20/03Result
1st Semi-Final, Benson & Hedges World Cup at Auckland, Mar 21 1992
Pakistan won by 4 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Inzamam-ul-HaqPakistan
20/03Result
1st Semi-Final, Benson & Hedges World Cup at Auckland, Mar 21 1992
Pakistan won by 4 wkts (6b rem)
Player of the Match
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Inzamam-ul-HaqPakistan

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END OF OVER:
49 | 13 Runs | PAK: 264/6 | RR: 5.38

  • Moin Khan20 (11b)
  • Javed Miandad57 (69b)
  • Chris Harris10-0-72-1
  • Danny Morrison9-0-55-0

Javed is wild with ecstasy as he cavorts to the boundary's edge to be embraced by a sea of lime green! He's played the old pro's hand to perfection, anchoring the chase through lean times in the early stages and bountiful times during Inzamam's onslaught, but it's Moin who claims the final-over plaudits, his violent dispatching of Chris Harris's allsorts setting up a date with destiny at the MCG in four days' time!

The entire squad is out on the field now, and a fair few fans too, their flags flying high, escorting their heroes back to the pavilion. New Zealand's players knew their race was run the moment that six sailed into the stands. And now all they can do is console one another and soak up the occasion, bittersweet though it now is.

Sure enough, New Zealand's crestfallen players head off on a lap of honour, and receive a mighty ovation from a sympathetic home crowd. They've been the tournament front-runners since the opening day against Australia, but twice in the space of four days, they've had no answer to a resurgent, rampant Pakistan, who will now march onto Wednesday's final with so much confidence. Who will they be facing - England or South Africa? All will be revealed in Sydney tomorrow.

And a penny for Martin Crowe's thoughts right now? He took the gamble, opting to sit out the fielding stint in a bid to stay fit for the final, hoping that a target of 262 would prove beyond Pakistan's reach. But without their chief strategist pulling the strings, New Zealand were ripe for the plucking in those fateful final overs.

Crowe's been simply magnificent throughout this World Cup, leading from the front with 456 runs as well as seven wins on the bounce until Pakistan unseated them twice in a week. But it's not to be. Instead, Imran Khan's cornered tigers march onto the World Cup final. From all of us here, Karthik, Miller, Diamond and the rest of the #RetroLive team, thanks and goodnight!

48.6
4
Harris to Moin Khan, FOUR, A swipe across the line from outside off, cuffed rather than timed, weight falling backwards as he climbs through the stroke, but he's picked out the gap at backward square, and no-one's going to cut that off! A despairing slide, but the ball thumps into the boundary board. Moin and Javed fling their arms in the air, and hurtle off the field in utter triumph!

Just three to get now, and all the pressure is off Moin now. He's played a brilliant little cameo here.

48.5
6
Harris to Moin Khan, SIX, What. A. Shot. Loopy legcutter outside off from Harris, and Moin stretches out so far that his back knee is on the ground, and launches a flat-batted hit way into the crowd beyond the long-off boundary. This isn't a lofted drive; it's a sweep over long-off. What a time to hit your first six in ODIs. The old fox Miandad is delighted, and he runs down the pitch to embrace Moin
48.4
1
Harris to Javed Miandad, 1 run, down the track, Harris floats it wide again, and Miandad thumps a flat-bat drive down to long-off. Went to the right of the fielder, but quite quickly, so they'll only get one for this. Nine off eight now.

10 to win off 9 now...

48.3
1
Harris to Moin Khan, 1 run, slower ball, fullish and wide of off stump, and Moin stretches out to sweep it firmly to deep square leg
48.2
0
Harris to Moin Khan, no run, legcutter in the corridor outside off, and Moin, getting on the front foot and looking to run it down to third man, is beaten on the outside edge

11 from 11 now.

48.1
1
Harris to Javed Miandad, 1 run, down the track now, Harris bowls a full one outside off, and Miandad aims a big drive at it. Thick edge, goes quickly to Watson at short third man

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