11/06Result
7th Super, ICC World Cup at London, Jun 11 1999
Pakistan won by 148 runs
Player of the Match
Saeed AnwarPakistan
11/06Result
7th Super, ICC World Cup at London, Jun 11 1999
Pakistan won by 148 runs
Player of the Match
Saeed AnwarPakistan

  • Pakistan Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    Saeed Anwar
    103
    144
    167
    11
    0
    71.52
    38 short of a length, quick, Saeed pulling, but getting a top edge, loops high in the air for an easy catch to Flower, not even he could drop that one 194/4
    Wajahatullah Wasti
    40
    42
    86
    5
    1
    95.23
    18.5 coming down the pitch, trying the lofted drive on the off drive, is unfortunate to get the outside edge, ball flies high over cover point, Huckle runs in from deep cover to take an excellent running and diving catch 95/1
    Ijaz Ahmed
    5
    5
    12
    0
    0
    100.00
    21.2 poked on the on side towards the mid wicket, Anwar went to steps forward then decided "to hell with it", and went back to his crease, Ijaz meanwhile had fully committed to the run, Goodwin underarms it to the keeper 116/2
    Inzamam-ul-Haq
    21
    36
    52
    0
    0
    58.33
    36 Inzamam coming down the wicket with a totally inappropriate cut or pull, hard to tell really, misses, Flower muffs the stumping at the 1st attempt, but Inzamam was too lazy to go back to his crease, Flower had time to uproot a stump 183/3
    Wasim Akram (c)
    0
    2
    11
    0
    0
    0.00
    38.4 pitched up, Wasim with a hopeless swipe across the line, ball was pitched well up, turning into the pads, umpire gives it, Zim aren't out of the game yet, India aren't out of tourney yet 195/5
    Moin Khan †
    13
    17
    24
    0
    0
    76.47
    43.3 Moin has been sent back, backward point throws the stumps down brilliantly, normal TV is inconclusive, so we go to the pana-eye, shows him to be as short of his ground as you can posisbly get 228/6
    Shahid Afridi
    37
    29
    41
    1
    2
    127.58
    48.3 down the wicket, mistimed, didn't get onto it, easy catch for the mid off 260/9
    Azhar Mahmood
    2
    3
    1
    0
    0
    66.66
    44.1 and gone, Zimbabwe with a tremendous comeback, brilliant outswinger, clipping the outside edge, to the keeper, Azhar lunging down the wicket trying to drive thru the mid off 231/7
    Abdul Razzaq
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    44.2 bowled! fantastic! yorked him and into the off stump, Streak on a hat trick 231/8
    Saqlain Mushtaq
    not out
    17
    22
    19
    0
    0
    77.27
    Shoaib Akhtar
    not out
    1
    1
    4
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    32 (b 6, lb 3, nb 3, w 20)
    TOTAL
    271/9 (50 Overs, RR: 5.42)
    Fall of wickets: 1-95 (Wajahatullah Wasti, 18.5 ov), 2-116 (Ijaz Ahmed, 21.2 ov), 3-183 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 35.6 ov), 4-194 (Saeed Anwar, 37.6 ov), 5-195 (Wasim Akram, 38.4 ov), 6-228 (Moin Khan, 43.3 ov), 7-231 (Azhar Mahmood, 44.1 ov), 8-231 (Abdul Razzaq, 44.2 ov), 9-260 (Shahid Afridi, 48.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    HH Streak1006326.3051
    M Mbangwa802803.5030
    GJ Whittall813914.8730
    HK Olonga503827.6051
    AG Huckle1004314.3010
    GW Flower201306.5020
    PA Strang703815.4210

Match Notes

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