MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015 SCOREBOARD ADELAIDE: Scoreboard in the World Cup Pool B match between Ireland and Pakistan 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 Cricket World Cup Pool B match against Ireland.—AP N. O’Brien c Akmal b Rahat 12 Ahmed Shehzad c Joyce b Thompson 63 A. Balbirnie c Afridi b Haris 18 Sarfraz Ahmed not out 101 G. Wilson c Wahab b Sohail 29 Haris Sohail 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 Umar Akmal 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: Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, to reach quarter-finals Extras: (lb2, w10) 12 Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali, Sohail Khan, Ehsan Adil Total (all out, 50 overs) 237 Fall of wickets: 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 Zimbabwe in this edition. turned his back on the non-striker. Skipper Misbah-ul- (N. O’Brien), 4-134 (Balbirnie), 5-182 (Porterfield), Bowling: Cusack 10-1-43-1 (3w); Mooney 9-1-40-0 World Cup century since 2007 to lead his team into Pakistan had not won a match batting 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-wicket 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 partnership 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 South Africa, 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 Younis Khan. skipper William Porterfield’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 Denesh Ramdin (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- United Arab Emirates 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 India.—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 Amjad Javed 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 Krishna Chandran at mid-on. century. Sarfraz duly obliged in Paul Stirling’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 (Nasir Aziz 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 Australia 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 Sri Lanka 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 Bangladesh 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 Gary Wilson’s 29 was England 6 2 4 0 0 4 -0.753 captain Jason Holder. “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 Kemar Roach 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 Darren Bravo, 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 Chris Gayle 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.