15/06Result
21st Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20 at London, Jun 15 2009
Pakistan won by 39 runs
Player of the Match
Kamran Akmal
Kamran AkmalPakistan
15/06Result
21st Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20 at London, Jun 15 2009
Pakistan won by 39 runs
Player of the Match
Kamran Akmal
Kamran AkmalPakistan

END OF OVER:
20 | 4 Runs | IRE: 120/9 (40 runs required, RR: 6.00)

  • Boyd Rankin5 (5b)
  • Kyle McCallan2 (6b)
  • Mohammad Amir4-0-19-1
  • Umar Gul4-0-19-2

In the end, a very comfortable win for Pakistan. Now, if Shoaib Malik can find his form with the bat, they would get even more threatening. Afridi spent some time in the middle and looked good for his 24. The puzzles are slowly falling in place.

Salim: "Shades of '92 - Crap to start with but great winners in the END.." Several Pakistan fans have written in with similar sentiment. Time will tell.

Porterfield: "We are going to take a lot out of this World Cup. Yes, the Irish cricket is going from strength to strength."

Younis Khan: "I still believe that we were short by 15 runs. But they did bowl well in the end. Today, the fielding was good, we had some partnerships and we had our spinners and Umer Gul."

Man of the match Akmal : "I love this pitch, which is good for batting.:" Asked whether Pakistan can win the Cup, Akmal says, "Definitely, Inshallah."

On that note, this is Sriram Veera, signing off. Thanks for joining. Will luke will take over the commentary for the West Indies v England game. Alvida!

19.6
1
Mohammad Amir to Rankin, 1 run, Pakistan win by 39 runs. The last ball, a really full delivery, has been squeezed out to point.

Warren: "Or the strong winds could be the Gayle coming from the West Indies."

19.5
1
Mohammad Amir to McCallan, 1 run, full and moving away from McCallan who edges it to gully
19.4
0
Mohammad Amir to McCallan, no run, another swing and a miss.
19.3
0
Mohammad Amir to McCallan, no run, length delivery this time, slower in pace, that cuts past the attempted dab and goes to Akmal
19.2
0
Mohammad Amir to McCallan, no run, moves outside leg, tries to crash the full delivery to the off side but misses it completely. Akmal collects.
19.1
1
Mohammad Amir to Rankin, 1 run, pushes the full delivery to cover point
19.1
1w
Mohammad Amir to Rankin, 1 wide, pushes it well down the leg side

Irfan: "It may have been the storm of Irish wickets falling that has knocked Rudi's hat off."

Waseem: "It's not the wind, it's the strom from Gul!"

END OF OVER:
19 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | IRE: 116/9 (44 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 6.10, RRR: 44.00)

  • Boyd Rankin3 (3b)
  • Kyle McCallan1 (2b)
  • Umar Gul4-0-19-2
  • Saeed Ajmal4-0-19-4
18.6
1
Umar Gul to Rankin, 1 run, fullish, on the middle and leg stump line, nudged to midwicket for a single. Gul ends another fine spell. What a tournament he is having. He has 12, Ajmal has 11.
18.5
2
Umar Gul to Rankin, 2 runs, Gul slips in the slower one and it's hit really high in the air as he got too much under the ball and it lands safely in deep wide midwicket region
18.5
1nb
Umar Gul to Rankin, 1 no ball, stabbed to the on side of the pitch.
18.4
1
Umar Gul to McCallan, 1 run, full in length around the off stump, driven to deep cover

Strong wind blowing now and it has knocked out Rudi's hat off. Really windy now.

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18.3
W
Umar Gul to McCallan, OUT, And West is run out now. It was pushed towards the off stump and there was confusion between the two batsmen. Yes and then no, from the striker. Too late for West to get back in time. Gul had picked the ball and fired in a direct hit at the non-striker's end

RM West run out 1 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

18.2
1
Umar Gul to West, 1 run, ooh , the yorker on the base of the off stump, West does well to steer it to third man.
18.1
W
Umar Gul to White, OUT, The end is nigh. Gul shoves Ireland towards the end. The Gul Yorker has taken out the off stump. White , looking for the big hit, didn't have a chance against that. Not quite at the blockhole but it would do the job.

AR White b Umar Gul 5 (4m 7b 0x4 0x6) SR: 71.42

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | IRE: 110/7 (50 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 6.11, RRR: 25.00)

  • Andrew White5 (6b)
  • Saeed Ajmal4-0-19-4
  • Umar Gul3-0-13-1

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17.6
W
Saeed Ajmal to Cusack, OUT, Another stumping by Akmal. Rudi doesn't even refer this upstairs, gives the batsman slow death from square leg. The doosra broke past the airy swing of the bat and Akmal did the rest.

AR Cusack st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 2 (1m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

17.5
2
Saeed Ajmal to Cusack, 2 runs, runs down the track and drives it over the bowler
17.4
W
Saeed Ajmal to KJ O'Brien, OUT, Stumped. It was the top spinner and it bounced past the attempted lofted hit. Kevin O'Brien had dragged the back foot out of the crease and before he could slide it back in, Akmal had whipped the bails off.

KJ O'Brien st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 26 (42m 30b 1x4 0x6) SR: 86.66

17.3
1
Saeed Ajmal to White, 1 run, flighted full on the middle, squeezed towards mid-off
17.2
1
Saeed Ajmal to KJ O'Brien, 1 run, moves down the track, fired across quick, driven to Fawad at long-off
17.1
1
Saeed Ajmal to White, 1 run, reverse sweeps it for a single to short third man region

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | IRE: 105/5 (55 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 6.17, RRR: 18.33)

  • Andrew White3 (4b)
  • Kevin O'Brien25 (28b)
  • Umar Gul3-0-13-1
  • Saeed Ajmal3-0-14-2
16.6
1b
Umar Gul to White, 1 bye, Here comes the yorker and there goes the off stump. And they run the bye as the ball ricochets towards off side. The batsman had shuffled outside off and saw the projectile hurl across towards him before curving in late to take out the off stump.

Yassar: "Shoaib Malik is a vital player for Pakistan. One of the few thinking cricketer Pakistan have, Everybody suffers a dip in form. Give him a break."

16.6
2nb
Umar Gul to KJ O'Brien, (no ball) 1 run, fullish, on the off and middle, jabbed away to the off side for a single. No ball, though. Free hit coming up

Adeel: "Here we come Semis. Here we are once again :D"

16.5
1
Umar Gul to White, 1 run, on the middle stump line, pushed towards mid-on for a single
16.4
0
Umar Gul to White, no run, the bouncer this time and Akmal gathers as the batsman ducks
16.3
2
Umar Gul to White, 2 runs, length delivery on the off stump line, pushed towards deep cover for two runs

Ireland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st13NJ O'BrienWTS Porterfield
2nd29WTS PorterfieldPR Stirling
3rd45KJ O'BrienWTS Porterfield
4th6JF MooneyKJ O'Brien
5th6DT JohnstonKJ O'Brien
6th9AR WhiteKJ O'Brien
7th2AR WhiteAR Cusack
8th0WK McCallanAR White
9th1WK McCallanRM West
10th9WK McCallanWB Rankin

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

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IRE2112-0.162
BAN2020-0.996
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
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PAK21120.85
NED2112-2.025
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
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WI21120.715
AUS2020-1.331
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA22043.275
NZ21120.309
SCOT2020-5.281
Group E
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33060.787
WI32140.063
ENG3122-0.414
IND3030-0.466
Group F
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33061.267
PAK32141.185
NZ3122-0.232
IRE3030-2.183