Player of the Match
Player of the Match
1929dThe Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan

Pakistan end Australia's run to finish top

Pakistan were the last team to overcome Australia at a World Cup and brought Ricky Ponting's 34-match unbeaten run with a four-wicket victory in Colombo to secure top spot in Group A

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

Asad Shafiq
Asad Shafiq
46(81) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 27 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
5 4 13 2 3 2 5 12
Umar Akmal
Umar Akmal
44(59) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 18 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 1 4 9 9 6 7 8

Best performances - Bowlers

B Lee
O8
M1
R28
W4
Eco3.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
Umar Gul
Umar Gul
O7.4
M1
R30
W3
Eco3.91
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: M Venkat Raghav | Commentator: Sahil Dutta

END OF OVER:
41 | 9 Runs | PAK: 178/6 | RR: 4.34

  • Abdul Razzaq20 (24b)
  • Umar Akmal44 (59b)
  • Jason Krejza10-0-44-1
  • Brett Lee8-1-28-4

Pakistan win by four wickets Umar can take a lot of credit for steering the chase home with an unbeaten 44. Shafiq set it up with a patient 46 but Brett Lee and Jason Krejza aside, Australia were impotent. Finally, after 34 games without defeat in the World Cup, Australia have been toppled. Intriguingly this sets up a likely clash between Australia and India in the quarters, while Pakistan will probably play West Indies. Andrew McGlashan will have plenty more in his bulletin and we also have a gallery. Amazing how simple Pakistan made it in the end. There is a man who deserves plenty of credit - Waqar Younis - and Osman Samiuddin has an excellent interview with him by. Plenty to savour and in time our YouTube channel will have interviews and whatnot so look out.

Ponting, in that typically Aussie way, describes his team's batting effort as 'ordinary'. It was a lot less than that. Afridi on the other hand is full of bounding energy and when asked to explain his dismissal, smiles broadly and pleads "don't ask! don't ask!". Ah, how can you not love that man!?

Umar is named man of the match for his unbeaten 44. Lee was probably the outstanding performer of the day but losers and losers. That's all from us - Sahil Dutta, Andrew Miller and Andrew McGlashan. India take on West Indies tomorrow which will decide the who plays who in the quarters.

40.6
4
Krejza to Abdul Razzaq, FOUR, that's it! Australia's proud undefeated run in World Cups finally comes to an end. Razzaq creams this through cover, calmly tucks his bat under his arm and walks off! Comfortable win in the end and Pakistan top the group!
40.5
4
Krejza to Abdul Razzaq, FOUR, just one hit away now! Too short from Krejza and Razzaq gets deep into his crease to haul this through midwicket for four
40.4
1
Krejza to Umar Akmal, 1 run, open-faced steer to point gives Umar a single and takes Pakistan even closer
40.3
0
Krejza to Umar Akmal, no run, tossed up outside off but Umar's drive is careful
40.2
0
Krejza to Umar Akmal, no run, driven off the back foot with the spin to mid-on
40.1
0
Krejza to Umar Akmal, no run, finds really huge spin from a long way outside off, caught Umar by surprise but the batsman adjusted nicely to dab to point

Krejza to finish off his spell, he's been very good today.

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12Kamran AkmalMohammad Hafeez
2nd33Kamran AkmalAsad Shafiq
3rd53Younis KhanAsad Shafiq
4th0Misbah-ul-HaqAsad Shafiq
5th41Asad ShafiqUmar Akmal
6th3Shahid AfridiUmar Akmal
7th36Abdul RazzaqUmar Akmal