Coach Waqar Younis hailed Pakistan’s hard-fought four-wicket win over Australia as a vital feat as well as picked out seamer Umar Gul as a star of a show.
Gul took 3-30 as well as Abdul Razzaq claimed 2-8 as Australia were bowled out for 176 in 46.4 overs — their lowest sum given a 1992 World Cup — prior to Pakistan foiled Brett Lee’s 4-28 to follow down a aim with 9 overs left.
Saturday’s improved accomplished Australia’s 34-match dominant strain during a World Cup, a run stretching during a back of to Pakistan’s 10-run feat during Leeds in 1999.
“Definitely it’s an feat to kick Australia,” pronounced Waqar, whose group accomplished tip of Group A with 10 points from 6 matches as well as will face a fourth-placed group in Group B in Dhaka in a initial quarter-final upon Wednesday.
Australia accomplished up with 9 points, third during a back of Sri Lanka upon net run-rate, as well as have been expected to fool around India in Ahmedabad upon Thursday.
Waqar praised 26-year-old paceman Gul who right away has thirteen wickets in a tournament.
“Gul is mending day by day. He?s found his right length as well as he?s not usually bowling true though with a small pace,” pronounced Waqar.
“He?s aggressive as well as you consider he?s removing improved as well as better, that is good for a team.
“The bowlers deserved a bit some-more credit than a batsmen. It was not easy out there, it was formidable when you were batting, though you pulled it off,” pronounced Waqar.
The manager hoped his group keeps a movement starting in to a quarter-finals.
“After what you have completed opposite Australia, right away it?s a impressive person complement so we’ve got to unequivocally begin structure up again,” he added.
“We have to have certain you suffer this victory, dont consider about it as well as go to a subsequent a single uninformed as well as consider of a group you have been starting to face,” pronounced Waqar, whose side is right away expected to face possibly a West Indies or England in a final eight.
Waqar pronounced a R. Premadasa track representation was not an easy strip.
“It wasn?t a easiest representation to fool around cricket altogether since it was a used pitch. We played a diversion here as well as a round was branch as well as it was up as well as down a small bit,” pronounced a coach.
“The sum of 176 was gettable though a approach you got it was may be a small scratchy during a finish though altogether it was a glorious opening as well as gives us most indispensable certainty for a quarter-finals.”
Pakistan were crusing along during 98-2 prior to Lee discharged Younis Khan (31) as well as Misbha-ul-Haq off unbroken deliveries.
Mitchell Johnson private topscorer Asad Shafiq (46) to lift hopes of an Australian win.
But Umar Akmal (44 not out) as well as Razzaq (20 not out) directed Pakistan to victory.
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