Canada v Pakistan ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 17th Match, Group A: Canada (Can) v Pakistan (Pak) Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 3rd March 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.
Skipper Shahid Afridi took five wickets to help Pakistan overcome a scare at the hands of Canada and clinch a hard-fought 46-run win in their World Cup Group A match at R Premadasa stadium on Thursday.

Canada v Pakistan ICC World Cup 2011 Match Report
Pakistan, bowled out for just 184 in 43 overs under overcast skies, hit back with the ball by dismissing Canada, which at one point was 3 for 104, for 138 in 42.5 overs, with Afridi finishing with 5 for 23 in his 10 overs.

Afridi finishing with 5 for 23 in his 10 overs
Afridi now has 14 wickets in three wins in as many matches and is the leading wicket-taker in the World Cup with 14 victims as his side edged closer to the quarter-finals.

But Afridi was angry at his team's sloppy performance with the bat.

"I think sometimes we need some partnerships and that's what we were missing. We're not going to repeat this batting performance again," he said.

Canada captain Ashish Bagai, whose team is yet to make a total of 150 in the tournament, said his side had let itself down.

"Fighting is one thing but getting over the line is obviously taking it to another level," he said.
"We had a good chance today to show everybody what we've put in and we fell short."

With Canada well-placed after Jimmy Hansra (43) and Zubin Surkari (27) adding an invaluable 60 for the fourth wicket, Afridi returned for his second spell to take four wickets in 17 deliveries to seal the victory.

In his first spell of six overs he had dismissed Canada skipper Ashish Bagai (16).

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who took 1 for 31, dismissed Surkari to give Pakistan the first breakthrough before Afridi ran through the remaining batting.

Afridi, who recorded Pakistan's all time best World Cup figures of 5 for 16 against Kenya, bowled Rizwan Cheema (four) with the last ball of the 35th over, before bowling Hansra and Jimmy Baidwan off successive deliveries in the 37th.

The 31-year-old Pakistan skipper took 4 for 34 in Pakistan's 11-run win over Sri Lanka on Saturday.

His effort averted another upset in the tournament, just a day after Ireland chased down a mammoth 328-run target to shock England in Bangalore.

The win gives Pakistan six points after three matches, setting it atop of Group A with Sri Lanka and Australia behind.

Earlier, Canada bowled a disciplined line and length with Baidwan (3 for 35), Cheema (2 for 33), Hansra (2 for 23) and Balaji Rao (2 for 50) combining to bowl out Pakistan for a below-par score.

Umar Akmal (48) and Misbah-ul-Haq (37) added 73 for the fifth wicket to repair the Pakistan innings, but once both departed the 1992 champions lost their last five wickets for a mere 19 runs in five overs.

Opener Mohammad Hafeez (11) was trapped lbw by Henry Osinde in the fourth over before Baidwan dismissed Ahmed Shahzad (12) and Younis Khan (6) in the space of 13 runs.

Cheema made it 4 for 67 when he had Kamran Akmal (16) caught in the covers in the 16th over, leaving the task of building the innings to Misbah and Umar Akmal.

Rao broke the Misbah-Umar stand, when he trapped Umar lbw in the 35th over and three overs later had Misbah caught by wicket-keeper Bagai to leave Pakistan struggling at 6 for 165.

Umar hit four boundaries and a six during his 68-ball knock. Afridi (20) and Abdul Razzaq (eight) also fell cheaply.

Canada v Pakistan ICC World Cup 2011 Scores

Pakistan won by 46 runs
Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Osinde 11 12 2 0 91.66
Ahmed Shehzad c Gordon b Baidwan 12 23 2 0 52.17
Kamran Akmal† c Kumar b Rizwan Cheema 16 38 2 0 42.10
Younis Khan lbw b Baidwan 6 13 1 0 46.15
Misbah-ul-Haq c †Bagai b Balaji Rao 37 68 1 0 54.41
Umar Akmal lbw b Balaji Rao 48 68 4 1 70.58
Shahid Afridi* c Kumar b Rizwan Cheema 20 17 2 0 117.64
Abdul Razzaq lbw b Hansra 8 8 1 0 100.00
Umar Gul not out 2 4 0 0 50.00
Wahab Riaz c Balaji Rao b Hansra 0 3 0 0 0.00
Saeed Ajmal b Baidwan 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 16, nb 1) 24
Total (all out; 43 overs) 184 (4.27 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.1 ov), 2-42 (Ahmed Shehzad, 8.5 ov), 3-55 (Younis Khan, 12.5 ov), 4-67 (Kamran Akmal, 15.3 ov), 5-140 (Umar Akmal, 34.6 ov), 6-165 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 38.2 ov), 7-181 (Shahid Afridi, 40.5 ov), 8-181 (Abdul Razzaq, 41.1 ov), 9-181 (Wahab Riaz, 41.4 ov), 10-184 (Saeed Ajmal, 42.6 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Khurram Chohan 3.3 0 10 0 2.85 (1nb)
H Osinde 7 1 25 1 3.57 (5w)
TG Gordon 0.3 0 1 0 2.00 (1w)
HS Baidwan 8 1 35 3 4.37 (2w)
Rizwan Cheema 8 0 33 2 4.12 (3w)
WD Balaji Rao 10 0 50 2 5.00 (1w)
AS Hansra 6 1 23 2 3.83
Canada innings (target: 185 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
R Gunasekera lbw b Umar Gul 8 16 0 0 50.00
NR Kumar b Abdul Razzaq 2 13 0 0 15.38
ZE Surkari lbw b Saeed Ajmal 27 67 2 0 40.29
A Bagai*† lbw b Shahid Afridi 16 35 2 0 45.71
AS Hansra b Shahid Afridi 43 75 4 1 57.33
Rizwan Cheema b Shahid Afridi 4 8 1 0 50.00
TG Gordon c Wahab Riaz b Shahid Afridi 9 12 1 0 75.00
HS Baidwan b Shahid Afridi 0 1 0 0 0.00
Khurram Chohan not out 5 20 0 0 25.00
WD Balaji Rao run out (Shahid Afridi) 1 7 0 0 14.28
H Osinde b Wahab Riaz 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 4, w 19) 23
Total (all out; 42.5 overs) 138 (3.22 runs per over)


Fall of wickets1-16 (Gunasekera, 3.6 ov), 2-16 (Kumar, 4.5 ov), 3-44 (Bagai, 17.1 ov), 4-104 (Surkari, 33.3 ov), 5-111 (Rizwan Cheema, 34.6 ov), 6-114 (Hansra, 36.4 ov), 7-114 (Baidwan, 36.5 ov), 8-130 (Gordon, 38.4 ov), 9-134 (Balaji Rao, 41.4 ov), 10-138 (Osinde, 42.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Abdul Razzaq 7 2 16 1 2.28 (1w)
Umar Gul 7 1 20 1 2.85 (4w)
Shahid Afridi 10 0 23 5 2.30 (3w)
Wahab Riaz 5.5 0 23 1 3.94 (2w)
Saeed Ajmal 8 0 31 1 3.87 (3w)
Mohammad Hafeez 5 0 21 0 4.20

Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat
Points Pakistan 2, Canada 0
Player of the match Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

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