- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 Pathan strikes! short and wide outside the off stump, angling across the right-hander, Akmal cuts off the back-foot and the ball goes straight to Rain who is strategically placed at short point, Pakistan one down 15/111.1 gone! well bowled leg-cutter, pitched close to the off stump line and angling across the left-hander, Butt pushes forward to defend and the ball goes off the edge, Dravid at first slip dives across full length to his left and takes a fantastic catch - Santh finally gets one to his name 27/212.4 gone! short rising delivery on the stumps, Malik needlessly goes after it and the ball balloons up off the top-edge and goes behind square on the leg side, Pathan runs in from the edge of the circle and takes it diving forward - crucial blow! 29/336.1 big wicket!!! off break outside off and turning into Inzamam, Inzamam tries to defend it off the frontfoot, doesnt pick the line of the ball and prods his pad front, ball hits pad just on the line of the off-stump, a big appeal from Tendulkar and Umpire Asad Rauf sends Inzamam back on his way 131/812.5 another one bites the dust! short of a good length delivery, this one pitched in line and straightned, excellent delivery first up and Younis Khan is trapped plumb in front of the stumps, RP Singh on a roll here - Pakistan four down! 29/425.4 gone! good length delivery, this one nipped back in a touch and the edge is produced, Youhana went at it with an angled bat - Dhoni drives across to his right and takes it on the second attempt, big wicket this for India 97/533.1 out!!! short of a length delivery from RP Singh, not all that short, Farhat stands still in his crease and tries the pull shot, is cramped for room but goes through with the shot, the ball takes the outside edge of the bat and spoons high up in the air, its a simple catch for Raina at midwicket 124/633.5 beauty oh beauty! good length delivery, just in the right region, outside off and tempts Razzaq to play at it, Razzaq obliges, the ball takes the outside edge of the bat and its a simple catch for Dhoni behind the stumps. Pakistan in deep trouble at 126 for 7 in the 34th over 126/739.2 surprise shot ball and Sami pulls it straight down the throat of Agarkar at fine leg, Pakistan nine down! 147/941.5 all over! short and wide outside the off stump, Asif goes after it and the edge goes straight to Dhoni behind the stumps, done and dusted in 41.5 overs - Pakistan all out for 161! 161/10Extras17 (w 17)TOTAL161 all out (41.5 Overs, RR: 3.84)Did not bat: Yasir ArafatFall of wickets: 1-15 (Kamran Akmal, 6.4 ov), 2-27 (Salman Butt, 11.1 ov), 3-29 (Shoaib Malik, 12.4 ov), 4-29 (Younis Khan, 12.5 ov), 5-97 (Mohammad Yousuf, 25.4 ov), 6-124 (Imran Farhat, 33.1 ov), 7-126 (Abdul Razzaq, 33.5 ov), 8-131 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 36.1 ov), 9-147 (Mohammad Sami, 39.2 ov), 10-161 (Mohammad Asif, 41.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB IK Pathan 7.5 2 26 3 3.31 34 3 0 1 0 S Sreesanth 8 1 30 1 3.75 35 4 0 4 0 RP Singh 10 0 40 4 4.00 40 3 0 10 0 AB Agarkar 7 0 38 1 5.42 24 5 0 1 0 SR Tendulkar 9 0 27 1 3.00 34 1 0 1 0
16/02Result
4th ODI (D/N), India tour of Pakistan at Multan, Feb 16 2006
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![India]( "India")
162/5 (32.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
16/02Result
4th ODI (D/N), India tour of Pakistan at Multan, Feb 16 2006
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![India]( "India")
162/5 (32.3/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.6 gone! short rising delivery outside the off stump and Gambhir goes after it, ball clips the top-edge and balloons up just in front of the stumps on the off side, Sami calls for it and settles under it nicely. 29/21.3 gone! short of a good length delivery, pitched wide outside the off stump and swinging away late, Tendulkar needlessly follows it and ends up with a faint edge, Akmal makes no mistake and Tendulkar walks back for a duck! 5/127.5 slower delivery, end up as a high fulltoss on the stumps, Dravid looking to work it away on the leg side fails to make contact and the ball hits the back pad, loud appeal and up goes the finger, India five down 133/523.2 short of a good length and angling across, Yuvraj defends on the front-foot, ball moves away just enough to clip the outside edge, Akmal dives across to left and takes a good catch - India three down 114/324.3 gone! short of a good length delivery outside the off stump, bit of width offered and Kaif goes after it, ball clips the edge and goes straight to Inzamam at first slip, India four down 115/4Extras8 (lb 1, nb 3, w 4)TOTAL162/5 (32.3 Overs, RR: 4.98)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sachin Tendulkar, 1.3 ov), 2-29 (Gautam Gambhir, 5.6 ov), 3-114 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.2 ov), 4-115 (Mohammad Kaif, 24.3 ov), 5-133 (Rahul Dravid, 27.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Asif 8 1 35 0 4.37 33 5 0 2 0 Mohammad Sami 9 0 42 3 4.66 38 6 0 1 1 Naved-ul-Hasan 6 1 33 1 5.50 27 6 0 0 1 Abdul Razzaq 9 0 47 1 5.22 38 8 0 1 0 Imran Farhat 0.3 0 4 0 8.00 2 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
India , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 3-1
Match number
Season
Match days
16 February 2006 - day/night match (50-over match)
Pakistan replacement
Imran Farhat for Yasir Arafat (Pakistan innings, 25.4 ov)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Coverage
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Inzamam blames performance on poor shot selection and lack of application
'This win has been set up by the bowlers' - Dravid
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The perils of a defensive mindset
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