumbai with Sri Lanka. It is the first time in World Cup history playing two south Asian teams in World Cup final. Mumbai's contest will decide the battle of the hosts. India were exceptional in all departments of the game and snatched the victory over Pakistan. Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi said in the post match ceremony, "India played better than us".

In the end of India's batting, India had finished their innings at 260 for 9 which was a par score on the good-friendly pitch of Mohali as Pakistan bowlers did great job and restricted them to 260. Wahab Riaz was extremely remarkable in gathering five important wickets while spinners had also handy for their side. Umar Gul was proved to expensive one persisted the pressure of World Cup semi-final versus India.

India displayed very much amateur attitude in the fielding which created difference in a match on both sides. They were also very promising regarding their bowling as they did not concede any extra until the 37^th over of the innings. All the Indians bowlers got two wickets each to tight the screw around the Pakistan's batsmen. Sachin Tendulkar titled with Player of Match was very luckiest today, he was dropped four times on 27, 45, 70 and 81 and also got the successful Decision review while Ian Gould called him LBW on the ball of Saeed Ajmal of his early spell.

1st Semi-Final Sri Lanka vs New Zealand (Colombo) 29th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 29^th March

47^th Match – 1^st Semi-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining);

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first;

Scoreboard:

New Zealand            217/10    (48.5 over)

New Zealand Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MJ Guptill	b Malinga	39	65	3	0	60.00
BB McCullum†	b Herath	13	21	1	1	61.90
JD Ryder	c †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	19	34	2	0	55.88
LRPL Taylor	c Tharanga b Mendis	36	55	1	0	65.45
SB Styris	lbw b Muralitharan	57	77	5	0	74.02
KS Williamson	lbw b Malinga	22	16	3	0	137.50
NL McCullum	c †Sangakkara b Malinga	9	9	0	1	100.00
JDP Oram	c Jayawardene b Dilshan	7	9	1	0	77.77
DL Vettori*	not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
TG Southee	c †Sangakkara b Mendis	0	3	0	0	0.00
AJ McKay	b Mendis	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 5, w 6, nb 1)	12

Total (all out; 48.5 over) 217 (4.44 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-32 (BB McCullum, 7.1 over), 2-69 (Ryder, 18.3 over), 3-84 (Guptill, 21.3 over), 4-161 (Taylor, 39.1 over), 5-192 (Williamson, 43.3 over), 6-204 (NL McCullum, 45.1 over), 7-213 (Styris, 46.6 over), 8-215 (Oram, 47.4 over), 9-217 (Southee, 48.3 over), 10-217 (McKay, 48.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
SL Malinga	9	0	55	3	6.11	(1nb)
HMRKB Herath	9	1	31	1	3.44	(1w)
AD Mathews	6	0	27	0	4.50
BAW Mendis	9.5	0	35	3	3.55
M Muralitharan	10	1	42	2	4.20	(2w)
TM Dilshan	5	0	22	1	4.40	(1w)

Sri Lanka                220/5    (47.5 over)    (won by 5 wickets)

Sri Lanka Innings	(target: 218 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WU Tharanga	c Ryder b Southee	30	31	4	1	96.77
TM Dilshan	c Ryder b Southee	73	93	10	1	78.49
KC Sangakkara*†	c Styris b McKay	54	79	7	1	68.35
DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Vettori	1	3	0	0	33.33
TT Samaraweera	not out	23	38	2	0	60.52
LPC Silva	b Southee	13	25	2	0	52.00
AD Mathews	not out	14	18	1	1	77.77
Extras	(lb 2, w 10)	12

Total (5 wickets; 47.5 over) 220 (4.59 runs per over)

Did not bat:

SL Malinga, HMRKB Herath, BAW Mendis, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets:

1-40 (Tharanga, 7.2 over), 2-160 (Dilshan, 32.4 over), 3-161 (Jayawardene, 33.1 over), 4-169 (Sangakkara, 36.2 over), 5-185 (Silva, 42.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
NL McCullum	6	0	33	0	5.50	(1w)
TG Southee	10	2	57	3	5.70	(1w)
DL Vettori	10	0	36	1	3.60
JDP Oram	8	1	29	0	3.62
AJ McKay	9.5	1	37	1	3.76	(2w)
SB Styris	2	0	12	0	6.00
JD Ryder	2	0	14	0	7.00

Player of the match:    KC Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Umpires:        Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJ Davis (Australia)

TV umpire:        M Erasmus (South Africa)

Sri Lanka has cleared their way to move Mumbai participating in Saturday's World Cup final as New Zealand surrendered in hard-fighting contest after Sri Lanka defeated them by five wickets in Colombo. Sangakkara's team will attempt second consecutive World Cup final while Vettori steps down captaincy over the failure of many challenges.

Defending a closed par total of 217 after their batting efforts had tattered before the spin actions of hosts in which Scott Styris ground out a responsible 57 from 76 balls on a worn wicket at the Premadasa Stadium, New Zealand were back into the contest with a vengeance when it seemed the match was finally won by hosts. At 160 for 1 in the 33^rd over, Dilshan and Sangakkara had promising shared in the stand of 120, with a little shaky of Sri Lankan team, when Jayawardene caught LBW on 1 while facing the delivery of Daniel Vettori, next Sangakkara was trapped who was tried to play a pull shot over third man, three quick wickets made alive Kiwis for the contest but Samaraweera and Mathews propelled their side to World Cup final route.