World T20: Pakistan v West Indies-Shere Bangla Nat. Stadium, Mirpur-Apr 1, 2014

[D.H.W]

Pakistan pipe buss way

[Quags]

Until afridi out I quiet.

[Quags]

Rest smith

[lefty]

  total cricket t20 atleast

[100% Barataria]

Until afridi out I quiet.

open yuh mout now 

[Quags]

Whoooo

[kaliman2006]

Santokie needs to improve his fielding. We coulda have Mr.Trouble man there.

Narine has just taken care of Mr. Trouble Man.

75/8

[Bitter]

Who pipe is the question

Is we pipe, but we using it to beat Pakistan

[Bitter]

I had meetings all morning, so yuh know I was feeling pressure to come and check the score.

This licks make my day.

[Quags]

OhohohHahaha pipe busss

[lefty]

Who pipe is the question

Is we pipe, but we using it to beat Pakistan

hahahahahaha

[Bitter]

How yuh go drop that Narine?

Patsy beating you?

[lefty]

narine bess bowler frighteningly poor fielder

[Bitter]

LICKSSSSS!!!!!!

 

Sri Lanka -

[100% Barataria]

How yuh go drop that Narine?

Patsy beating you?

   bring on SL

[socafighter]

Courtesy: espncricinfo.com


The 13 ----Runs scored off the Power play by Pakistan, equals the lowest by a full member in T20Is

Zero ---- No. of boundaries Pakistan hit during the first six overs, the fifth such instance in T20Is

This was only the eighth time both openers from a team have been dismissed for ducks, in 794 T20 international innings

224 ----is Darren Sammy's strike rate in this tournament. He has 101 runs in four innings and has been out only once

24---- Runs scored off Saeed Ajmal's fourth over - his most expensive in T20Is

21 ----Runs scored off Umar Gul's second over, his second most expensive in T20Is

Four ---- (4) stumpings by Ramdin, equals the most in a T20I

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Yessssssss @qmanbad... Come on @westindies
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Told u. U don't hear other team can't bat spin though.
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It's amazing how many times they would say WI can't bat spinners but our spinners have been causing so much problems for other teams as well

[D.H.W]

Hmm Pakistan got raped

[D.H.W]

Plenty crying on Pakistan forum.

[socafighter]

World Twenty20: West Indies wallop Pakistan to march into semifinals
Nitin Naik,TNN | Apr 2, 2014, 12.34 AM IST


West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin breaks the stumps of Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi. Source: AFP

DHAKA:

Those who are keen to anoint India skipper MS Dhoni as the best finisher in limited-overs cricket better reserve their judgment. West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo and Darren Sammy are fast staking a claim to that tag.

After their heist against Australia, when they added 49 in 19 balls on Friday, the duo pulverised Pakistan in their virtual quarterfinal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Batting first, they put on 71 runs off 32 balls to swing the momentum irreversibly in the Super 10 clash of the World T20 on Tuesday to help them recover from a delicate 81/5 in 13.5 overs.

The last five overs went for 82 runs as Pakistan's best death bowlers Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal suffered rare meltdowns. Gul conceded 21 runs in the 18th over as Bravo hit him for two sixes, one each over long on and mid-wicket.

Then it was Ajmal's turn to suffer as Bravo slammed him for successive sixes over mid-wicket. Sammy too hit the offie for a six over the bowler's head and a boundary through cover as the Windies took charge.

Bravo's run out for a violent 26-ball 46 (2x4, 4x6) in the final over didn't affect Sammy as he hammered Sohail Tanveer for 14 runs. From a position of hopelessness, West Indies gained ascendancy with a total of 166 for 6 after electing to bat. The last three overs had fetched them 59.

Pakistan, it seemed, were shell shocked after that assault and were bowled out for 82 in 17.5 overs. Ahmed Shehzad, the centurion in their emphatic win against Bangladesh on Sunday, fell LBW to the first ball of the innings from a full-length swinging delivery to left-arm-seamer Krishmar Santokie.

Leg-spinner Samuel Badree (3-10) dismissed Kamran Akmal, caught at mid-off by a dancing Bravo, and deceived younger brother Umar with a googly. He also had Shoaib Malik with a straighter one as Pakistan sank to 13/4.

Skipper Hafeez tried to consolidate but there is no such thing in T20, especially when you are chasing 167. His tardy approach hurt the 2009 champions even more as powerful hitters like Sohaib Maqsood (18), Sohail Tanveer (14) and Shahid Afridi (18) were left with too much to do.

Afridi and Tanveer tried to do the impossible by carting a couple of sixes even off Narine, but eventually the Bravo-Sammy partnership was too good to feature in a losing cause. Narine finished with 3 for 16 including the wickets of Maqsood and Afridi as wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin ended with four stumpings.

West Indies now meet Sri Lanka in the first semifinal on Thursday in a repeat of the 2012 World T20 final in Colombo while India take on South Africa in the second semis on Friday.

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Bravo, Badree power Windies into T20 semis
AMLAN CHAKRABORTY
Last updated 06:47 02/04/2014


Darren Sammy's men overcome a wobbly start to post a strong 166 for six before returning to bowl out Pakistan for 82 runs in 17.5 overs and set up a semi-final clash with Sri Lanka on Thursday (local time).

India, who won the inaugural edition in 2007, take on South Africa in the second semi-final on Friday (local time).

Opting to bat first in what was effectively a quarter-final contest, Bravo (46) and Sammy (42 not out) provided the late assault as West Indies plundered 59 runs in the last three overs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

"We had nothing to lose, we were under pressure," man-of-the-match Bravo told reporters of the stage when West Indies were 81 for five in the 14th over.

"I said to Sammy 'Don't worry about picking (Pakistani spinner Saeed) Ajmal or trying to rotate (strike) ... Keep your eyes on the ball. We are powerful enough. If we get close to the ball, we'll hit it over the ropes'."

Pakistan's chase got off to a horror start with paceman Krishmar Santokie hitting Ahmed Shehzad's toe with the first ball of the innings to trap the in-form batsman leg before.

Leg-spinner Badree (3-10) then took over, wrecking the rivals with a three-wicket burst and Pakistan could not recover after they had been reduced to 13 for four in the sixth over.

Badree's spin colleague Sunil Narine (3-16) then ran through the top order to complete the rout.

The 19 runs Mohammad Hafeez scored was the highest individual score in the Pakistani collapse.



DRAWING FIRST BLOOD

Earlier, Pakistan captain Hafeez drew first blood by removing Chris Gayle (five), arguably the most destructive batsman in 20-over cricket, to give his team a perfect start.

Hafeez lured Gayle out of the crease and beat his bat for Kamran Akmal to complete a simple stumping.

Lendl Simmons (31) and Marlon Samuels (20) somewhat arrested the slide with a 39-run stand before falling in quick succession.

Bravo then set alight the stadium with his sizzling power-hitting to revive West Indies before he ran himself out after a 26-ball blitz that included four sixes.

Sammy remained unbeaten after a breezy 20-ball knock as West Indies launched a spectacular late assault to amass 82 runs in the final five overs, exactly what Pakistan managed in their entire innings.

"Our aim was to get to at least 135-140 with the start we got but the self-belief we had, the form and power that we have, the momentum (being) with us, there was chance to be positive and get 160."

Hafeez said Pakistan could not recover once West Indies broke loose in the final overs.

"We gave 70-71 runs in the last overs that took the game away from us," said the Pakistan skipper.

"In the last four overs, even our best bowlers Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul did not get their basics right and conceded too many runs in the end... When our chase started, we did not get any momentum, playing shots which were not there."

- Reuters

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Bravo Comments

"In those situations, the best of them all go for runs," Bravo said of the disdain with which Ajmal and Gul were treated. "We had nothing to lose, we were under pressure. So I said to Sammy, as long as we stay still, don't worry about picking Ajmal or trying to rotate, just stay still, keep our eyes on the ball, we're powerful enough if we get close to the ball to hit it over the ropes. Our aim was to get at least 135 to 140 with the start we got but the self-belief we have, the form and the power we have, the momentum went with us, we finished positive and got to 160."

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