Australian Kangaroos Roasted by Pakistani Tigers - World Cup 2011 [19-March-2011]

Australian Kangaroos Roasted by Pakistani Tigers – World Cup 2011 [19-March-2011]

Today in Colombo Green Shirts [Pakistan] did fabulous job by winning from Kangaroos [Australia] by 4 wickets and 9 overs, in the World Cup 2011 match. By doing this Pakistan managed to get 1st rank among Group A. Umar Akmal declared Man-of-the-Match by making 44 runs on 59 balls. Check out the Detailed Score Board and Pictures of the Match Board After the jump.

Australian team were all finished on just 176 runs which is the lowest score they have ever scored in the World Cup since 1992.

Australia was an unbeaten team since the last 34 ODI Matches of World Cup. But today the one and only Pakistani Tigers beat them with a huge difference of score, wickets and overs. Ricky Ponting was a bit disappointed today but no doubt Brett Lee was far better by taking 4 wickets. Batsmen of Australian team were very awful today.

Score Board:

Australia 176/10 (46.4 overs)	ICC World Cup 2011
Pakistan 178/6 (41 overs)	Pakistan won by 4 wkts
	R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Pakistan’s Innings Detailed Stats:

Pakistan innings (41 Overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Kamran Akmal (wk)	lbw B Lee	23	27	5	0	85.19
Mohammad Hafeez	c B Lee b B Lee	5	8	1	0	62.5
Asad Shafiq	c S Watson b M Johnson	46	81	5	0	56.79
Younis Khan	c B Haddin b B Lee	31	42	4	0	73.81
Misbah-ul-Haq	c B Haddin b B Lee	0	1	0	0	0.00
Umar Akmal	not out	44	59	4	1	74.58
Shahid Afridi (c)	c B Lee b J Krejza	2	4	0	0	50
Abdul Razzaq	not out	20	24	2	0	83.33
Abdur Rehman		0	0	0	0	0.00
Umar Gul		0	0	0	0	0.00
Wahab Riaz		0	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 4, nb 0,p 0)	7
		178	(4.34 runs per over)
Total	(6 wickets; 41 overs; 178)

Fall of wickets:

1-12 (Mohammad Hafeez, 2.4overs) , 2-45 (Kamran Akmal, 8.4overs) , 3-98 (Younis Khan, 22.4overs) , 4-98 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 22.5overs) , 5-139 (Asad Shafiq, 31.6overs) , 6-142 (Shahid Afridi, 32.5overs)

Bowling:

Bowling	0	M	R	Econ	W	nb	wd
Brett Lee	8.0	1	28	3.50	4	0	0
Shaun Tait	8.0	1	37	4.63	0	0	3
Mitchell Johnson	9.0	1	40	4.44	1	0	1
Shane Watson	6.0	0	26	4.33	0	0	0
Jason Krejza	10.0	0	44	4.40	1	0	0

Australia’s Innings Detailed Stats:

Australia innings (46.4 Overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shane Watson	b U Gul	9	16	1	0	56.25
Brad Haddin (wk)	c K Akmal b W Riaz	42	80	3	1	52.5
Ricky Ponting (c)	c K Akmal b M Hafeez	19	33	2	0	57.58
Michael Clarke	b A Razzaq	34	48	2	0	70.83
Cameron White	runout (K Akmal)	8	18	0	0	44.44
Michael Hussey	c Misbah-ul-Haq b A Rehman	12	22	0	0	54.55
Steven Smith	b S Afridi	25	32	1	0	78.13
Mitchell Johnson	c K Akmal b A Razzaq	0	3	0	0	0.00
Brett Lee	c Misbah-ul-Haq b U Gul	5	8	1	0	62.5
Jason Krejza	b U Gul	7	19	0	0	36.84
Shaun Tait	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 3, w 7, nb 0,p 0)	10
		176	(3.79 runs per over)
Total	(10 wickets; 46.4 overs; 176)

Fall of wickets:

1-12 (Shane Watson, 4.3overs) , 2-75 (Ricky Ponting, 18.4overs) , 3-90 (Brad Haddin, 23.4overs) , 4-117 (Cameron White, 30.1overs) , 5-134 (Michael Clarke, 34.4overs) , 6-144 (Michael Hussey, 37.4overs) , 7-147 (Mitchell Johnson, 38.4overs) , 8-169 (Jason Krejza, 44.3overs) , 9-176 (Steven Smith, 45.5overs) , 10-176 (Brett Lee, 46.4overs)

Bowling:

Bowling	0	M	R	Econ	W	nb	wd
Umar Gul	7.4	1	30	4.05	3	0	1
Abdur Rehman	10.0	0	34	3.40	1	0	1
Shahid Afridi	9.0	0	34	3.78	1	0	1
Wahab Riaz	6.0	0	39	6.50	1	0	3
Mohammad Hafeez	10.0	0	26	2.60	1	0	0
Abdul Razzaq	4.0	0	8	2.00	2	0	0

	Match notes
	Toss: Australia won the toss and elected to Batting
	Series: ICC World Cup 2011
	Umpires: Tony Hill,NZ, Marais Erasmus,RSA
	Third Umpire: Tyron Wijewardene,SL
	Match Referee: Chris Broad,Eng
	Man of the Match: Umar Akmal

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