MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015

SCOREBOARD

ADELAIDE: Scoreboard in the World Cup Pool B match between Ireland and at the Adelaide Oval yesterday: Ireland Rahat 10-0-48-2 (2w); Wahab 10-0-54-3 (3w); W. Porterfield c Afridi b Sohail 107 Afridi 10-0-38-0; Haris 3-0-20-1 (1w). P. Stirling lbw b Adil 3 E. Joyce c Akmal b Wahab 11 Pakistan ADELAIDE: Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed, celebrates his hundred runs during their World Cup Pool B match against Ireland.—AP N. O’Brien c Akmal b Rahat 12 c Joyce b Thompson 63 A. Balbirnie c Afridi b Haris 18 Sarfraz Ahmed 101 G. Wilson c Wahab b Sohail 29 run out (Balbirnie/Dockrell) 3 Pakistan crush Ireland K. O’Brien c Maqsood b Wahab 8 Misbah-ul Haq hit wkt b Cusack 39 S. Thompson c Akmal b Rahat 12 not out 20 J. Mooney c Akmal b Wahab 13 Extras: (b1, lb1, w13) 15 G. Dockrell run out (Wahab) 11 Total (3 wkts, 46.1 overs) 241 A. Cusack not out 1 Did not bat: , , to reach quarter-finals Extras: (lb2, w10) 12 , , , Total (all out, 50 overs) 237 Fall of : 1-120 (Shehzad), 2-126 (Haris), 3- Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Stirling), 2-56 (Joyce), 3-86 208 (Misbah) ADELAIDE: Sarfraz Ahmed scored Pakistan’s first in this edition. turned his back on the non-striker. Skipper Misbah-ul- (N. O’Brien), 4-134 (Balbirnie), 5-182 (Porterfield), : Cusack 10-1-43-1 (3w); Mooney 9-1-40-0 World Cup since 2007 to lead his team into Pakistan had not won a match second in Haq, who hit four half-centuries in the previous five 6-189 (Wilson), 7-204 (Thompson), 8-216 (K. (3w); Thompson 10-0-59-1 (3w); Dockrell 6-0-43- the quarter-finals with a seven- romp past this tournament, but a run-rate of under five an over matches, made 39 in a third-wicket stand of 82 with O’Brien), 9-230 (Mooney), 10-237 (Dockrell). 0; K O’Brien 10-0-49-0 (4w); Stirling 1.1-0-5-0; Ireland at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. Left-armer was easily achieved after a 120-run for Sarfraz. Pakistan made two changes from the side Bowling; Sohail 10-0-44-2 (2w); Adil 7-0-31-1 (2w); Result: Pakistan won by seven wickets. Wahab Riaz took three wickets and fellow-seamers the first wicket between Sarfraz and Ahmed Shehzad that upset , bringing in right-arm seamer Sohail Khan and Rahat Ali snared two apiece as (63). The Irish bowlers were struggling to contain the Adil and Haris in place of the injured Irfan and senior Ireland, electing to bat, were shot out for 237 despite runs when they secured two unexpected breaks with pro . skipper ’s 107. the wickets of Shehzad and Haris Sohail in the space The seven-foot tall Irfan was ruled out with a hip West Indies down UAE The modest target was overhauled in 46.1 overs as of six runs. injury, but a bigger surprise was Pakistan’s decision to Sarfraz returned unbeaten on 101 to emulate Imran Shehzad top-edged a pull off Stuart Thompson omit the experienced Younis for this key game. NAPIER: The West Indies overpowered the (33 not out) saw the West Nazir’s 160 against Zimbabwe in Jamaica in 2007, the and was caught at mid-on by Joyce, while Haris was Ireland retained the same side that lost by eight wick- by six wickets in their Indies to a comfortable victory. last hundred hit by a Pakistani batsman in a World run out after Sarfraz refused a sharp single and ets to defending champions .—AFP last Pool B match yesterday. They reached Charles, who hit nine fours and two six- Cup. The match ended in a farce as Umar Akmal their victory target of 176 runs in just 30.3 es, was undone when he mistimed an played out five dot balls when five more runs were overs in Napier. After a labored perform- attempt to drive and skied the needed so that Sarfraz, then on 97, could reach his ance in the field in the must-win match, the ball to at mid-on. century. Sarfraz duly obliged in ’s next World Cup result and standings West Indies picked up the intensity when The wicket capped a solid all-round over hitting a boundary and then himself defended batting, as the storm clouds on the fringes game for Javed, who took two for 29. He’d four balls to allow Akmal to hit the winning runs in Pool B of Cyclone Pam edged towards McLean earlier featured in a 107-run stand with Aziz the subsequent over. At Napier UAE 175 all out ( 60, Amjad Javed 56) v West Indies 176-4 (Johnson Charles 55, Jonathan Park. A washout would have ended their that frustrated the West Indies after the Pakistan finished third in Pool B behind defending Carter 50 not out) World Cup campaign but the weather held Middle East amateurs had been reduced to champions India and South Africa, while the West West Indies won by six wickets off and the West Indies got the win they 46 for six. Indies took the fourth place following a six-wicket win needed. Now they must rely on the Ireland- Gayle’s absence made the option of bat- over the United Arab Emirates in Napier earlier yester- At Adelaide Pakistan match in Adelaide later on Sunday ting first and piling up a huge total a less day. Pakistan take on four-time champions and Ireland 237 all out (William Porterfield 107) v Pakistan 241-3 (Sarfraz Ahmed 101 not out, Ahmed not ending in a tie or a washed-out no attractive option for the West Indies. Holder in the quarter-final in Adelaide on March 20, Shehzad 63) result. took the the alternative route when he while the West Indies travel to Wellington to play co- Pakistan won by seven wickets Either of those outcomes would give chose to field first after winning the toss in hosts New Zealand on March 21. both Ireland and Pakistan seven points to the hope of bowling out the UAE cheaply. Ireland, the last surviving non-Test nation in the Played won lost tied no result points run rate Pool A fray, paid dearly for a miserable batting display in the West Indies’ six, with India and South He played his part with his best World New Zealand 6 6 0 0 0 12 +2.564 - qualified Africa already having claimed two of the Cup performance of four for 27 as he which Porterfield played a lone hand with 11 bound- Australia 6 4 1 0 1 9 +2.257 - qualified four quarter-final spots on offer from Pool bowled himself out at the top of the aries and a six. The first four wickets fell for 134 runs 6 4 2 0 0 8 +0.371 - qualified B. “I’m extremely pleased with the way the innings. “The ball came out really well for by the 30th over as none of the top order crossed 20 6 3 2 0 1 7 +0.136 - qualified guys came out and played,” said West Indies me at the start,” said paceman Holder. on a slow pitch. Wicket-keeper ’s 29 was 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.753 . “We needed to win “The pitch was a bit slow but it swung the next highest score before the Irish were bowled Afghanistan 6 1 5 0 0 2 -1.853 by a certain margin. We had to show posi- and bounced a bit for me. But once Holder out off the last ball of the innings. Scotland 6 0 6 0 0 0 -2.218 tive intent. We knew we had to finish the had used up his 10 overs and UAE were on Porterfield batted till the 39th over when he mist- game inside 36 overs and we did it.” the ropes, Javed and Aziz found the mid- imed an on-drive off Sohail Khan and Shahid Afridi Pool B took a low diving catch running in from the edge of India 6 6 0 0 0 12 +1.827 - qualified Charles, making his first World Cup dle-overs attack of much to South Africa 6 4 2 0 0 8 +1.707 - qualified appearance after being brought in as an their liking. Aziz, in only his third ODI and the circle. Pakistan 6 4 2 0 0 8 -0.085 - qualified injury replacement for , was not required to bat in the first two, looked Porterfield was the fifth Irish batsman to score a West Indies 6 3 3 0 0 6 -0.053 - qualified thrust into the starting XI at the last minute very accomplished as he smacked eight World Cup century after Jeremy Bray’s 115 against Ireland 6 3 3 0 0 6 -0.933 when pulled out with a back fours in his 60 off 86 deliveries. Zimbabwe in 2007, Kevin O’Brien’s 113 against Zimbabwe 6 1 5 0 0 2 -0.527 injury. But there was no sign of rustiness as Javed topped his previous best of 42 as England and Paul Stirling’s 101 versus the UAE 6 0 6 0 0 0 -2.032 he and fellow opener he reached his first half-century and with Netherlands, both in 2011, and Joyce’s 112 against Note: Top four in each group qualify for quarter-finals. launched into Nasir Aziz when UAE skipper Aziz he posted the equal fourth-highest decided his batting partnership in the UAE’s ODI history after hero should opening the bowling with a also making 107 with earli- touch of spin. er in the World Cup against Ireland. But Charles’s cavalier innings ended on 55 once Aziz and Javed were dismissed the UAE thank South African quicks off 40 deliveries and added innings folded quickly, with the last three seven before Carter (50 not out) and wickets falling for eight runs. —AFP NAPIER: World Cup amateurs United Arab Emirates prepared to head home to their day jobs yesterday with words of thanks to SCOREBOARD and Morne Morkel and one regret over a dropped catch against Ireland. The UAE’s World cup comeback, 19 years NAPIER: Scoreboard in the World Cup Pool B match between West Indies and United Arab Emirates at after their one and only previous appear- McLean Park in Napier yesterday: ance, ended with a sixth straight loss when United Arab Emirates Samuels 10-4-25-1; Sammy 1-0-4-0; Smith 2-0-5- the West Indies pulled off a six-wicket win lbw b Holder 5 0. at McLean Park in Napier. A. Berenger c Ramdin b Holder 7 “It was a satisfactory performance from Krishna Chandran c Smith b Holder 0 West Indies us, but we know we could have done bet- b Taylor 5 D. Smith c Patil b Guruge 15 ter,” captain Mohammad Tauqir said. Shaiman Anwar b Taylor 2 J. Charles c Chandran b Amjad Javed 55 “Overall the whole tournament has been S. Patil b Holder 6 M. Samuels c Berenger b Guruge 9 Amjad Javed b Russell 56 J. Carter not out 50 very special for the whole team.” Morkel Nasir Aziz c Holder b Samuels 60 A. Russell c and b Amjad Javed 7 and Steyn were singled out for a ferocious b Russell 14 D. Ramdin not out 33 spell of intimidatory bowling which Tauqir Mohammad Tauqir b Taylor 2 Extras (lb4, w3) 7 took as recognition that his team of part- M. Guruge not out 4 Total (4 wkts, 30.3 overs) 176 timers deserved to be part of cricket’s ODI Extras (lb4, w10) 14 showpiece. “I’m very thankful to them for Total (all out, 47.4 overs) 175 Did not bat: L Simmons, D Sammy, J Holder, K Fall of wickets 1-13 (Berenger), 2-16 (Krishna Roach, J Taylor bowling to us they way they did,” said Chandran), 3-17 (Amjad Ali), 4-21 (Khurram), 5-26 Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Smith), 2-53 (Samuels), 3-109 Tauqir, who scored three before he was (Shaiman Anwar), 6-46 (Patil), 7-153 (Amjad (Charles), 4-118 (Russell) bowled by Steyn. “By facing them it gave us Javed), 8-167 (Mohammad Naveed), 9-167 (Nasir Bowling: Aziz 6-0-47-0; Naveed 6-0-34-0 (1w); a lot of confidence. We almost played 48 Aziz), 10-175 (Mohammad Tauqir) Guruge 7.3-1-40-2; Tauqir 3-0-22-0; Javed 8-0-29- overs in that match and it was the most Bowling: Taylor 8.4-0-36-3 (2w); Holder 10-1-27-4 2 (2w). hostile bowling we faced in this tourna- (4w); Roach 8-0-54-0 (2w); Russell 8-3-20-2 (2w); Result: West Indies won by six wickets ment.” UAE’s closest game was against Ireland who won with two wickets in hand and just four balls to spare. But that game turned when Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien was dropped on 24 on his way to notching a half century. Tauqir was in no doubt that “if NAPIER: United Arab Emirates bowler Amjad Javed (right) is congratulated by his teammate Andri that catch was taken we would definitely Raffaelo after taking the wicket of West Indies batsman Andre Russell during their have won that game.” —AFP Pool B match. —AP Knockout stage schedule

ADELAIDE: South Africa will take on Sri Lanka in the first quarter-final of the ongoing cricket World Cup in Sydney yesterday. A reserve yda has been scheduled for each of the seven knock-out matches. If a quarter-final or a semi-final match is tied, abandoned or if it is a no-result, the team that finished higher in the pool gesta shall progress. MATCHES: Quarter-finals: March 18: South Africa v Sri Lanka, Sydney Cricket Ground March 19: India v Bangladesh, March 20: Australia v Pakistan, Adelaide Oval March 21: New Zealand v West Indies, Wellington Regional Stadium Semi-finals: March 24: , Auckland NAPIER: West Indies batsman Denesh Ramdin (left) celebrates with teammate March 26: Sydney Cricket Ground Jonathan Carter after they won their Cricket World Cup Pool B match by six wickets Final: against the United Arab Emirates. —AP March 29: Melbourne Cricket Ground