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Friday 4th March, 2011 Afridi guides Pakistan to 46-run win BY REX CLEMENTINE pulled a thigh muscle during while Rizwan Cheema, Balaji his fourth over and wasn’t Rao and Jimmy Hansra picking Crisis-ridden Pakistan need- able to bowl, but Canada did up two wickets apiece. ed a leader to lift their perform- well to keep things under con- With an unbeaten record, ances and in the 2011 Cricket trol. Pakistan will now travel to World Cup they have been led After a 73-run stand for the Kandy where they will take on from the front by their captain fifth wicket between Misbah- New Zealand at the Pallekele Shahid Afridi. After Ireland’s ul-Haq and Umar Akmal, the International Stadium on shock win against England in Canadians fought back again Tuesday. Bangalore on Wednesday, anoth- claiming the last six Pakistani Canada, meanwhile, will er upset by an Associate wickets for just 24 runs. travel to New Delhi to take on Member looked to be on the Harvir Baidwan was the pick fellow Associate Member Kenya cards when Canada bowled out of the bowlers with three for 35 on Monday. Pakistan for 184, but Afridi helped his side to defend a mod- est total with a five-wicket haul Scoreboard at R. Premadasa Stadium, Pakistan Innings N. Kumar b Razzaq 2 Colombo yesterday. Z. Surkari lbw b Ajmal 27 Yesterday’s 46-run win M. Hafeez lbw b Osinde 11 A. Bagai lbw b Afridi 16 enabled Pakistan to top Group ‘A’ A. Shehzad c Gordon b Baidwan 12 J. Hansra b Afridi 43 ahead of Sri Lanka and K. Akmal c Kumar b Cheema 16 R. Cheema b Afridi 4 Australia, but not before a cou- Y. Khan lbw b Baidwan 6 T. Gordon c Riaz b Afridi 9 ple of anxious moments. Misbah-ul-Haq c Bagai b Rao 37 H. Baidwan b Afridi 0 Canada had things well U. Akmal lbw b Rao 48 K. Chohan not out 5 under control when Zubin S. Afridi c Kumar b Cheema 20 B. Rao run out 1 Surkari and Jimmy Hansra A. Razzaq lbw b Hansra 8 H. Osinde b Riaz 0 added 60 runs for the fourth Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, center, celebrates the wicket of Canada’s Harvir Baidwan, unseen, with his U. Gul not out 2 Extras: (4lb, 19w) 23 wicket and the game was drift- team-mates Umar Akmal, left, and Ahmed Shehzad during the ICC Cricket World Cup match between W. Riaz c Rao b Hansra 0 TOTAL: (all out) 138 ing from Canada and Pakistan in Colombo, Thursday, March 3.(AP Photo/ Eranga Jayawardena) S. Ajmal b Baidwan 0 Overs: 42.5. Batting time: 190 min- Extras: (4b, 3lb, 1nb, 16w) 24 utes. Pakistan with Canada ets in two balls in another prob- Despite the defeat, yester- TOTAL: (all out) 184 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-16, 3-44, 4- needing 81 runs from 99 ing over that followed immedi- day’s performance is Canada’s Overs: 43. Batting time: 201 min- 104, 5-111, 6-114, 7-114, 8-130, 9- deliveries. ately. best by far after massive losses utes. 134, 10-138. Afridi put the brakes Afridi also claimed five wick- against Sri Lanka and Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-42, 3-55, 4- by removing Surkari for ets in Pakistan’s opening game Zimbabwe. They were 67, 5-140, 6-165, 7-181, 8-181, 9- Bowling: Razzaq 7-2-16-1 (1w), 27 runs when he trapped against Kenya and dismissed thrashed by Sri Lanka in their 181, 10-184. Gul 7-1-20-1 (6w), Afridi 10-0-23-5 the number three bats- four Sri Lankan batsmen in first game at Suriyawewa by Bowling: Chohan 3.3-0-10-0 (1nb), (3w), Riaz 5.5-0-23-1 (2w), Ajmal 8- man leg before wicket. In their 11-run win last Saturday. 210 runs while Zimbabwe beat Osinde 7-1-25-1 (5w), Gordon 0.3- 0-31-1 (7w), Hafeez 5-0-21-0. his next over, he dis- With 14 wickets in three them by 175 runs in Nagpur. 0-1-0 (1w), Baidwan 8-1-35-3 (6w), missed the dangerous games, the Pakistani captain After electing to bat first Cheema 8-0-33-2 (3w), Rao 10-0- Umpires: Daryl Harper, Australia Rizwan Cheema for four is the highest wicket-taker in under overcast conditions, 50-2 (1w), Hansra 6-1-23-2. and Nigel Llong, England. with a slower delivery and the tournament. Australia’s Pakistan struggled losing four TV umpire: Tony Hill, England. pushed Canada out of Mitchell Johnson is a distant wickets for 67 runs. Opening Canada Innings Match referee: Chris Broad, contention with two wick- second with eight wickets. bowler Khurram Chohan R. Gunasekera lbw b Gul 8 England. Australia face Sri Lanka pins hopes on rugby sevens at Commonwealth Youth Games first tough hurdle BY RAVI NAGAHAWATTE Saturday and Sunday. “The schools sevens tournament will BY KRISHAN FRANCIS Kenya, two International Sri Lanka plans to send a strong attract players from different ages, but Cricket Council Associate rugby sevens team to contest the the players who are eligible to contest the COLOMBO, Sri Lanka teams, but its ability to upcoming Commonwealth Youth games will be told to wear a special band (AP) - Four-time champion withstand the pressure of Games IV, which will be hosted by Isle for identification purposes,” he said. He playing a top class team Australia will face its of Man, from September 7-13. also said that another round of trial before an expectant home biggest challenge of the The islanders’ rugby at school level games would be held before the final World Cup so far when it crowd will be sorely tested is rated high in Asia and according to squad is chosen. takes on co-host Sri Lanka Saturday, after last week’s the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Mendis said that players born from in Group A on Saturday. narrow defeat by Pakistan. Association (SLSRFA), Sports Minister 1993 to ’95 were eligible for selection. Sri Lanka, considered a Off spin bowler Muttiah He said that the selection of players favourite for the title, will Muralitharan insists Mahindananda Aluthgamage has high for the games would be done under the be looking to prove that it Pakistan was just a one-off hopes that the rugby players will pro- will not falter again defeat and is not a cause duce a medal at the Games. guidance of the Education Ministry against strong opposition for alarm. But he is well SLSRFA Secretary Susantha (Sports Department), Sri Lanka Rugby on the big stage following aware of Australia’s World Mendis told ‘The Island’ that the ini- Football Union and with support of the an 11-run defeat by Cup prowess with its three tial picking of players for the Games national rugby selection committee. Pakistan. consecutive titles. would be done at this week’s under-19 Sri Lanka will also take part in bad- Australia captain Ricky “Pakistan is a very good inter-school rugby sevens tournament minton, athletics, boxing, cycling, gym- Ponting concedes the side, they played better which will be held in Colombo on nastics and swimming at the games. match at R. Premadasa than us on the day,” Stadium will be a challeng- Muralitharan told ing one for the defending reporters. “But this is a champion. “We expect Sri new game, it’s going to a be Sri Lanka to host Davis Cup 2011! Lanka obviously to be a a good game because they very tough contest. I think (Australia) are also a very BY REVATA S. SILVA the source added. that’ll be our toughest con- strong side. It’s going to a Sri Lanka, after qualifying to play in the presti- test to date in this tourna- be a good challenge for us.” The Davis Cup 2011 tennis tournament, an Asia- gious Zonal Group-II last year, following a lean patch ment.” “They are good enough Oceania Zone Group-III, will be held in Colombo, the of a long ten years in either Group-III or the lowest Australia has won both players, played spin well in Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) sources said on Group-IV, lost both her ties –played against New its matches so far, crushing the past. Every conditions Thursday (Feb. 3). Zealand and Hong Kong, China in Colombo—was Zimbabwe by 91 runs and they have won, they are No. An eight-team competition is likely to be staged relegated to Group-III once again. then trouncing New 1 still, they have won three in the week starting from June 13 at the SLTA clay The participating nations of this year’s Group-III Zealand by seven wickets. World Cups in a row. It’s a courts after Lebanon, the original host, had with- will be: Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Sri Lanka has comfort- team to beat so everyone drawn from staging the event. The Davis Cup was Sri Lanka, UAE and Vietnam. ably beaten Canada and wants to beat them.” earlier to be held at the ATCL Tennis Club in Jounieh, Lebanon, also on outdoor clay. “The International Tennis Federation has requested from all other seven participat- ing countries for their willingness to host the event. Then we announced our willing- ness to host it. We should get the nod of the ITF by next week,” Friday 4th March, 2011.