Pakistan end Australia’s unbeaten run of 34 World Cup wins – ICC World Cup 2011 news
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s winning streak in the World Cups was finally broken by Pakistan in a match of the ICC World Cup 2011 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Saturday.
The Kangaroos were unbeaten in 34 matches in four World Cups, starting from 1999. However, their historic run came to an end as they lost the match by 4 wickets.
Last time when Australia lost a match in the mega event was also against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 did it again on Saturday.
The wicket at Colombo was not easy for batting, as the ball did not come onto the bat and the players struggled to score runs freely. Ricky Ponting elected to bat first after winning the toss, as the wicket was expected to be even more difficult for batting
in the second half of the match.
Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 and wicketkeeper batsman Brad Haddin were not able to give a solid start to their team, and the star all-rounder was the first man to be dismissed after just adding 9 runs to the total.
The Australian captain joined Haddin at the crease and the pair scored a steady 63-run partnership for the second wicket. However, Ponting continued his poor run of form, as he was dismissed after scoring 19 runs off 33 balls.
Haddin got out after a good knock of 42 runs from 80 balls and he was followed by Cameron White, who was run out after managing just 8 runs off 18 balls.
Australia were in deep trouble when Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 for 34 runs. The ball just came back off the seam and kissed the top of the stumps, which removed one bail.
There were high hopes from Michael Hussey, who has rescued his team from trouble on many occasions. However, the veteran failed to deliver this time, as he was out after scoring just 12 runs from 22 balls.
Lower middle-order batsman Steve Smith tried to take his score closer to 200 with his 25 from 32 balls, but he did not get much support from the other end. The defending champions were bowled out for 176 in 46.4 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 was yet again impressive with the new ball and he also swung the ball in the death overs. The aggressive fast bowler took 3 wickets for his team. He got good support from Razzaq, who grabbed 2 wickets for just 8 runs in his 4 overs.
Pakistan lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 attacked the bowlers and scored a quickfire 23 before being dismissed.
Veteran batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 got out on two consecutive balls and the Men in Green were reeling at 98 for 4.
However, Asad Shafiq and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 followed him after adding just 2 runs
to the total.
An unbeaten stand of 36 runs between Razzaq and Umar guided Pakistan to a historic win and they finished as the top team in Group A. They will now meet the fourth placed team from Group B in their quarterfinal match.
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