Watch highlights – West Indies vs Pakistan – the QuarterFinal game from the 2011 World Cup played on March 23 at Mirpur
Scoreline: West Indies 112 all out – Chanderpaul 44 no, Sarwan 24 | Afridi 9.3-1-30-4, Hafeez 10-3-16-2Ajmal 8-1-18-2, Gul 7-1-13-1
Pakistan win in 20.5 – Hafeez 61 no, Kamran 47 no
WI: A short rant about Sarwan’s knock. He looked fairly comfortable so long as he was in survival mode. And this, while facing everyone except Afridi. From the time Afridi came on, he looked intent on scoring off him despite 2 close LBW shouts and a drop. This could either be because he felt uneasy facing him and wanted to put him off or because he didn’t want Afridi running through a whole bunch of middle overs. In any case, my point is – when he did get out, given the earlier close shaves, it didn’t look paricularly clever. But if it had come off and he’d gone on to a match-impacting hundred, many of us would have been raving about how brilliant and counter-attacking a knock it was. In short, a classic case of how things look good only when they come off. Quite obvious I suppose, now that I think about it, but there was nothing else really about WI batting. So let’s move on, if you’re still here, to another fairly obvious point on
Pak: Until today (even with the Aus win), opposition thinktanks probably looked at Pak and said, “Best case scenario – bat first and get them chasing something over 250″. But these 2 wins in a row must surely get teams revisiting tactics and wondering, “What do we do if we win the toss?. Are we sure our batsmen won’t get bowled out under 200.”
The future just acquired a greenish tint. Or is that yellow, black or 3 shades of blue. Who can tell?
Very nice performance by Pakistan, and very abysmal performance by West Indies. It’s refreshing to see Kamran Akmal doing well behind the stumps, let’s hope he can keep it up. Afridi is working wonders with the ball, hopefully he too can keep it up.
It will be quite a thrill if India qualify tomorrow as I am itching to see an India v Pakistan match, but given who they are playing against, they have quite a task ahead of them. I’d love to see Australia not win this World Cup though, it’s really getting quite old, a new team desperately needs to dethrone the Aussies, I’m sure many people would agree with me on that.
Thanks very much admin for your continued efforts in posting these matches. You have much gratitude from me and countless other cricket fans from around the world.
What a great game. Now finally Pakistan will no longer be considered a minor threat. Look out India…. your next
I would also like to give my deepest gratitude to our Bangladeshi brother whose support was tremendous throughout the game. Thanks for giving us such a good tournament.
Admin thank you so much for the timely highlights. Wonderful game and epic bowling. The only thing is that Riaz is not up to the task. He needs to be replace by I dont know somebody who was bowling pretty well except 1 bad over…hint hint…Akhtar.
Overall great game and extremely satisfying.
pakistan put something in west indies food, like they did to the police that was guarding
Having followed the Pakistan team for a while now[while being the whole NZ series] i have no hesitations as of now that they can beat India during this Worldcup.But can they beat Australia twice in a space of 2 weeks. .I also get a feeling the real Australian side will come out to play from now , the loss to Pakistan would have been a huge wake up call..will they click at the right time.?
Can the blackcaps beat the Proteas .. or the Poms beat the Sri lankans..?There has to a be an upset somewhere ..right.?
Well done Pakistan..!amazing side to watch..never a dull moment..!
Just got back from work and the game is already downloaded. Thanks again Admin. Man you are awesome. Pakistan, it looks like are on winning stride. The way they played today, if they play in the semis. There is a good chance they will win the world cup. Admin you had responded to my comments in the Australia game that Afridi brings inspiration to his team. That is so true, I was wrong then. Way to go Pakistani team. Match between Australia and India should be interesting. I hope India creams them and then some!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh my….
الحمد اللہ۔ جیو پاکستان۔
ہم ہیں پاکستانی، ہم تو جیتیں گے ہاں جیتیں گے
ہر میدان میں، ہر طوفان میں، ہر مشکل میں جیتیں گے
یہ میرا پاکستان ہے، یہ تیرا پاکستان ہے
اس پہ دل قربان، اس پہ جان بھی قربان ہے
پاکستان زندہ باد۔ یوم پاکستان مبارک ہو۔
Pakistan vs. India – March 30th confirmed! I’m certainly looking forward to watch this match. This will be an ultimate match-up as both teams are currently at par and have done very well in their respective groups.
The most one-sided QF I saw in my whole life…