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Pak win it for
Woolmer and Inzy |
March 21, 2007 (Link to
Scorecard)
 Pakistan
have succeeded in winning their tribute match
for the Late Bob Woolmer and for the departing
Skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq. Imran Nazir scored a
sensational century to help his side bat
Zimbabwe out of the contest at the Sabina Park
in Kingston, Jamaica. Zimbabwe went down by 93
runs according to the Duckworth Lewis Method in
a rain interrupted match. This Zimbabwean defeat
has let Ireland to advance to the next round!
Prosper Utseya won the toss today and he put Pak
to bat first. A couple of changes were made in
the shattered Pakistani team with Shahid Afridi
and Danish Kaneria coming in for Mohammad Hafeez
and Azhar Mahmood. Led by a magnificent 160 from
121 balls from Imran Nazir, Pakistan piled up
349 and were ironically bowled out with one ball
remaining. Imran Nazir, the opener got his runs
with 14 fours and an incredible 8 sixes and was
the 7th wicket to go down in the 45th over. He
was also the Man of the Match. Captain Inzamam
playing his last ODI of his career scored a
rapid 37 from 35 balls with two fours and three
sixes. It looked as if the Pakistanis were
taking all their World Cup exit frustrations on
the hapless Zims.
The Zimbabweans gave the match away with a
dreadful start and during the 11th over with
Zimbabwe at 30 for 3, rain ensured that the play
was suspended for a long period of time.
Fortunately the match got resumed and the target
of 350 from 50 overs was revised to 193 from 20
overs. The Zimbabweans lost their remaining 7
wickets in the 53 deliveries that were bowled
after play got underway! Shahid Afridi was the
most successful as he picked up three wickets.
Danish Kaneria, the more conventional leg
spinner took two wickets but was smacked for 48
runs in 4 overs. There was also a maiden ODI
wicket for Mohammad Yousuf who bowled just the
one ball to take the final wicket! For the
record, Zimbabwe fell one run short of reaching
three figures. Elton Chigumbura provided some
entertainment with 4 sixes in his short innings
of 11 balls. This is the only victory that the
Pakistan team has achieved in this tournament
and will be heading back home. Zimbabwe couldn't
even have a win under their belt with their
match against Ireland ending in a dramatic tie.
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