Pakistani cricket captain Shahid Afridi (right) congratulates teammate Abdul Razzak after a exclusion of West Indies batsman Kemar Roach during a Cricket World Cup 2011 quarter-final during The Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Afridi led from a front as challenging Pakistan dejected a West Indies by 10 wickets to strech a semi-finals for a initial time given 1999.
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DHAKA (AFP) – Skipper Shahid Afridi led from a front as challenging Pakistan dejected a West Indies by 10 wickets to strech a World Cup semi-finals for a initial time given 1999 upon Wednesday.
Afridi spearheaded a turn attack upon a flat-footed West Indies batsmen who crashed for 112 in 43.3 overs, a aim Pakistan surpassed simply in a 21st over during a Sher-e-Bangla stadium.
The leg-spinner, already a tournament’s heading wicket-taker, took his sum to twenty-one as he accomplished with 4 for 30, together with dual wickets off unbroken balls.
Off-spinners Mohammad Hafeez as well as Saeed Ajmal chipped in with dual wickets any as a West Indies collapsed in a store after electing to take initial set upon upon a indolent pitch.
Hafeez afterwards shone with a bat, rub-down an dominant 61 off 64 balls in a association of opening partner Kamran Akmal (47 not out) to safeguard a day-night compare accomplished in discerning time.
The fatiguing feat could palm Afridi’s group a appetizing semi-final opposite arch-rivals India in Mohali upon Mar 30, if a co-hosts kick Australia in Ahmedabad upon Thursday.
West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul plays a shot during a Cricket World Cup quarter-final opposite a Pakistan during The Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka upon Mar 23. Formidable Pakistan dejected a West Indies by 10 wickets to strech a World Cup semi-finals for a initial time given 1999.
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The Pakistanis, who won a World Cup in 1992 underneath Imran Khan, final entered a semi-finals of a premier eventuality in England in 1999 when they accomplished runners-up during a at a back of of Australia.
It has been a conspicuous quip for a group which had been knocked out in a initial turn of a prior book in a Caribbean 4 years ago.
The West Indies collapsed in fantastic conform after Darren Sammy won a toss as well as inaugurated to take initial strike.
Veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul, brought at a back of after being left out for a prior compare opposite India, was a usually batsman to challenge a spinners with a grave dominant 44 off 106 balls.
The West Indies were marked down to 71-8 prior to a 40-run mount in between Kemar Roach as well as Chanderpaul helped a former champions transcend their lowest World Cup sum of 93 opposite Kenya in Pune in 1996.
The West Indies never recovered from a catastrophic begin when they mislaid 3 tip batsmen, Chris Gayle, Devon Smith as well as Darren Bravo, by a sixth over.
Gayle, returning to a side after recuperating from an intestinal strain, done 8 when he gathering Umar Gul uppishly to mid-off where Afridi supposed an easy catch.
Hafeez, who common a latest round with Gul, trapped Smith as well as Bravo leg-before in a space of 4 deliveries to open up a middle-order.
Shell-shocked by a early reverses, a West Indies groped to 36-3 after fifteen overs, with Chanderpaul creation usually 3 runs off his initial twenty-seven deliveries.
Ramnaresh Sarwan as well as Chanderpaul put upon 42 for a fourth wicket prior to Afridi broken a innings with 3 wickets in eleven balls.
Sarwan, forsaken by Gul during mid-off when he was upon 14, combined 10 some-more to his measure prior to Afridi gained punish by carrying him held during indicate by Umar Akmal.
The Pakistan captain afterwards private intensity dangerman Kieron Pollard (one), held during a at a back of of by wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal, as well as claimed Devon Thomas leg-before initial ball.
Sammy prevented a hat-trick, though a West Indian skipper lasted usually 3 deliveries prior to he was leg-before to Ajmal.
Ajmal additionally bowled latest batsman Davendra Bishoo after in a same over to go on a West Indies slide.
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