http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 in first ODI by 96 runs – Cricket news
Pakistan have beaten Scotland in the first of the two One Day International matches by a convincing margin of 96 runs in Edinburgh.
The Men in Green are looking to have a good practice before the Champions Trophy officially begins in the first week of June. The touring side, in their first encounter, successfully defended a modest score of 231 runs at the Grange Cricket Club Ground,
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh.
Pakistan have dropped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 to injury for this tour. Nonetheless, this did not stop Pakistan from pulverising the minnows.
Pakistan, who chose to bat, made full use of the batting conditions as openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamshed-c66276 put 50 runs together, before this partnership was ended as Jamshed was dismissed for 20.
Later with 80 runs on the board, the batting side suffered the loss of their second wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898, who had come in at number-three, was caught by Davey after scoring 18 runs off 26 deliveries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 had a disappointing comeback as the batsman could score only nine runs before getting his stumps shattered all over the place by Machan. At the time of this dismissal, Pakistan had piled 95 runs.
Farhat was then the next casualty as he was clean bowled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RM-Haq-c2336 after hitting 46 runs off his bat. With four wickets down and 99 runs on the board, things were seemingly slipping out of Pakistan’s hands.
The next partnership between skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Amin-c94597 was productive, as it led the side towards 115 before the latter became the fifth wicket of the day after having scored only three runs off 12 deliveries.
The Pakistan skipper was in spectacular form as he remained unbeaten on 83 runs, helping his side amass a decent score.
The Scots had a terrible start to their run chase as they lost their first wicket on the final delivery of the second over with nothing on the board - left-arm pacer, Junaid Khan, struck early for his side by nabbing Scotland opener NM Carter for nil.
The second-wicket partnership between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Davey-c1690 was eventful as it took the score to 52, before the demise of the latter who lost his wicket to Ehsan Adil for 20.
The Pakistani bowlers were just too good for their hosts as Junaid and ace spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 bagged three wickets apiece to restrict Scotland to 135 in 39.4 overs.
With one more match to go in the series, Scotland would be hoping to make a comeback, while Pakistan should be aiming to continue their winning streak.
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