Pakistan v West Indies ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 1st Quarter-Final, Pakistan v West Indies Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur 23 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scores.

Pakistan advanced to the World Cup semi-finals with a thorough 10-wicket win over the West Indies in Wednesday's one-sided quarter-final in Dhaka.

Pakistan v West Indies Cricket World Cup Match Report
Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal had no trouble at all in knocking off a modest 113-run target inside just 21 overs, finishing on 61 not out and 47 not out respectively.

The Windies did their valiant best to stave off the inevitable, but with seamers Ravi Rampaul and Kemar Roach carted to all corners of the Shere Bangla National Stadium and leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo unable to stem the tide, easy victory was there for the taking for Shahid Afridi's men.

17 boundaries and a multitude of 'what ifs' later, the Windies unceremoniously crashed out of the tournament despite having performed consistently well throughout the group stages. In short, they failed to rock up for the big occasion.

Earlier Afridi's four-for and two scalps apiece from fellow spinners Saeed Ajmal and Man of the Match Hafeez reduced their opposition to a lame 112 all out.

The islanders' decision to bat first backfired entirely, with only Shivnarine Chanderpaul's dogged 44 not out saving them from a sub-100 score.

The men from the Caribbean had initially lost kingpin Chris Gayle for just eight and the in-form Devon Smith for seven, leaving Afridi and company to cash in across a brittle middle- through lower-order.

The writing was on the wall at 16 for three and at 71 for eight Darren Sammy's men were all set for a mere double-figure score. However, Chanderpaul, with tail-ender Roach (16) along for the ride, added 40 runs for the ninth wicket.

Leg-spinner Afridi, the top wicket-taker of the tournament by a long shot, bowled with guile and confidence across a slow Dhaka track and was well complemented by the Hafeez's economy and Ajmal's masterful doosra.

The Windies are left to lament the lack of positive contribution with bat or ball from captain Sammy, who endured a torrid World Cup campaign, and the waning form of veterans Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan, whose respective careers are now under severe fire.

A rejuvenated Pakistan unit, meanwhile, having endured a series of unsettling events off the field, are now just two matches away from repeating the heroics of Imran Khan's team 1992 glory.

Pakistan v West Indies Cricket World Cup Scores

Pakistan won by 10 wickets (with 175 balls remaining)

	West Indies innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DS Smith	lbw b Mohammad Hafeez	7	25	14	1	0	50.00
	5.1 West Indies are wobbling here. If they don't take care, they would land in complete chaos soon. This one came in with the arm, as most Hafeez deliveries do, but West Indies are yet to figure him out. Smith was caught at the crease and he poked outside the line. Pretty clueless and the ball nailed him in front of the middle. Looked dead plumb. 16/2
	CH Gayle	c Shahid Afridi b Umar Gul	8	12	9	2	0	88.88
	2.5 142.4 kph, Gul takes out Gayle. And he jumps in joy. It was a full length delivery around off; Gayle backed outside leg and went for his powerful lofted hit. He didn't get the elevation and the ball screamed to right of mid-off where who else but Shahid Afridi pouches it. Now then.. huge pressure on this West Indies team. How will they respond? 14/1
	RR Sarwan	c Umar Akmal b Shahid Afridi	24	92	68	2	0	35.29
	24.1 93.0 kph, all over. Afridi has threatened to dismiss Sarwan right from the word go, and ends up getting him on the square drive. This time Sarwan doesn't jump out. Afridi keeps it full and a little wide of off stump, but importantly gets bounce out of the turf, and that did the trick. Sarwan went for the on the up square drive, but could not keep the shot down. The extra bounce meant, he carved it straight at Umar Akmal standing at point. West Indies are going nowhere. 58/4
	DM Bravo	lbw b Mohammad Hafeez	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
	5.4 Bravo has been given out lbw and Windies go for review. Another one of those straighter ones from Hafeez. It landed full on a length on the off stump line and drifted in towards the leg stump line. Bravo was pushing way outside the line. Again, no clue about Hafeez's strength. That would have hit the leg stump. He is gone and West Indies are in disarray now. 16/3
	S Chanderpaul	not out	44	156	106	0	1	41.50
	KA Pollard	c †Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi	1	9	7	0	0	14.28
	26.4 86.1 kph, the moment of truth has come. Pollard has gone. He's not the best players of spin. And sure not the best player of the best legspinner in the ODI format now. It would have required a miracle to see him come out of this unscathed. The only miracle in that dismissal was that Kamran held a sharp chance. It was the patent Afridi quicker one, delivered from a foot wide of the stumps, comes in with the angle, darts in on a length and hurries through without deviating much outside off. Pollard went for an ill-advised cut and got an inner edge. Kamran pouched and appealed hard. It was eventually given, and Pollard trudges away. 69/5
	DC Thomas	lbw b Shahid Afridi	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	26.5 87.9 kph, in and out. West Indies are not even referring them. Afridi sends down a trademark thunderbolt, meaner, faster, straighter and bouncier than the previous one. In less than a twinkling, it was across the turf, skidding past Thomas' backfoot defensive, pinning him in front of middle and leg. I can't believe they did not refer it, might have been worth a try. Afridi on a hat-trick. 69/6
	DJG Sammy	lbw b Saeed Ajmal	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
	27.2 86.0 kph, just like that. The West Indian captain has no answer to a delightful doosra that makes him look like a novie. Ajmal drifts it in towards off and then gets it to bite and nip away from a length. Sammy pokes away from the crease, completely befuddled by the brilliance of the ball and is struck on the crease, in front of middle. The umpire's finger went up almost before Pakistan appealed. 71/7
	D Bishoo	b Saeed Ajmal	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	27.5 83.7 kph, West Indies are being Pakistunned here. Or should I say Paki-spun. Ajmal slips in another doosra from round the wicket. Bishoo did most things right, he leaned as far out as possible to cover the line and smother the spin. Clearly he wasn't picking the turn, but on this occasion, he did not pick the flight either. It landed a few inches short of his front foot and whizzed through the bat-pad gap to hit the stumps. 71/8
	KAJ Roach	c Younis Khan b Abdul Razzaq	16	60	43	2	0	37.20
	42.2 131.1 kph, 111 strikes, if you believe in those things. Roach, who batted so serenely, suddenly went for the slog over mid-on but dragged it to Younis at midwicket 111/9
	R Rampaul	b Shahid Afridi	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
	43.3 80.7 kph, Googly that landed outside leg stump, very full in length, Ravi went for the sweep, missed and the leg stump was pegged back. Afridi ends up with a four-for. West Indies have been rolled out for 112. 112/10
	Extras	(lb 2, w 7, nb 2)	11
	Total	(all out; 43.3 overs; 188 mins)	112	(2.57 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-14 (Gayle, 2.5 ov), 2-16 (Smith, 5.1 ov), 3-16 (Bravo, 5.4 ov), 4-58 (Sarwan, 24.1 ov), 5-69 (Pollard, 26.4 ov), 6-69 (Thomas, 26.5 ov), 7-71 (Sammy, 27.2 ov), 8-71 (Bishoo, 27.5 ov), 9-111 (Roach, 42.2 ov), 10-112 (Rampaul, 43.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Umar Gul	7	1	13	1	1.85
	2.5 to Gayle, 142.4 kph, Gul takes out Gayle. And he jumps in joy. It was a full length delivery around off; Gayle backed outside leg and went for his powerful lofted hit. He didn't get the elevation and the ball screamed to right of mid-off where who else but Shahid Afridi pouches it. Now then.. huge pressure on this West Indies team. How will they respond? 14/1
	Mohammad Hafeez	10	3	16	2	1.60	(2w)
	5.1 to Smith, West Indies are wobbling here. If they don't take care, they would land in complete chaos soon. This one came in with the arm, as most Hafeez deliveries do, but West Indies are yet to figure him out. Smith was caught at the crease and he poked outside the line. Pretty clueless and the ball nailed him in front of the middle. Looked dead plumb. 16/2 5.4 to Bravo, Bravo has been given out lbw and Windies go for review. Another one of those straighter ones from Hafeez. It landed full on a length on the off stump line and drifted in towards the leg stump line. Bravo was pushing way outside the line. Again, no clue about Hafeez's strength. That would have hit the leg stump. He is gone and West Indies are in disarray now. 16/3
	Wahab Riaz	6	0	29	0	4.83	(1nb, 2w)
	Shahid Afridi	9.3	1	30	4	3.15	(1w)
	24.1 to Sarwan, 93.0 kph, all over. Afridi has threatened to dismiss Sarwan right from the word go, and ends up getting him on the square drive. This time Sarwan doesn't jump out. Afridi keeps it full and a little wide of off stump, but importantly gets bounce out of the turf, and that did the trick. Sarwan went for the on the up square drive, but could not keep the shot down. The extra bounce meant, he carved it straight at Umar Akmal standing at point. West Indies are going nowhere. 58/4 26.4 to Pollard, 86.1 kph, the moment of truth has come. Pollard has gone. He's not the best players of spin. And sure not the best player of the best legspinner in the ODI format now. It would have required a miracle to see him come out of this unscathed. The only miracle in that dismissal was that Kamran held a sharp chance. It was the patent Afridi quicker one, delivered from a foot wide of the stumps, comes in with the angle, darts in on a length and hurries through without deviating much outside off. Pollard went for an ill-advised cut and got an inner edge. Kamran pouched and appealed hard. It was eventually given, and Pollard trudges away. 69/5 26.5 to Thomas, 87.9 kph, in and out. West Indies are not even referring them. Afridi sends down a trademark thunderbolt, meaner, faster, straighter and bouncier than the previous one. In less than a twinkling, it was across the turf, skidding past Thomas' backfoot defensive, pinning him in front of middle and leg. I can't believe they did not refer it, might have been worth a try. Afridi on a hat-trick. 69/6 43.3 to Rampaul, 80.7 kph, Googly that landed outside leg stump, very full in length, Ravi went for the sweep, missed and the leg stump was pegged back. Afridi ends up with a four-for. West Indies have been rolled out for 112. 112/10
	Saeed Ajmal	8	1	18	2	2.25	(1w)
	27.2 to Sammy, 86.0 kph, just like that. The West Indian captain has no answer to a delightful doosra that makes him look like a novie. Ajmal drifts it in towards off and then gets it to bite and nip away from a length. Sammy pokes away from the crease, completely befuddled by the brilliance of the ball and is struck on the crease, in front of middle. The umpire's finger went up almost before Pakistan appealed. 71/7 27.5 to Bishoo, 83.7 kph, West Indies are being Pakistunned here. Or should I say Paki-spun. Ajmal slips in another doosra from round the wicket. Bishoo did most things right, he leaned as far out as possible to cover the line and smother the spin. Clearly he wasn't picking the turn, but on this occasion, he did not pick the flight either. It landed a few inches short of his front foot and whizzed through the bat-pad gap to hit the stumps. 71/8
	Abdul Razzaq	3	1	4	1	1.33	(1w)
	42.2 to Roach, 131.1 kph, 111 strikes, if you believe in those things. Roach, who batted so serenely, suddenly went for the slog over mid-on but dragged it to Younis at midwicket 111/9

	Pakistan innings (target: 113 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	Kamran Akmal	not out	47	88	61	7	0	77.04
	Mohammad Hafeez	not out	61	88	64	10	0	95.31
	Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5
	Total	(0 wickets; 20.5 overs; 88 mins)	113	(5.42 runs per over)

Did not bat Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KAJ Roach	5.5	0	39	0	6.68
	R Rampaul	5	1	28	0	5.60	(1w)
	D Bishoo	5	1	24	0	4.80
	DJG Sammy	5	1	18	0	3.60

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Player of the match Mohammad Hafeez (Pakistan)

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