ICC Cricket World Cup, 23rd Match, Pool B: Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Brisbane, Mar 1, 2015
Pakistan 235/7 (50.0 ov) Zimbabwe RR 4.32
Last 5 ovs 24/2 RR 4.80
Zimbabwe 215 (49.4 ov) Required RR 63.00
Pakistan RR 4.70
Pakistan RR 4.70
Pakistan won by 20 runs
Last bat
E Chigumbura
c †Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz
35 (60m 35b 4x4 0x6)
SR: 100.00
Fall of wicket 215/10 (49.4 ov); Partnership: 0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0.00 (Chigumbura 0, Chatara 0)
Fall of wicket 215/10 (49.4 ov); Partnership: 0 runs, 0.1 overs, RR: 0.00 (Chigumbura 0, Chatara 0)
49.4
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
OUT,
banged in short, Chigumbura goes for
the hook, and top-edges it through to Akmal, who takes his fifth catch
of the match, and Zimbabwe have been bowled out
E Chigumbura c †Umar Akmal b Wahab Riaz 35 (60m 35b 4x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
49.3
Wahab Riaz to Panyangara,
OUT,
now the batsman goes the other way,
shuffling across his crease. Wahab bowls it short on middle stump again,
he swivels to pull, misses, and they try to steal a bye and Akmal rolls
it at the stumps, misses, but the bowler picks it up and hurls it at
the bowler's end, hits the stumps there, and catches Panyangara short of
his crease
T Panyangara run out 10 (43m 28b 0x4 0x6) SR: 35.71
49.2
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
3 runs,
fuller now, follows the backtracking batsman, and Jamshed puts down a dolly
at deep midwicket. Swung hard, miscued it high, and the fielder was
coming in from the boundary, he got right under it, it dropped into his
cupped palms, and bounced right off
49.1
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
no run,
backs away from leg stump and Wahab
bowls a short one over leg stump. Swivels to pull, doesn't connect
24 to win now. Chigumbura's played wonderfully, but this, you feel, is too far away
End of over 49
(4 runs)
Zimbabwe
212/8
(24 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 4.32, RRR: 24.00)
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- E Chigumbura 32 (32b 4x4 0x6)
- T Panyangara 10 (27b 0x4 0x6)
- Mohammad Irfan 10-2-30-4
- Wahab Riaz 9-1-42-3
48.6
Mohammad Irfan to Chigumbura,
1 run,
full on off stump, swiped down to long-on, keeps the strike with the single
48.5
Mohammad Irfan to Chigumbura,
2 runs,
shortish outside off, pulled in the air, bounces down to deep midwicket
48.4
Mohammad Irfan to Panyangara,
1 run,
full on off stump, stabbed down to mid-off
48.3
Mohammad Irfan to Panyangara,
no run,
now he makes room to carve through
the off side and Irfan bowls a slower bouncer outside off. Swings and
misses again
48.2
Mohammad Irfan to Panyangara,
no run,
another bouncer and he shuffles
across to try and fend it away into the leg side. Misses, and Akmal
caught it over his head. That was definitely over Panyangara's head,
should have been called wide
48.1
Mohammad Irfan to Panyangara,
no run,
short outside off, bounces too high to connect with the pull
Here's that man Irfan. Can he get a five-for? Or can Zimbabwe, somehow, go after him?
End of over 48
(6 runs)
Zimbabwe
208/8
(28 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 4.33, RRR: 14.00)
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- E Chigumbura 29 (30b 4x4 0x6)
- T Panyangara 9 (23b 0x4 0x6)
-
- Wahab Riaz 9-1-42-3
- Shahid Afridi 10-1-53-0
47.6
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
no run,
short, angling away from Chigumbura,
who stays leg-side of the ball and can't connect with the flat-bat slap
47.5
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
FOUR,
shot! That's a length ball outside
off and he makes a bit of room to smack that into the gap between cover
and mid-off
47.4
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
no run,
slower ball now, back of a length,
goes between the batsman and the stumps after he's into the pull too
soon
47.3
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
no run,
short, angling away from Chigumbura at 145kph, too quick to pull
PEEYUSH: "That's the difference b/w a top side and an average: Australia
were bowling out Starc in search of every possible wicket and Pak kept
Wahab and Irfan for last 3 vers when they could have sealed the win 8-10
overs back" -- Australia were defending a far smaller target. There was
no way that was going to be a 50-over chase.
47.2
Wahab Riaz to Panyangara,
1 run,
backs away to slap it through the
off side and he bowls it shorter, extra bounce causes him to edge that
towards third man
Superb atmosphere at the ground, lots of synchronised clapping as the bowler runs in
47.1
Wahab Riaz to Chigumbura,
1 run,
back of a length on the body, tucked away towards short midwicket
Wahab Riaz back into the attack. Zimbabwe need 34 from 18.
End of over 47
(maiden)
Zimbabwe
202/8
(34 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 4.29, RRR: 11.33)
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- T Panyangara 8 (22b 0x4 0x6)
- E Chigumbura 24 (25b 3x4 0x6)
-
- Shahid Afridi 10-1-53-0
- Sohail Khan 10-0-45-0
46.6
Shahid Afridi to Panyangara,
no run,
back of a length on off stump,
dabbed to point, and Afridi's birthday, which began with a duck and took
plenty of punishment in nine overs, ends with a superb maiden over
46.5
Shahid Afridi to Panyangara,
no run,
what a beauty this was. A bit slower
and he was at full stretch to defend it outside off. Turned past his
edge again and Akmal had his bails off in a flash. It's gone upstairs,
but Panyangara indicates to his partner that he never moved his foot out
of the crease, and he's right.
46.4
Shahid Afridi to Panyangara,
no run,
back of a length now, outside off. Backs away and misses the carve through the off side
46.3
Shahid Afridi to Panyangara,
no run,
length ball angling in towards off stump, gets a big stride out and blocks it back to Afridi
46.2
Shahid Afridi to Panyangara,
no run,
and again, this time he looks to drive and again it dips and turns past his angled bat
46.1
Shahid Afridi to Panyangara,
no run,
lovely. Dipped on Panyangara as he
stretched out to defend outside off and bounced past his outside edge
End of over 46
(7 runs)
Zimbabwe
202/8
(34 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.39, RRR: 8.50)
- T Panyangara 8 (16b 0x4 0x6)
- E Chigumbura 24 (25b 3x4 0x6)
-
- Sohail Khan 10-0-45-0
- Shahid Afridi 9-0-53-0
45.6
Sohail Khan to Panyangara,
1 run,
short outside off, shuffles across
to get closer to the line and scoops it away towards third man
45.5
Sohail Khan to Chigumbura,
1 leg bye,
slanted down leg, can't connect with
the flick, pops off the front pad towards short midwicket
45.4
Sohail Khan to Chigumbura,
FOUR,
full on off stump, almost a yorker,
but this is what modern batsmen do to almost-yorkers. Stays deep in his
crease, clears his front leg, and punches it hard down the ground, over
the bowler's head
45.3
Sohail Khan to Panyangara,
1 run,
back of a length on off stump, makes room and dabs it away to third man
45.2
Sohail Khan to Panyangara,
no run,
length ball, angling into middle and leg, tucked away to short midwicket
45.1
Sohail Khan to Panyangara,
no run,
length ball on off stump, smacked on the up to mid-off
End of over 45
(6 runs)
Zimbabwe
195/8
(41 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.33, RRR: 8.20)
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- E Chigumbura 20 (23b 2x4 0x6)
- T Panyangara 6 (12b 0x4 0x6)
-
- Shahid Afridi 9-0-53-0
- Sohail Khan 9-0-39-0
44.6
Shahid Afridi to Chigumbura,
no run,
quicker, flatter, slides on towards off stump, punched into the covers
44.5
Shahid Afridi to Chigumbura,
FOUR,
goes for the big hit now, down on
one knee and hits across the line of a middle-stump ball, top-edges it
but puts it in the gap wide of deep midwicket
KaFi: "Assuming India, SA and West Indies take three of the slots from this group, the last league match between Pak and Ireland should decide the fourth slot" -- I don't think we can assume any such thing. West Indies, Ireland and Pakistan will all be in contention for the third and fourth slots, I think. And hey, it's also possible that Pakistan could beat South Africa.
WasimQadir: "Where is that guy who said "If Pakistan win any match in this World Cup I will quit my civil engineering job and shave my head and walk around Calgary downtown wearing my green shirt?""
Misbah: "It was really tough, because it was make or break for us. We were in a must-win situation. You can't believe how happy we are, because we would be out of the tournament if we lost this game. Pitch wasn't easy, it was holding up, it was a bit two-paced. When I went there I found it really difficult to rotate the strike. I was thinking if we could get to 250-260 it would be really challenging, because we had five regular bowlers. We were 15-20 runs short after losing those wickets, but the kind of quality the bowlers showed, the fielding was also good, credit should be given to the fast bowlers, the way they bowled today. When there is extra bounce, Irfan is the kind of bowler, if somebody hasn't faced him before, it can be really difficult, especially in Australian conditions. We need to really work hard, because we need to improve our batting. Other teams are getting to 300, 280, 290. We need to start well and capitalise."
Chigumbura: "I'm still to go for a scan, I will know tomorrow morning. Today the bowling was much better, thought we executed well, but we gave away too many extras, if you are being critical about our bowling. It's disappointing to lose a game like this when we felt we had a good chance of winning. Hamilton getting out was the turning point. We have to learn from this. We haven't had one guy scoring a hundred and carrying us through. That's where we need to improve."
DJ: "Umpires haven't given good decisions. There were at least 3-4 front foot no-balls and some wides missed. If umpires' decisions were correct then the result might be different. Better luck next time Zimbabwe."
Wahab Riaz is the man of the match. "The discussion [with Misbah] was to play all 50 overs and if we take chances, we will do that in the last three or four overs, and rotate the strike till then. The team management are working really hard with me, they believe I can do something with my batting. Thanks to them and thanks to Almighty Allah. In the start the ball was not coming on to the bat, not going through quickly, but we had to work hard, I think the way the fast bowlers and Shahid Afridi bowled, credit has to go to us. We know there were not many runs on the board and Irfan bowled really well. I want to dedicate this trophy to my dad and my mum. They will be really happy."
Greening: "Brisbane's produced a couple of good competitive games that have ebbed and flowed. Shame that's the last match there." -- Yup, this is an awesome pitch. Bounce, a bit of seam movement, and turn for the spinners.
Sidd: "Though Pakistan have won this, they've played quite poorly to say the least. Thankfully for them, Zimbabwe played worse and left too much for Chigumbura to do in the end. Tough road ahead for both teams in this WC. Pakistan will obviously go back happier but not satisfied."
9.36pm Four wickets for Wahab, four for Irfan. Rahat Ali was also excellent, and the three left-armers have been at the forefront of Pakistan's defence of 235. Zimbabwe looked to be on course to reach the target at various points of the chase, but Pakistan kept chipping away and kept picking up wickets at critical junctures. You feel they needed one of Masakadza, Taylor or Williams to carry on and make a far more substantial score. Brilliant game from Wahab, a critical half-century and a four-for.