MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 SCOREBOARD BRISBANE, Australia: Scoreboard in the World Cup Pool A match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe at the Gabba in Brisbane yesterday: Pakistan Zimbabwe Nasir Jamshed c Raza b Chatara 1 C. Chibhabha c Haris b Irfan 9 Ahmad Shahzad c Taylor b Chatara 0 S. Raza c Haris b Irfan 8 Haris Sohail c Williams b Raza 27 H. Masakadza c Misbah b Irfan 29 Misbah-ul-Haq c Williams b Chatara 73 B. Taylor c Akmal b Riaz 50 Umar Akmal b Williams 33 S. Williams c Shahzad b Rahat 33 C. Ervine c Akmal b Riaz 14 Shahid Afridi b Williams 0 S. Mire c Akmal b Irfan 8 Sohaib Maqsood c and b Mupawira 21 E. Chigumbura c Akmal b Riaz 35 Wahab Riaz not out 54 T. Mupawira c Akmal b Riaz 0 Sohail Khan not out 6 T. Panyangara run out 10 Extras: (lb3, w17) 20 T. Chatara not out 0 Total (7 wkts, 50 overs) 235 Extras (b3, lb2 w13, nb1) 19 WELLINGTON: Sri Lankan bowler Tillakaratne Dilshan takes a catch to dismiss England’s Gary Balance during their Cricket World Cup match. —AP Did not bat: Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan Total (49.4 overs) 215 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Nasir), 2-4 (Ahmad), 3-58 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Chibhabha), 2-22 (Raza); 3-74 (Masakadza), 4-128 (Taylor), 5-150 (Haris), 4-127 (Akmal), 5-127 (Afridi), 6-155 (Williams), 6-166 (Mire), 7-168 (Ervine), 8-168 (Maqsood), 7-202 (Misbah) (Mupariwa), 9-215 (Panyangara), 10-215 Bowling: Panyangara 10-1-49-0 (2w); Chatara Sri Lanka extend (Chigumbura) 10-2-35-3 (6w); Mupawira 8-1-36-1 (3w); Bowling: Irfan 10-2-30-4 (7w); Sohail 10-0-45- Williams 10-1-48-2 (1w); Masakadza 3-0-14-0; 0; Rahat 10-0-37-1 (4w 1nb); Riaz 9.4-1-45-4 Chigumbura 1-0-7-0 (4w); Raza 7-0-34-1; Mire (2w); Afridi 10-1-53-0 1-0-9-0 (1w) Result: Pakistan won by 20 runs. England’s agony Pakistan get World Cup WELLINGTON: England’s horror World Cup run you get punished for.” Fielding errors also Lanka, who now have four century makers at continued when Sri Lanka smashed the third- proved costly with Thirimanne dropped three the tournament, unleashed their batting campaign back on track highest run chase in the tournament’s history to times during his innings. prowess. clinch a nine-wicket defeat in Wellington yester- England may still limp into the quarter-finals Openers Thirimanne and Tillakaratne Dilshan BRISBANE: Pakistan got their World Cup But moments after reaching his 32nd day. with wins in their final pool matches against made a flying start to the chase, racing to 100 campaign back on track yesterday when ODI half century, Taylor attempted a leg Centuries by Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Bangladesh and Aghanistan, but they will have without loss. Thirimanne was dropped on three the 1992 champions downed Zimbabwe by glance only to get a tickle through to keep- Thirimanne ensured Sri Lanka overhauled the lost to every major nation they have played. and made the most of his life, bringing up his 20 runs to claim their first win of the tour- er Umar Akmal to leave the Zimbabweans 310-run target set after England won the toss The win consolidates Sri Lanka in second third half-century of the tournament in 58 deliv- nament. 128-4, but still well in control. and elected to bat. position in the Pool A table, although tourna- eries. A change of pace from Ali provided a Led by some patient batting from cap- However, when they lost Williams for 33 The pair were unbeaten as Sri Lanka ended ment favourites Australia have a game in hand. wicket when Dilshan (44) mis-cued a drive tain Mizbah-ul-Haq, who made 73, Pakistan after he hit Rahat Ali straight to Ahmad the innings on 312-1 with 16 balls to spare, England made a brisk start as Ian Bell and straight to Morgan at mid-wicket. But it did recovered from losing their first two wick- Shahzad at backward point with the score Thirmanne carrying his bat on 139 and Moeen Ali combined for a 62-run partnership in nothing to stem the flow of runs as Sangakkara ets for just four runs to post 235 for seven on 150 the run chase began to fall away. Sangakkara scoring 117 for his second succes- the first 10 overs. Root looked assured hitting came in and blasted a 45-ball half century. The from their 50 overs. Irfan then had Solomon Mire caught sive century. his fourth one-day international century, with onslaught continued to the delight of Sri Lanka Towering left arm paceman Mohammad behind to leave Zimbabwe 166-6, still 70 The run chase has only been exceeded twice Gary Ballance (6) the only real batting failure for fans in the New Zealand capital and Thirimanne Irfan then took full advantage of the lively runs short of victory with 13 overs remain- at cricket’s showcase event, when Ireland England. fittingly ended the match with a booming six Gabba wicket to claim the first three ing. reached 329 against England in 2011 and Sri The 310 target looked competitive before Sri off Chris Woakes.—AFP Zimbabwe scalps on his way to a career- Skipper Elton Chigumbura, who tore the Lanka’s 313 against Zimbabwe in 1992. best 4-30. quadriceps in his left leg while fielding, was The loss leaves England with a solitary World After posting what appeared to be a clearly hampered with his running Cup win against minnows Scotland after they SCOREBOARD below par total, Irfan gave Pakistan the ide- between the wickets and the required run were well-beaten by co-hosts Australia (111 al start when he dismissed the two rate began to climb steadily. Craig Ervine runs) and New Zealand (eight wickets) in their WELLINGTON: Completed scoreboard in the World Cup Pool A match between England and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka at Zimbabwe openers in a lethal first spell. (14) and Tawanda Mupawira both perished opening matches. A tally of two points with two Wellington’s Westpac Stadium yesterday: The 2.16-metre (7ft 1in) tall Irfan trou- caught behind off Riaz with the score on pool games left to play means their quarter- England Herath 5.5-0-35-1; Perera 8.1-0-55-1. bled the Zimbabwe openers with his 168 and despite a late flourish from final hopes are hanging by a thread, while Sri M. Ali c Lakmal b Mathews 15 bounce, both Chamunorwa Chibhabha and Chigumbura (35), Zimbabwe struggled to Lanka are on the verge of the last eight. I. Bell b Lakmal 49 Sri Lanka Sikandar Raza guiding lifting balls to Haris lay bat to ball in the closing overs. Even so, it was a much-improved effort with G. Ballance c and b Dilshan 6 L. Thirimanne not out 139 Sohail at second slip. Earlier, Pakistan recovered from another the bat from Eoin Morgan’s men, including 121 J. Root lbw b Herath 121 T. Dilshan c Morgan b Ali 44 Hamilton Masakadza (29) and Brendan terrible start to post a competitive 235-7, to Joe Root, who at 24 became England’s E. Morgan c Dilshan b Perera 27 K. Sangakkara not out 117 J. Taylor c Dilshan b Malinga 25 Taylor saw off Irfan and settled the thanks largely to Misbah and a whirlwind youngest World Cup centurion. Extras: (b8, lb1, w3) 12 But they proved toothless in bowling, failing J. Buttler not out 39 Total: (1 wkt, 47.2 overs) 312 Zimbabwe innings, adding 52 runs without 54 off 46 balls from Riaz. Misbah strode to C. Woakes not out 9 to make any impression with the ball on a drop- Did not bat: A Mathews, M Jayawardene, D Chandimal, trouble. the crease with his side in desperate trou- Extras: (b4, lb3, w9, nb2) 18 D Karunaratne, T Perera, S Lakmal, L Malinga, R Herath However, Misbah brought Irfan back ble at 4-2 at the end of the fourth over and in wicket at Wellington’s Westpac stadium that Total: (6 wkts, 50 overs) 309 after 21 overs with immediate dividends, was out 121 balls later in the 47th with offered no movement to their pace attack. Did not bat: S Broad, S Finn, J Anderson Fall of wicket: 1-100 (Dilshan) Masakadza skying an attempted pull shot Pakistan 202-7. Riaz struck his maiden half Stuart Broad leaked 67 off his ten overs with- Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Ali), 2-71 (Ballance), 3-101 (Bell); 4- Bowling: Anderson 8-0-48-0; Broad 10-1-67-0 (1w); to the captain at midwicket. century at the end of the innings to lift out a wicket and Steve Finn conceded 54 off 161 (Morgan); 5-259 (Taylor); 6-265 (Root) Woakes 9.2-0-72-0 (1w); Finn 8-0-54-0 (1w); Ali 10-0-50- The in-form Sean Williams joined Taylor Pakistan, who struggled throughout their eight.“We certainly lost it with the ball,” Morgan Bowling: Malinga 10-0-63-1 (2w); Lakmal 7.4-0-71-1 1; Root 2-0-12-0 Result: Sri Lanka won by nine wickets. and the pair added 54 in quick time as 50 overs against a spirited Zimbabwe said. “We had a par score on the board. “(But) (2nb, 2w); Mathews 10-1-43-1 (1w); Dilshan 8.2-0-35-1; Zimbabwe looked headed for victory.