DHAKA: West Indies have gone through to the semi finals of the T-20 World Cup 2014 beating Pakistan by 84 runs at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur.
Ever since D.Bravo and D.Sammy started to turn the tables for WI when they were batting it has been a one way traffic.
Pakistan got off to the worst possible start losing Ahmed Shehzad on the first ball of their innings and eventually getting out 82 in 17.5 overs.
The WI spinners never let Pakistan get back into the game from there as they bamboozled the Pakistan batsmen with spin and variety.
None of the Pakistan batsmen looked comfortable against S.Badree and S.Narine as they dismissed six batsmen, four of them stumped.
Badree finnished with 3-10 off 4 overs with the new ball and Narine came later on to claim 3-16 off his quota. They were well supported by K.Santokie and A.Russel who got 2 wickets a piece for 9 and 15 runs respectively.
D.Bravo was declared player of the match for his splendid batting.
West Indies now face Sri Lanka in the semi final on the 3rd of April at Dhaka.
Over 18: Santokie back in the attack. All over for Pakistan. Gul c Simmons b Santokie
Over 17: Russel bowls his 3rd over. 5th ball Saeed Ajmal b Russel 1. Last man in Zulfiqar Baber. Pakistan 79/9
Over 16: Narine continues. 2nd ball Sohail c Sammy b Narine 14. Umer Gul comes in to bat. 5th ball Afridi st Ramdin b Narine 18. Pakistan 75/8
Over 15: D.Smith comes on to bowl. Sohail pulls 1st ball to mid wicket for 4. 4th ball sent into the stands for 6 by Afridi. Pakistan 74/6
Over 14: Narine in for his 3rd over. Pakistan 63/6
Over 13: Samuels bowls. Afridi pulls 4th ball over square leg for 6. Pakistan 57/6
Over 12: Narine continues. 3rd ball Sohaib st Ramdin b Narine 18. Sohail Tanveer comes in. Sweeps 5th ball for six. Pakistan 48/6
Over 11: Russel again. 3rd ball M.Hafeez c Gayle b Russel 19. Shahid Afridi comes in. 5th ball Sohaib’s outside edge goes for 4. Pakistan 42/5
Over 10: Narine starts his spell. Good start. Pakistan 35/4
Over 9: A.Russel bowls. Good over again. Pakistan 32/4
Over 8: Badree bowls his last over. Pakistan 28/4
Over 7: Samuels continues. Sohaib slog sweeps 4th ball over mid wicket for 6. Pakistan 23/4
Over 6: Badree continues. 3rd ball Shoib st Ramdin b Badree 2. Sohaib Maqsood comes in. Pakistan 13/4
Over 5: M.Samuels bowls. Good over, just 2 off it. Pakistan 11/3
Over 4: Badree again. Umer Akmal st Ramdin b Badree 1. Pakistan 9/3
Over 3: Santokie continues. Pakistan 8/2
Over 2: S.Badree bowls. 3rd ball Kamran Akmal c Bravo b Badree 0. Umer Akmal comes in. Pakistan 3-2
Over 1: K. Santokie starts for WI. Ahmed Shehzad and Kamran Akmal open for Pakistan. 1st ball A.Shehzad LBW Santokie 0. Pakistan 1/1.
DHAKA: West Indies have set a target of 167 for Pakistan to get and proceed to the semi finals of the T-20 World Cup 2014 at the Sher-e-Bangal stadium, Mirpur.
West Indies had a torrid start as they lost star batsmen Chris Gayle very early on with only ten on the board.
Pakistan bowled and fielded well at the start to put pressure on the WI batting line, making it difficult for them to score freely and they lost wickets at regular intervals.
Its was only after D.Bravo and Skipper D.Sammy got together that the things started to turn in WI favour as both unleashed a range of strokes to put Pakistan bowling in pressure.
The 6th wicket stand between the 2 was worth 71 runs. D.Bravo smashed 2x4s and 4x6s for his 46 off 26 balls and D.Sammy finnished unbeaten on 42 off 20 balls with 5x4s and 2x6s.
Over 20: Sohail Tanvir comes in to bowl. 1st ball Bravo runout 46. Sammy pulls 2nd ball to square leg for 4. 4th ball smashed over long on for 6 by Sammy. West Indies finish with 166/6
Over 19: Saeed Ajmal bowls. Bravo hieves 2nd ball over mid wicket for 6. Does the same with the 3rd ball. 5th ball deposited in the stands for 6 by Sammy. Sammy drives last ball through covers for 4. West Indies 152/5
Over 18: Umer Gul bowls. 1st ball hit straight down the ground by Bravo for 6. 2nd ball hieved over mid wicket for 6. 4th ball hit over point for 4 by Bravo. Good over for WI. 21 off it. West Indies 128/5
Over 17: Ajmal continues. Thick outside edge of Sammy’s bat on 3rd ball for 4. Sammy cuts last ball to point for 4. West Indies 107/5
Over 16: Zulfiqar bowling his last over. Sammy smashes 5th ball to wid wicket for 4. West Indies 95/5
Over 15: Saeed Ajmal back again. Good over. 3 off it. West Indies 84/5
Over 14: Zulfiqar continues. 5th ball Ramdin c Umer Akmal b Zulfiqar 5. 3 runs of the over. West Indies 81/5
Over 13: Afridi bowling his final over. Good over. 4 off it. Afridi finishes with 1-23.West Indies 78/4
Over 12: Zulfiqar Baber back in the attack. West Indies 74/4
Over 11: Shahid again. Lot of drama on first ball. Kamran appeals for LBW, Simmons goes for a run and is caught short at the other end. Simmoms runout 31. Samuels counter attacks on 3rd ball, down the wicket and a straight six. 4th ball Samuels b Afridi 20. Ramdin comes in. West Indies 69/4
Over 10: Saeed Ajmal bowls his first over. West Indies 61/2
Over 9: Shahid continues. West Indies 58/2.
Over 8: Umer Gul starts his spell. Simmons smashes 5th ball over long on for 6. West Indies 51/2
Over 7: Shahid Afridi in the attack. Good over 4 off it. West Indies 43/2
Over 6: Sohail Tanvir continues. Samuels drives 4th ball through covers for 4. End of the power play. West Indies 39/2
Over 5: Zulfiqar Baber comes to bowl. 3rd ball hieved over mid wicket for 6 by Simmons. 4th ball cut to point for 4. West Indies 32/2
Over 4: Sohail tanvir bowls his 2nd over. 5th ball Smith c Kamran b Tanvir 8. M.Samuels is in at no 4. Good over. West Indies 22/2
Over 3: Hafeez continues. 1st ball Gayle st Kamran b Hafeez 5. Simmons comes in. 3rd ball swept to square leg for 4. 5th ball smashed over mid off for 4 by Smith. West Indies 21/1
Over 2: Sohail Tanvir bowling. Starts with a wide. Gayle clicks to fine leg for 4. 6 off the over. West Indies 10/0
Over 1: DR Smith and CH Gayle are opening for WI and M.Hafeez starting proceedings for Pakistan. 3rd ball lofted over mid on for 4 by Smith. West Indies 4/0
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Match toss, chat with captains-------------------------------------------------
DHAKA: West Indies have won the toss and elected to bat first at the Shere-e-Bangla Stadium, Mirpur in the last and semi-final deciding match of group 2.
Pakistan skipper M.Hafeez was not too worried about the toss. He said that Pakistan have a lot of spinners and expected them to restrict West Indies to a low total.
Darren Sammy says he'd like to put runs on the board, and put Pakistan under pressure while chasing.
Pakistan and West Indies are facing each other for the first time in a T-20 World Cup.
Both the teams are going unchanged in this all important match.
Teams:
Pakistan: Kamran Akmal†, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez*, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Zulfiqar Babar, Saeed Ajmal
West Indies: DR Smith, CH Gayle, MN Samuels, LMP Simmons, DJ Bravo, D Ramdin†, DJG Sammy*, AD Russell, SP Narine, S Badree, K Santokie.
DHAKA: Pakistan will face the West Indies in must win match of the World Twenty20 to be played at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.
The winner of the clash will join India in the semi-finals from group two of the Super-10s, condemning the loser to an early flight home.
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Analysis: Wasim Akram-------------------------------------------------
Both Pakistan and the West Indies blossomed late in the tournament after losing their opening games to India, who sailed through to the semi-finals as the only unbeaten team in the Super-10s.
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Watch :Darren Sammy Match Expectations----------------------------------------------
Pakistan, the 2009 champions who made the semi-finals in all four previous editions, revived their fortunes with a 16-run win over Australia before thumping hosts Bangladesh by 50 runs.
In a pre game news conference, Pakistan captain Mohmmad Hafeez said: "We believe in ourselves and I think our players are good enough to win the match."
The match will start at 6:30 pm PST.