Pakistan trounce http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 by 10 wickets, qualify for semi-final of ICC World Cup 2011
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 on Wednesday.
The Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, which will be played on Thursday.
The West Indian captain Darren Sammy was pleased after winning the toss, as this was the first time when the coin rolled in his favour in the tournament. The wicket was expected to be slow and low in the second half of the match, which forced Sammy to bat
first.
There were some smiles in the Windies dressing room when Chris Gayle struck a couple of good boundaries. However, the flamboyant left-hander did not last long, as he was dismissed in the third over of the match after scoring just eight runs.
Pakistan have been experimenting with their bowling attack in the mega event and this time they chose to start the proceedings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898.
The move to introduce spin from the very start helped the team, as Hafeez dismissed Devon Smith and Darren Bravo in one over. This put West Indies on the back foot, as they were reeling at 16 for 3 in 5.4 overs.
Veteran batsmen Ramnaresh Sarwan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shivnarine-Chanderpaul-c90073 tried to steady the ship for their team, but they were not able to keep the scoreboard ticking. Sarwan got out after a struggling 24 off 68 balls and his wicket saw a collapse for the Caribbean
Kings.
Kieron Pollard, Devon Thomas, Darren Sammy and Devendra Bishoo were out without making an impact and the Windies were struggling at 71 for 8 in 27.5 overs. However, Kemar Roach paired with Chanderpaul for a 40-run ninth wicket stand, which took their total
over 100.
The express fast bowler was not able to support his partner for long, as he was dismissed after scoring 16 runs from 43 balls. Ravi Rampaul failed to open his account and the Windies were bundled up for 112 in 43.3 overs. Chanderpaul remained unbeaten on
44 off 106 balls.
Pakistani bowlers were exceptional in the field. Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 took two wickets each to support their captain.
The Pakistan openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122 and Mohammad Hafeez did not find any problems when they came out to bat and remained unbeaten on 47 and 61. They put together 113 runs for the opening wicket and guided their team to an easy win.
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