01/03Result
23rd Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Brisbane, Mar 1 2015
Pakistan won by 20 runs
Player of the Match
Wahab Riaz
Wahab RiazPakistan
01/03Result
23rd Match, Pool B (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Brisbane, Mar 1 2015
Pakistan won by 20 runs
Player of the Match
Wahab Riaz
Wahab RiazPakistan

  • Pakistan Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    Nasir Jamshed
    1
    9
    8
    0
    0
    11.11
    1.6 got him! He was out for a duck in the previous game, and this time he's out for 1. It's a short ball and he swivels to pull from outside off, but he only succeeds in giving square leg an easy catch at knee height 1/1
    Ahmed Shehzad
    0
    11
    17
    0
    0
    0
    3.5 he's struck with an absolute peach! That was angled in, and it took off from a length, and nipped away just a touch. Kissed the outside edge, high up on the bat, and carried through to the keeper at shoulder height. Shehzad had to play at it, because it was very close to off stump, but if you want to fault him you'd point to his lack of footwork 4/2
    Haris Sohail
    27
    44
    85
    2
    0
    61.36
    20.1 and he strikes first ball! With a long-hop! Haris snatched at that pull, and hit it straight to short midwicket 58/3
    Misbah-ul-Haq (c)
    73
    121
    191
    3
    0
    60.33
    46.1 and that is that. No century for Misbah, won't get anywhere near it. Sees him backing away and bowls it full at his feet. Went for the whippy pick-up shot and ended up spooning it straight into long-on's hands 202/7
    Umar Akmal †
    33
    42
    53
    3
    0
    78.57
    33.3 whoa, bowled him! That was a flat, quick ball that straightened past the outside edge to hit top of off. Akmal made it look an even better delivery than it actually was, because he had moved inside the line and was trying to push that inside-out through cover 127/4
    Shahid Afridi
    0
    2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    33.5 whataball, whatabowler! Sean Williams does it again! Angled it in flat towards middle and off, and it turned away, past Afridi's defensive bat, and crashed into the top of off stump. Wow. What a birthday gift that was for Lala. 127/5
    Sohaib Maqsood
    21
    17
    19
    2
    0
    123.52
    38.2 got him! Back of a length, angling into the body, and Maqsood looked to whip it away through midwicket. It straightened off the pitch, and popped off the leading edge back to the bowler 155/6
    Wahab Riaz
    not out
    54
    46
    56
    6
    1
    117.39
    Sohail Khan
    not out
    6
    8
    18
    0
    0
    75
    Extras
    20 (lb 3, w 17)
    TOTAL
    235/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.7)
    Did not bat: Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Nasir Jamshed, 1.6 ov), 2-4 (Ahmed Shehzad, 3.5 ov), 3-58 (Haris Sohail, 20.1 ov), 4-127 (Umar Akmal, 33.3 ov), 5-127 (Shahid Afridi, 33.5 ov), 6-155 (Sohaib Maqsood, 38.2 ov), 7-202 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 46.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    T Panyangara1014904.9354120
    TL Chatara1023533.5402060
    T Mupariwa813614.5303030
    SC Williams1014824.8304010
    H Masakadza301404.66102000
    E Chigumbura1070730040
    Sikandar Raza703414.85170000
    SF Mire1090911010

  • Zimbabwe Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    CJ Chibhabha
    9
    18
    19
    2
    0
    50
    4.4 gone! Poor technique from Chibhabha, swayed away to leave the short ball but left the bat pointing up, and ended up popping a simple catch to second slip 14/1
    Sikandar Raza
    8
    15
    29
    0
    0
    53.33
    6.4 and another simple catch to second slip. Short, close to the body. Raza looked to make room and poke it away into the off side but it got big on him, hit the shoulder of his bat, and popped to Haris at a comfortable chest height 22/2
    H Masakadza
    29
    54
    71
    4
    0
    53.7
    21.2 down the track, and Masakadza throws it away. Brilliantly caught by Misbah. Goes for a big shot and it's always angling away and he wasn't really to the pitch of it. Skies it a long way up, and Misbah backtracks from mid-off and falls onto his back as he catches it in front of his chest. Comes up with a broad grin, half delighted, half bemused. 74/3
    BRM Taylor †
    50
    72
    95
    6
    0
    69.44
    29.3 got him. That isn't the greatest delivery, back of a length down the leg side, and Taylor gets a tickle through to the keeper while trying to play the leg glance 128/4
    SC Williams
    33
    32
    53
    2
    0
    103.12
    33.2 gone! What has Williams done? That was short, too close to the body to really control the cut, and he scooped it straight into Shehzad's hands at backward point. He caught that over his head, with two hands, and then gestured to his teammates to say he didn't pick it up until the last moment 150/5
    CR Ervine
    14
    29
    45
    1
    0
    48.27
    39.2 edged, and it sticks in Akmal's gloves again. It's shortish outside off and he goes for the slash and gets a thick nick that Akmal catches at shoulder height to his left 168/7
    SF Mire
    8
    14
    14
    0
    0
    57.14
    36.4 he's struck again. That's Irfan's fourth. Perfect delivery, back of a length, close to off stump. Mire fishes uncertainly, not too far from his body, and it kisses the shoulder of his bat and Akmal takes a simple catch behind the wicket. He rolled his fingers over, and that moved away just a touch off the pitch 166/6
    E Chigumbura (c)
    35
    35
    60
    4
    0
    100
    49.4 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 215/10
    T Mupariwa
    0
    2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    39.4 and another! Caught Akmal bowled Wahab once again. It's fuller this time, on off stump, and it actually came in off the pitch as Mupariwa aimed a drive on the up, and took the outside edge, high up on the bat, and nestled in the keeper's gloves at chest height 168/8
    T Panyangara
    10
    28
    43
    0
    0
    35.71
    49.3 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 215/9
    TL Chatara
    not out
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    -
    Extras
    19 (b 3, lb 2, nb 1, w 13)
    TOTAL
    215 all out (49.4 Overs, RR: 4.32)
    Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Chamu Chibhabha, 4.4 ov), 2-22 (Sikandar Raza, 6.4 ov), 3-74 (Hamilton Masakadza, 21.2 ov), 4-128 (Brendan Taylor, 29.3 ov), 5-150 (Sean Williams, 33.2 ov), 6-166 (Solomon Mire, 36.4 ov), 7-168 (Craig Ervine, 39.2 ov), 8-168 (Tawanda Mupariwa, 39.4 ov), 9-215 (Tinashe Panyangara, 49.3 ov), 10-215 (Elton Chigumbura, 49.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mohammad Irfan1023043472030
    Sohail Khan1004504.5366000
    Rahat Ali1003713.7382041
    Wahab Riaz9.414544.65394020
    Shahid Afridi1015305.3315000

Match Details

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane

Series

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Toss

Pakistan , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

PakistanWahab Riaz

Match number

ODI no. 3620

Season

2014/15

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

1 March 2015 - day/night match (50-over match)

Umpires

EnglandRichard KettleboroughWest IndiesJoel Wilson

TV Umpires

AustraliaPaul Reiffel

Reserve Umpire

Sri LankaRuchira Palliyaguruge

Match Referee

New ZealandJeff Crowe

Points

Pakistan 2, Zimbabwe 0

Match Notes

Match Coverage

All Match News

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  • Wahab's record and left-arm goodness

    Stats highlights from the Group B match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe at the Gabba

Poor starts

22.6

Zimbabwe's average opening stand in their last 18 ODIs, with only one 50-plus partnership during this period

Possible, but tough

3-7

Win-loss record of teams that defended targets between 200 and 250 at the Gabba on the last-ten occasions.

Routine

40

ODI 50s without a ton by Misbah now - well clear of Andrew Jones' 25 such scores which is the second highest after Misbah.

First

1

No. of ducks in 21 World Cup inns by Afridi, this was his first. Overall, only Jayasuriya (34)has more ODI ducks than Afridi's 30.

Faster stand

55.10

SR of the stand between Misbah and Sohail; Misbah and Akmal added 50 runs at 92.59

Tough going

112

Balls taken by Pakistan to score fifty runs in this match - the second slowest of this World Cup. UAE took 2 more balls against India.

Sluggish

14

Runs scored by Pakistan in their first-ten overs - the second lowest they have scored in ODIs since 2001.

Opening chasm

21.28

Ave opening partnership in Group B so far; In Group A the opening wicket has added 48.95 runs on an average.

Opening Woes

6

Number of single-digit opening stands by Pakistan in their last-ten ODIs. Five of them have been of 1 run or less

Blank

0

Number of World Cup matches Zimbabwe have won against Pakistan. These teams have played each other 5 times (1 NR).