Pakistan v Zimbabwe - Recap & Analysis of the players - ICC World Cup 2011
Pakistan finally sealed their place in the quarterfinals by defeating minnows http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011. Afridi eleven successfully chased a total of 151 runs, winning the game by seven wickets
according to the Duckworth-Lewis method. The mega event is being hosted by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 this year.
Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat first. The decision was made probably keeping in mind Pakistan’s poor performance while chasing runs. However, rain ruined Zimbabwean plans as the match experienced some heavy pouring. Throughout
the match the conditions were over cast and moist which suited the bowlers and Pakistan were certainly not going to miss this opportunity to pulverise the batting line-up of the African minnows.
Due to the rain, the Duckworth-Lewis was used for the first time in the mega event this year in a match that http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/ground/434211.html, Sri Lanka.
This was the same venue where Pakistan received a 110-run defeat by New Zealand. Nonetheless this was another day and Pakistan seemed full of confidence with a new zeal to dominate the opposition from the word go. Afridi eleven reduced
Zimbabwe to 157 for 7. At this point the rain interrupted the game for the second time which resulted in an early end of the Zimbabwean innings.
From Pakistan the pick of the bowlers was without a doubt their ace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 who bowled magnificently by not allowing the batsmen to score freely. He took three wickets in his 7.4 overs, giving away just 36 runs.
The veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623 to share the new ball with Gul. Both Razzaq and Gul made great use of the conditions, frustrating the Zimbabwean batsmen by choking the flow of runs.
Razzaq took an early wicket of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 gave just 24 runs in his 7 overs. This was an extremely improved bowling performance
by the all-rounder who was clobbered for 49 runs in four overs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849
but this time he made no mistake.
After this, three Zimbabwean wickets fell cheaply but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Craig-Richard-Ervine-c51733 remained solid and showed some resistance. He scored 52 runs making him the highest run getter from his side.
The Zimbabwean captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/E-Chigumbura-c1411 tried to justify his decision to bat first by playing some impressive shots. However, rain struck again ending the innings before time. Had any other ground suffered this much downpour the match
would have been abandoned however due to the excellent ground staff, Pakistan were able play their innings.
Pakistan’s didn’t start the innings in a blasting manner. The opener Ahmed Shehzad's miserable form with the bat continued as he lost his wicket after scoring just eight runs.
His opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 promoted himself after the demise of Hafeez
to speed up the run chase in a bid to wrap things up quickly. However, he failed in his attempt and was clean bowled by Raymond Price after scoring just three runs.
It was then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 to take the lead in the partnership with Khan. He made an unbeaten 78 runs in his debut World Cup
match. He and Younus http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 shared a partnership of 54-runs to ensure Pakistan’s qualification for the quarterfinals.
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