Pakistan v West Indies, Champions Trophy, Group B, The Oval
West Indies 172 for eight (Gayle thirty-nine, Samuels 30, Irfan 3-32) beat Asian nation one hundred seventy (Misbah 96*, Jamshed 50, Roach 3-28) by 2 wickets
no matter your persuasion once it involves one-day cricket the Champions Trophy appearance set to supply
one thing for everybody. once the high-scoring gap match in Cardiff, there was a low-scoring nail-biter at The Oval with the Indies living major issues against Pakistan's pace and spin combination to secure a invaluable two-wicket finish.
Amid a zealous, excitable crowd dominated by Asian nation support - this is often arguably the nearest they'll get to a home crowd given their current state of affairs - the Indies, UN agency themselves wont to have a huge following at The Oval within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, vulnerable to throw away their outstanding add the sector with a nervous batting show. They eventually limped over the road with Denesh Ramdin and Kemar Roach at the crease: a wicketkeeper and a pace bowler, because it was within the darkness for the triumph in 2004.
Perhaps aware that pushing and spur was dangerous, Ramdin and Sunil Narine didn't attempt to eke their thanks to the target once Dwayne Bravo, in his initial match as captain, was lbw to Saeed Ajmal with twenty eight still needed. The bold, and infrequently reckless, approach quickly washed-up the necessity right down to six just for Narine to edge Mohammed Irfan behind. a couple of tense deliveries followed till Roach, within the spirit of Ian Bradshaw, scythed a boundary over the off aspect.
Pakistan's bowlers, as they need frequently within the past, therefore nearly reclaimed their batsmen. Irfan's bounce was daunting, Wahab Riaz's pace unsettling and Saeed Ajmal's variations beguiling. But, once simply 2 of their batsmen reached double figures - Misbah-ul-Haq concluded unconquered on a career-best ninety six - they were simply in need of runs.
Despite losing 2 early wickets against the lofty Irfan, a partnership of sixty three between Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels had created important inroads into the chase and brought the necessity down below a hundred. Then a well-flighted doosra from Ajmal flummoxed Gayle as he tried to launch it over the leg aspect and Asian nation perceived their gap.
Wahab, on the bottom wherever he took a five-wicket haul on his take a look at debut in 2010, bowled with pace and controlled aggression throughout - sometimes nudging 90mph - and made a lifting delivery that brushed Ramnaresh Sarwan's edge.
Samuels had unfurled some of the sparkling off-drives that lit up the previous English season, however once he charged at Mohammed Hafeez and was overwhelmed by the drift the sport had edged back in Pakistan's favour.
Kieron Pollard, shelving the majority his natural instincts with the exception of one straight blow for 6, made in all probability his most cautious one-day innings - taking eighteen balls to urge off the mark - aboard Bravo that modified the balance of power once more. however Pollard was another batter undone by pace and bounce as Kamran Akmal completed the fourth of his 5 dismissals and West Indies' lower-order depth was severely tested.
It was an amazing match for people who fancy their cricket with the ball holding sway. Roach knocked over the highest of Pakistan's batting with 3 wickets in his initial four overs, exploit them fifteen for three, and Narine sparked another collapse within the middle order with six wickets falling for thirty three.
Either aspect of these wobbles, Nasir Jamshed and Misbah repaired lots of the first harm with a fourth-wicket stand of ninety, just for it to be prodigally given away amid rash shots and run outs from the lower order. Only Irfan, at No. 11, showed the good judgment to undertake and stick with his captain however couldn't quite facilitate him to a maiden one-day hundred.
During the tense end, the thirty two runs adscititious for the last wicket were shaping as very important, as was the let-off Misbah received before he had scored that didn't forged Ramdin in an exceedingly glowing lightweight. it had been not simply an easy born chance; Ramdin at the start gathered the within edge which might have given Roach his fourth wicket however in falling to his left the ball at large his gloves.
Although it had been clearly grounded, Ramdin then rolled the ball to the square-leg umpire and claimed the catch. maybe he was unaware of the Law that the fielder needs to even be up to the mark of the discharge - and not simply the catch - however it didn't look smart for Ramdin on replays.
If the possibility had been cleanly taken, Asian nation would are seventeen for four. Roach roughed up their high order with an impressive six-over spell that had begun by removing Imran Farhat within the gap over. Hafeez was bowled by a full, straight delivery that he contend around and so Asad Shafiq, suckered in by some additional bounce, move third man. By now, Bravo was responding with the "attacking" whole of cricket he secure by setting fields that enclosed 3 slips, a brief leg and a leg valley.
Mishab took fourteen balls to attain - not that he gets discomposed by such problems - and once he burst out of his shell with a straight six off Pollard, Asian nation were setting out to prosper for the primary time. however it all began to unravel once more once Jamshed, 2 balls once reaching a affixation fifty, picked out long-off. 3 deliveries later Shoaib leader - enclosed by shut fielders - broken to short midwicket and Akmal became Narine's third once he edged a cut. Despite Misbah's resilience, and also the skills of his bowlers, it had been a pricey collapse.
no matter your persuasion once it involves one-day cricket the Champions Trophy appearance set to supply
one thing for everybody. once the high-scoring gap match in Cardiff, there was a low-scoring nail-biter at The Oval with the Indies living major issues against Pakistan's pace and spin combination to secure a invaluable two-wicket finish.
Amid a zealous, excitable crowd dominated by Asian nation support - this is often arguably the nearest they'll get to a home crowd given their current state of affairs - the Indies, UN agency themselves wont to have a huge following at The Oval within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, vulnerable to throw away their outstanding add the sector with a nervous batting show. They eventually limped over the road with Denesh Ramdin and Kemar Roach at the crease: a wicketkeeper and a pace bowler, because it was within the darkness for the triumph in 2004.
Perhaps aware that pushing and spur was dangerous, Ramdin and Sunil Narine didn't attempt to eke their thanks to the target once Dwayne Bravo, in his initial match as captain, was lbw to Saeed Ajmal with twenty eight still needed. The bold, and infrequently reckless, approach quickly washed-up the necessity right down to six just for Narine to edge Mohammed Irfan behind. a couple of tense deliveries followed till Roach, within the spirit of Ian Bradshaw, scythed a boundary over the off aspect.
Pakistan's bowlers, as they need frequently within the past, therefore nearly reclaimed their batsmen. Irfan's bounce was daunting, Wahab Riaz's pace unsettling and Saeed Ajmal's variations beguiling. But, once simply 2 of their batsmen reached double figures - Misbah-ul-Haq concluded unconquered on a career-best ninety six - they were simply in need of runs.
Despite losing 2 early wickets against the lofty Irfan, a partnership of sixty three between Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels had created important inroads into the chase and brought the necessity down below a hundred. Then a well-flighted doosra from Ajmal flummoxed Gayle as he tried to launch it over the leg aspect and Asian nation perceived their gap.
Wahab, on the bottom wherever he took a five-wicket haul on his take a look at debut in 2010, bowled with pace and controlled aggression throughout - sometimes nudging 90mph - and made a lifting delivery that brushed Ramnaresh Sarwan's edge.
Samuels had unfurled some of the sparkling off-drives that lit up the previous English season, however once he charged at Mohammed Hafeez and was overwhelmed by the drift the sport had edged back in Pakistan's favour.
Kieron Pollard, shelving the majority his natural instincts with the exception of one straight blow for 6, made in all probability his most cautious one-day innings - taking eighteen balls to urge off the mark - aboard Bravo that modified the balance of power once more. however Pollard was another batter undone by pace and bounce as Kamran Akmal completed the fourth of his 5 dismissals and West Indies' lower-order depth was severely tested.
It was an amazing match for people who fancy their cricket with the ball holding sway. Roach knocked over the highest of Pakistan's batting with 3 wickets in his initial four overs, exploit them fifteen for three, and Narine sparked another collapse within the middle order with six wickets falling for thirty three.
Either aspect of these wobbles, Nasir Jamshed and Misbah repaired lots of the first harm with a fourth-wicket stand of ninety, just for it to be prodigally given away amid rash shots and run outs from the lower order. Only Irfan, at No. 11, showed the good judgment to undertake and stick with his captain however couldn't quite facilitate him to a maiden one-day hundred.
During the tense end, the thirty two runs adscititious for the last wicket were shaping as very important, as was the let-off Misbah received before he had scored that didn't forged Ramdin in an exceedingly glowing lightweight. it had been not simply an easy born chance; Ramdin at the start gathered the within edge which might have given Roach his fourth wicket however in falling to his left the ball at large his gloves.
Although it had been clearly grounded, Ramdin then rolled the ball to the square-leg umpire and claimed the catch. maybe he was unaware of the Law that the fielder needs to even be up to the mark of the discharge - and not simply the catch - however it didn't look smart for Ramdin on replays.
If the possibility had been cleanly taken, Asian nation would are seventeen for four. Roach roughed up their high order with an impressive six-over spell that had begun by removing Imran Farhat within the gap over. Hafeez was bowled by a full, straight delivery that he contend around and so Asad Shafiq, suckered in by some additional bounce, move third man. By now, Bravo was responding with the "attacking" whole of cricket he secure by setting fields that enclosed 3 slips, a brief leg and a leg valley.
Mishab took fourteen balls to attain - not that he gets discomposed by such problems - and once he burst out of his shell with a straight six off Pollard, Asian nation were setting out to prosper for the primary time. however it all began to unravel once more once Jamshed, 2 balls once reaching a affixation fifty, picked out long-off. 3 deliveries later Shoaib leader - enclosed by shut fielders - broken to short midwicket and Akmal became Narine's third once he edged a cut. Despite Misbah's resilience, and also the skills of his bowlers, it had been a pricey collapse.
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