Pakistan literally ripped apart the west indies to reach the semi finals with a bang, beating the latter by 10 wickets. This marks a huge win for the Pakistan team who have been clinical in their performances so far and have been surprisingly consistent.
Batting first, West Indies showed that they lack quality batsmen for larger formats of the game once again and were losing wickets all the time. Chenderpaul who finally got to play was the only resistance and he scored 44 runs and was unbeaten and he helped the team from humiliation. They could put up only 112 runs on the board and were quite pathetic in their approach. It seems the Windies batsmen think with their hand as they kept on trying to smash and no batsman was able to read the Pakistan quality spin. Afridi again took 4 wickets and his tally improved to a very impressive 21 wickets with an average of atleast 3 wickets per match!!. Umar Gul was good and he took a wicket. Hafeez and Ajmal took 2 each to end the Windies innings.
The chase also was very easy for the Pakistan team as they reached the target safely without losing any wicket. Hafeez scored 61 and Kamran Akmal 47. Windies bowlers were thrashed all over and they reached the target in just 21 overs.
The win finally put an end to the Windies misery. Their batsmen can finally return home and think about their 20 overs plan. Its quite obvious that they can only last in the shortest format. Hope they concentrate and learn rather than just showing off their muscles while batting.
Batting first, West Indies showed that they lack quality batsmen for larger formats of the game once again and were losing wickets all the time. Chenderpaul who finally got to play was the only resistance and he scored 44 runs and was unbeaten and he helped the team from humiliation. They could put up only 112 runs on the board and were quite pathetic in their approach. It seems the Windies batsmen think with their hand as they kept on trying to smash and no batsman was able to read the Pakistan quality spin. Afridi again took 4 wickets and his tally improved to a very impressive 21 wickets with an average of atleast 3 wickets per match!!. Umar Gul was good and he took a wicket. Hafeez and Ajmal took 2 each to end the Windies innings.
The chase also was very easy for the Pakistan team as they reached the target safely without losing any wicket. Hafeez scored 61 and Kamran Akmal 47. Windies bowlers were thrashed all over and they reached the target in just 21 overs.
The win finally put an end to the Windies misery. Their batsmen can finally return home and think about their 20 overs plan. Its quite obvious that they can only last in the shortest format. Hope they concentrate and learn rather than just showing off their muscles while batting.
West Indies 112 43.3 overs (Chenderpaul 44*, Afridi 4-30)
Pakistan 113/0 20.5 overs (Hafeez 61*)
Pakistan won by 10 wickets (with 175 balls remaining)
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