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Monday, May 24, 1999. World Cup Edition No.11

IN THIS EDITION:

* Match Report: New Zealand v West Indies * Match Report: Scotland v Bangladesh * Quotes * Quick Singles: brief news * Magic Moment * Full scorecards * Points table * Tomorrow's fixture

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CALYPSO FORM REVERSAL STUNS KIWIS

By John Houlihan

In-form New Zealand were crushed by the West Indies at Southampton as the men from the Caribbean romped home by seven wickets to record their second win of the tournament and secure vital qualification points towards the Super Six stage. Wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs was the man of the match on the back of a world record-equalling five catches and a sparkling unbeaten 80 which provided the backbone of the Windies' run chase.

The game opened in overcast but dry conditions at Hampshire's Northlands ground. The West Indies were buoyed by the return of their hugely experienced opening attack and Curtly Ambrose's value to the side was immediately underlined when he found the edge of Nathan Astle's bat, the opener being caught by Jacobs for just 2. Walsh made a further breakthrough in the fifth over, when Matt Horne misjudged a pull shot which looped into the safe hands of Brian Lara at mid-on.

With both openers gone, Ambrose and Walsh continued to keep a tight hold over the Kiwi batsmen, bowling a nagging line and consistently beating the outside edge. With a combined age of 71 and over 400 One-Day international wickets between them, the West Indies stalwarts were indeed living proof of the maxim, there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle. But when young paceman Reon King replaced Walsh he struck immediately, ending Stephen Fleming's miserable 17-ball duck and giving the ever reliable Jacobs another catch.

The West Indies pacemen continued to dominate, with Ambrose loping in like a panther from the Northlands Road end and finding both pace and bounce. King's raw pace also troubled the New Zealanders and Roger Twose, whose gutsy innings had proved crucial against the Aussies, was caught by Stuart Williams at slip off King for a duck, to leave the Kiwis struggling at 31-4.

In cool, overcast conditions, the Kiwi total crept along, but they had to wait until the 21st over to post their first boundary when Craig McMillan cut King past point for four. Ambrose was magnificent in his opening spell and bowled through to finish with impressive figures of 10-0-19-1. As New Zealand posted their first fifty, McMillan and Chris Cairns began to chance their arms and play a few shots, but Phil Simmons nipped in to have McMillan well caught behind for 32 and stifle Kiwi hopes at 59-5.

Mervyn Dillon, the final member of the West Indies pace quartet, was introduced and soon struck, catching Cairns trying to work the ball through the on-side and spooning up another easy catch to Lara. At 75-6 and with only two batsmen making scores of any significance, the Kiwis' brilliant start to their World Cup campaign was beginning to falter.

Adam Parore and Chris Harris began a rescue bid with a defiant seventh wicket partnership which was worth fifty in ten overs, but Parore perished soon after, strangled down the leg side off Dillon to leave the Kiwis at a parlous 125-7. As the game entered the final ten overs, New Zealand were desperate to post at least a competitive total, but the returning Walsh kept things tight as a lone Windies supporter goaded him with a shout of "Take a break man, you're looking tired". Walsh responded by producing one of the fastest balls of the day which beat the bat and positively thudded into Jacobs' gloves. Dion Nash chipped Dillon into the waiting arms of Stuart Williams at short square leg for just a single, but Harris continued to play well, supported by Gavin Larsen as the pair edged New Zealand toward, if not safety, then at least respectability.

With Simmons and Dillon bowling in tandem at the death, Gavin Larsen attempted to pull the latter and gave Ridley Jacobs the easiest of chances which allowed him to equal the World Cup record for both the number of catches and dismissals by a wicketkeeper. Just one over later, Harris attempted to flick Dillon for six over deep square leg and was pouched by Sherwin Campbell to leave the Kiwis despondent as they recorded a highly disappointing 156 all out.

New Zealand needed early wickets to put the West Indies under pressure, but Campbell and Jacobs played solidly, as they looked to blunt the new-ball attack of Nash and Geoff Allott. Nash had a huge appeal for LBW against Jacobs turned down, but that was about as close as the Kiwis got to making an early breakthrough.

The West Indians certainly weren't at their most fluent, but appeared relatively untroubled, until Campbell fell leg-before to Nash for eight with the score on 29. To cries of "Go, Kiwi, go!" from their fans in the South West Stand, the New Zealanders began to turn the screw and with some tight bowling from Nash and Cairns, the Windies' run-rate slowly began to stagnate.

Larsen was brought on to tighten up proceedings, but the arrival of the drinks cart sparked a mini pitch invasion as a radio-controlled car buzzed the wicket - a sight which at least raised a few cheers from the somnolent crowd. Jacobs and Jimmy Adams continued their slow but steady progress with a few minor alarms, but, with the score on 49, Allott found the edge of Adams' bat and he was caught behind and departed for a turgid 3 from 29 balls.

With Lara arriving in the middle to inspire them, the Windies posted their fifty and the target was soon reduced to under a hundred when Jacobs smote Larsen for a straight six. With the sun beating down, Jacobs started to accelerate and began playing some powerful shots; Lara also started cautiously, but soon eased into some trademark boundaries of his own. Lara gave a chance when he flashed hard at Cairns with the edge just evading a flying Parore, but Jacobs steadily advanced towards his fifty which was made from 88 balls and included seven fours.

With Jacobs and Lara at the crease, West Indies looked to be coasting to a convincing win in the early evening sunshine, but Lara perished in the 36th over, giving Harris the charge and skying the ball to Dion Nash who ran around to collect at wide mid-on. Lara made 36 with four fours and one six and his 72-run partnership with Jacobs provided the backbone of the West Indies' run chase. With Stuart Williams joining him, there was just time for Jacobs to loft Allott for another six and finish unbeaten on a career-best 80, as the fourth wicket pair saw the Windies home without any further alarms.

BANGLADESH WINS THE BATTLE OF THE MINNOWS

By Alex Balfour

Bangladesh won the 'other' World Cup final convincingly after a dreadful start, quashing any outstanding doubts about their status as king of the minnows. A strong wind blowing across a bumpy wicket was always likely to favour the bowlers, and unsurprisingly Scotland captain Salmond sent Bangladesh into bat.

The Bangladeshis, alledgedly under instruction to keep it tight in the opening overs, instead hooked and slashed their way to 26 for 5. But for Minhazul Abedin, promoted up the order to number six, Bangladesh would have had very little to show for their batting efforts. Not to be outdone, Scotland lost three early wickets for 9 runs when they came to the crease. As usual, Scotland's Yorkshire all-rounder Gavin Hamilton was obliged to take responsibility for seeing his team through, but a cruel run out was his undoing, and with him went Scotland's chances.

There was a touch of madness about this fixture. The weather, inevitably cold, switched between rain when there seemed to be nothing but blue sky overhead and shine when the cloud cover was at its thickest and gloomiest. The crowd would not remain in their seats, though there were plenty spare, and a mixed contingent of about 40 Bangladeshis and Scots, led by three fancy-dress tigers, spent most of the day circling the boundary chanting alternately 'Bangladesh' and 'Scotland' with admirable even-handedness. And the wicket at the Grange is nothing if not idiosyncratic, on the crest of a small hill, and with enough angles in it to test the average four by four. But maddest of all was the batting of both sides in the early overs.

John Blain bowled with far more composure than he had against Pakistan and showed some of the line and length he had demonstrated against Australia. He troubled Bangladesh batting hero Mehrab Hossain with a lifting ball that he edged high and wide just short of third man. The next delivery had Khaled Masud hooking and missing. Masud was still determined to get the ball away, and he was caught, again on the hook, skying the ball behind the wicket where Philip ran round and took an easy catch.

At the Pavillion End, Butt, with a nod to Scotland's record wides at Chester-le- Street, opened with the widest wide of the tournament so far, sending the ball so far outside off stump that Hossain would have had to have an extension on his bat to reach it. But he soon settled down and in the sixth over he bowled a full delivery right up at Mehrab who could only send it high to mid on where Dyer held on to it easily. Bangladesh 12 for 1.

The first ball of Blain's fourth over rapped captain Aminul Islam on the pads and he was adjudged leg before, perhaps unluckily as the ball looked to be going down the leg side. Blain developed a touch of the fever and his fifth, wayward, over had a bit of everything. A no-ball for a short delivery, four byes down the leg side, a ball that beat the bat and a fine cut by Faruk Ahmed for four through backward point, Bangladesh's first boundary.

Butt, when not bowling wide of off, moved the ball around delightfully, and the bowler who was too good for at least one member of the Pakistani top order last week was likewise too good for Akram Khan at the Grange. The fourth ball of his fifth over beat the former Bangladesh captain who edged into the safe hands of Philip. Faruk Ahmed was next to join the procession to the pavillion, finding an inside edge off the third ball of Blain's next over and playing onto his stumps. He had made 7 off 25 balls and one boundary, which in relative terms was a marathon innings.

But change bowlers Hamilton and Brinkley proved less of a threat to Bangladesh. Just as it took 20 overs for Bangladesh to get into their stride (read, shake the cold out of their system) at Dublin so it took 20 overs for the Bangladeshis to show off their strokes here. Abedin reached double figures by cutting Brinkley's last two balls of his second over through Butt at third man. Rahman chipped Hamilton in the following over high above square leg for four, and drove Hamilton through long on with the same result in his next.

Rahman looked the danger man for Bangladesh as he found time to pick up easy singles. He drove new bowler Stanger for a straightish four back past the bowler and followed up with a four through the covers. Captain Salmond had to do something to break the partnership and the answer was the double change: Brinkley back on from the Pavillion End with his away swingers and Dyer at the Inverleith Park End with his looping offspin. Brinkley struck as Rahman misjudged a short ball and scooped it to Stanger out for 36 off 57 balls, and the last ball of Dyer's first over found new bat Khaled Mahmud trying to drive off his feet and managing only to send a tricky catch low down to Salmond at midwicket. Bangladesh were now 96 for 7.

With the hundred up Hoque felt sufficiently liberated to play his shots and stroked Dyer immediately through the covers for four. Abedin also began to open up and dispatched successive deliveries from Brinkley to the third man boundary, the second for four with an elegant high cut shot. The large Bangladesh contingent in the crowd cheered every run. For Scotland it looked as if attrition was the favoured policy, but Hoque and Abedin were happy enough to be patient and pick off the bad balls, of which there were plenty.

Hoque's cameo came to an end in the 41st over when he slashed at a ball turning in from outside off and Philip picked up the catch at backward point. Hoque had scored 19 valuable runs and contributed to a partnership of 37 with Abedin. Captain Salmond recalled Hamilton at the pavilion end in the hope he might finish off the game. But the only participant troubled by the Yorkshire all-rounder's first and second returning overs was umpire KT Francis who spread his arms wide on more than one occasion to signal wides. In the 46th over Abedin struck Brinkley, who had come on for Hamilton at the pavillion end, over long on to reach 49, and took a single off the next ball to reach 50. Abedin's innings had hardly set the tie alight but it was vital for Bangladesh.

Blain's pace for once told in his favour in the 47th as he took the wicket of Hussain, catching a poorly controlled shot on the return one handed. But Bangladesh, and in particular Abedin, were not finished yet. Abedin struck the shot of the day, sending Brinkley through the covers for four in the 48th over and then cut him through backward point for four off the next ball. Butt bowled a tidy penultimate over, but Stanger could not follow suit, leaking runs off every ball for Bangladesh to finish on a useful 185.

The swinging conditions were as likely to suit Bangladesh's bowlers as Scotland's and Manjurul and Hussain wasted no time in making the most of the strong cross wind. Hussain struck with his second ball. Bowling a fullish delivery to Patterson, he struck him on the foot. Swinging late, the ball looked to be travelling down the leg side but it perhaps atoned for the earlier, equally dubious, dismissal of captain Aminul Islam. In the fifth over Hussain struck again, when Smith failed to get out the way of a shortish delivery and left his bat trailing, carrying an edge through to keeper Mashud. Smith 1 off 13, and Scotland 8 for 2. In the first ball of the next over Manjurul slid a beauty across Philip, pitching on leg and rapping him on the pad in front of off. Scotland 8 for 3.

New bat Stanger, despite his extravagant leaves, looked ill-equipped to cope with either bowler's movement and pace. He was lucky to survive when Hussain beat him in the sixth over and again when Manjurul seamed the last ball of the seventh away from him. Salmond could do little more than pick up a single an over, but he at least looked a little more confident at the crease. He struck Scotland's first boundary off the first ball of the 10th over, cutting Manjurul through the covers to the delight of a Scots crowd that had been reduced to ironic cheers.

Just as they ran out of steam in Dublin, so the Bangladesh opening bowlers lost a little of their venom here. Salmond launched into them in the 14th over. He dispatched the first ball off Manjurul over backward point for four, just over the head of Khan, the shortest player on the field, and then launched the next through the covers for another boundary. But off the last ball of the over Manjurul had Scotland back in trouble, as Salmond attempted a cracking cut and Faruq held a superb catch cleanly at shortish backward point. Scotland 37 for 4. Hamilton, who had batted so well against Pakistan, seemed the man on whom Scotland's hopes again depended. He got off the mark by pushing Manjurul through the off side for a boundary. Abedin, replacing Majurul with his slow spin at the Inverleith Park End, trapped Stanger leg before for 10, leaving Scotland on 49 for 5.

Hussain came in for Mahmud in the 21st over, which seemed all the provocation Hamilton needed. He hit a streaky four over gully, another to long leg, and almost another through the covers. Hamilton tends to hit the ball solidly when he makes contact which turns edges and mistimed shots into near boundaries. It was crucial for Bangladesh to break the partnership of Brinkley and Hamilton.

But Scotland needed no encouragement to lose wickets. Off the third ball of the 27th over Brinkley got himself out swinging at a short ball and skying a catch to a grateful Masud at mid on. 'Keeper Alec Davies, the man who has singularly failed to start a trend by wearing a mouthguard painted with a saltire, was next to the crease, and must have been instructed to play foil to Hamilton in the hope that the Yorkshireman might see Scotland through. Hamilton looked the quality bat of the day, pulling Rahman to backward square leg boundary effortlessly in the 32nd over, and continuing to amass runs. His 50 came off 62 balls, pushing Rahman square in the 38th over. With six an over required off 10, Hamilton swept a six over long leg off Rahman's first ball of the 40th over. Pushing Davies hard, he continued to steal singles as the Bangladeshi fielders fumbled the ball. He looked man enough for the task, but was dismissed by a cruel run out. Manjurul returned (to bowl his final two overs) in the 42nd over. Diving down to stop the second ball it hit his hand and then the stumps at the bowler's end. A flailing Hamilton could not get back into his crease in time. The end was nigh. Davies was undone trying a crossbatted shot and Manjurul took a great catch at mid on. In the next over, the 43rd, incumbent Butt hit a hard straight drive through Hoque, the bowler. Rahman came around from deep long on and shied at the stumps to catch Blain out of his ground going for the second run. Butt then swung wildly at the next delivery and holed out to Islam at point who took a simple catch for a fine Bangladesh victory.

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QUOTES:

Heard at the presentation ceremonies after today's games .

West Indian captain Brian Lara: "Our bowlers bowled pretty well today".

"We needed the two points .(and) it was important that we started winning".

"(The game against) Australia on Sunday will be a huge match . but we have Scotland first and must get past them too".

Naturally dejected in defeat, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, meanwhile, stated that he was "looking forward to playing against Pakistan (at Derby on Friday) as they are the form side in our group at the moment".

An obviously delighted Bangladesh skipper Aminul Islam said that his team's triumph was "a very important victory"; that the team "played very well", and that his "fast bowlers performed brilliantly".

He added that, even with the team's score at 26/5 early in the day, he "had a little hope that (the team's) most experienced batsmen might do something and knew that (a score of in excess of) 150 would have been challenging".

Scotland captain George Salmond said that "the (Scottish) guys bowled well (and that the) two guys who made fifties (also) played well".

But he bemoaned his team's top order batting saying it "was not too good... (especially as it was an) ideal situation for (his team) to win (and that such a result) would have been a fairytale scenario".

QUICK SINGLES

* Rest assured that the editors of CricInfo365 are not planning to conform to the inane habit of naming a "Banner of the Day" on a daily basis during this seventh World Cup, but some that have been produced in recent days are certainly worthy of mention. We particularly liked "Shoaib: Product of Pakistan's Nuclear Program" at Headingley yesterday and the very simple yet apt "Match Over: Time to go to Pub" which was proudly unfurled as the match between West Indies and Bangladesh wound its way toward an early finish at Dublin on Friday. The non-descript "Harris: Mr Potato Man" which was reportedly seen at Southampton today is also noteworthy, if only for the reason that we're not entirely sure what it meant or whether it was a New Zealand or West Indies supporter who was brandishing it.

* Further to yesterday's news that Pakistani star Wasim Akram has become the World Cup's greatest ever wicket-taker, it is interesting to note that, among the select band of eighteen players to have taken at least twenty wickets in the history of the tournament, the New Zealand all rounder Chris Harris actually has the best strike rate. Prior to today's clash against West Indies, Harris had struck at an average rate of once every 29.2 deliveries. Wasim, meanwhile, is eleventh on that particular list, claiming a wicket, on average, every 36.6 balls.

* And, finally, here's some sobering news for our New Zealand readers - the Kiwis' dismal scoreline of 156 today was the country's lowest ever in the entire history of the World Cup. The previous worst was the 158 it made - ironically enough, also against the West Indians - at The Oval in the 1975 version of the event.

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MAGIC MOMENT

On a day when ball dominated bat, our highlight came late in the afternoon in the form of one of the outstanding catches of the tournament. Taken by Dion Nash in his left hand after he had energetically turned and pursued a steepling ball from his position at mid on, it ended the innings of Brian Lara (36) in the match at Southampton. Commentating on BBC Television in England at the time, Viv Richards' drawled exclamation of "Ahhh, magnificent!!" as he observed a replay of Nash's effort also appealed to our weird senses of humour.

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SCORECARDS

ODI # 1459 ICC World Cup, 1999, 17th Match Scotland v Bangladesh, Group B Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 24 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Bangladesh won by 22 runs Points: Bangladesh 2, Scotland 0

Toss: Scotland Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and DL Orchard (SA) TV Umpire: B Dudleston (Eng) Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ) Man of the Match: Minhajul Abedin

Bangladesh innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 +Khaled Mashud c Philip b Blain 0 9 0 0 Mehrab Hossain c Dyer b Asim Butt 3 20 0 0 Faruk Ahmed b Blain 7 24 1 0 *Aminul Islam lbw b Blain 0 1 0 0 Akram Khan c Philip b Asim Butt 0 14 0 0 Minhajul Abedin not out 68 116 6 0 Naimur Rahman c Stanger b Brinkley 36 58 5 0 Khaled Mahmud c Salmond b Dyer 0 4 0 0 Enamul Hoque c Philip b Dyer 19 40 1 0 Hasibul Hussain c & b Blain 6 18 0 0 Manjural Islam not out 2 7 0 0 Extras (lb 5, w 28, nb 11) 44 Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 185

FoW: 1-6 (Khaled Mashud, 2.3 ov), 2-12 (Mehrab Hossain, 5.3 ov), 3-13 (Aminul Islam, 6.1 ov), 4-24 (Akram Khan, 9.4 ov), 5-26 (Faruk Ahmed, 10.3 ov), 6-95 (Naimur Rahman, 29.4 ov), 7-96 (Khaled Mahmud, 30.6 ov), 8-133 (Enamul Hoque, 40.5 ov), 9-164 (Hasibul Hussain, 46.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W Blain 10 1 37 4 (8nb, 7w) Asim Butt 9 1 24 2 (1nb, 7w) Hamilton 10 3 25 0 (2nb, 5w) Brinkley 10 0 45 1 (4w) Stanger 4 0 23 0 (1w) Dyer 7 1 26 2 (2w)

Scotland innings (target: 186 runs from 49 overs) R B 4 6 BMW Patterson lbw b Hasibul Hussain 0 2 0 0 IL Philip lbw b Manjural Islam 3 17 0 0 MJ Smith c Khaled Mashud b Hasibul Hussain 1 13 0 0 IM Stanger lbw b Minhajul Abedin 10 35 0 0 *G Salmond c Faruk Ahmed b Manjural Islam 19 31 3 0 GM Hamilton run out (Manjural Islam) 63 71 4 1 JE Brinkley c Hasibul Hussain b Khaled Mahmud 5 31 0 0 +AG Davies c Manjural Islam b Khaled Mahmud 32 65 3 0 JAR Blain run out (Naimur Rahman) 9 16 0 0 Asim Butt c Aminul Islam b Enamul Hoque 1 3 0 0 NR Dyer not out 0 0 0 0 Extras (lb 1, w 13, nb 6) 20 Total (all out, 46.2 overs) 163

FoW: 1-0 (Patterson, 0.2 ov), 2-8 (Smith, 4.5 ov), 3-8 (Philip, 5.2 ov), 4-37 (Salmond, 13.6 ov), 5-49 (Stanger, 17.3 ov), 6-83 (Brinkley, 26.3 ov), 7-138 (Hamilton, 41.3 ov), 8-158 (Davies, 45.2 ov), 9-163 (Blain, 46.1 ov), 10-163 (Asim Butt, 46.2 ov).

Bowling O M R W Hasibul Hussain 8 1 26 2 (4nb, 4w) Manjural Islam 9 0 33 2 (3w) Khaled Mahmud 9 2 27 2 (2nb, 1w) Minhajul Abedin 3 0 12 1 (1w) Naimur Rahman 10 0 41 0 (2w) Enamul Hoque 7.2 0 23 1

ODI # 1460 ICC World Cup, 1999, 18th Match New Zealand v West Indies, Group B County Ground, Southampton 24 May 1999 (50-over match)

Result: West Indies won by 7 wickets Points: West Indies 2, New Zealand 0

Toss: West Indies Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) TV Umpire: JH Hampshire Match Referee: RS Madugalle (SL) Man of the Match: RD Jacobs

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4 6 MJ Horne c Lara b Walsh 2 21 0 0 NJ Astle c Jacobs b Ambrose 2 6 0 0 CD McMillan c Jacobs b Simmons 32 78 1 0 *SP Fleming c Jacobs b King 0 17 0 0 RG Twose c Williams b King 0 12 0 0 CL Cairns c Lara b Dillon 23 40 2 0 +AC Parore c Jacobs b Dillon 23 41 4 0 CZ Harris c Campbell b Dillon 30 50 2 0 DJ Nash c Williams b Dillon 1 10 0 0 GR Larsen c Jacobs b Simmons 14 18 2 0 GI Allott not out 0 2 0 0 Extras (lb 6, w 17, nb 6) 29 Total (all out, 48.1 overs) 156

FoW: 1-2 (Astle, 1.6 ov), 2-13 (Horne, 4.5 ov), 3-22 (Fleming, 10.3 ov), 4-31 (Twose, 16.4 ov), 5-59 (McMillan, 25.1 ov), 6-75 (Cairns, 30.5 ov), 7-125 (Parore, 40.3 ov), 8-130 (Nash, 42.5 ov), 9-155 (Larsen, 47.4 ov), 10-156 (Harris, 48.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W Walsh 10 1 23 1 (4nb, 2w) Ambrose 10 0 19 1 (2w) King 10 1 29 2 (1nb, 5w) Simmons 9 2 33 2 (1nb, 4w) Dillon 9.1 0 46 4 (3w)

West Indies innings (target: 157 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6 SL Campbell lbw b Nash 8 32 0 0 +RD Jacobs not out 80 131 8 1 JC Adams c Parore b Allott 3 29 0 0 *BC Lara c Nash b Harris 36 54 3 1 SC Williams not out 14 28 1 0 Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 8) 17 Total (3 wickets, 44.2 overs) 158

DNB: S Chanderpaul, PV Simmons, CEL Ambrose, M Dillon, RD King, CA Walsh.

FoW: 1-29 (Campbell, 9.6 ov), 2-49 (Adams, 20.5 ov), 3-121 (Lara, 35.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W Allott 10 2 39 1 (2nb, 1w) Nash 10 2 25 1 (3nb, 3w) Cairns 9.2 1 42 0 (3nb, 1w) Larsen 7 1 29 0 Harris 8 2 19 1

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POINTS TABLE

Group B Played Won Lost NR Tied Points Net RR For Against Pakistan 3 3 - - - 6 +0.845 765/150 634/149 New Zealand 3 2 1 - - 4 +0.421 487/128.2 487/144.2 West Indies 3 2 1 - - 4 +0.076 543/140.5 567/150 Australia 3 1 2 - - 2 -0.053 660/144.5 670/145.2 Bangladesh 3 1 2 - - 2 -0.355 483/150 463/129.3 Scotland 3 - 2 - - 0 -0.906 511/149 628/144.5

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