Friday 19 June 2009

Pakistan Reached to the final

NOTTINGHAM, England: Pakistan have been qulified in the Twenty20 World Cup final after it offensive South Africa by seven runs at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
In Sunday's final, Pakistan will get together the champion of Friday's semifinal between Sri Lanka and West Indies.
Shahid Afridi player of the match for Pakistan by striking 51 in the total of 149-4.
Then he took 2-16 as previously unbeaten South Africa was limited to 142-5.
Pakistan batted its last five overs without scoring a boundary, but South Africa failed to keep up with the run rate.
After 10 overs South Africa was 61-3 and though opener Jacques Kallis survived an appeal for caught behind in Afridi's final over, the 13th, the necessary run rate had increased to nearly 11.
sense the danger, Kallis went for broke when Fawad Alam came on to bowl the 15th over, which went for 15.
But Umar Gul bowled the 16th and almost ran out JP Duminy from the first ball and limited South Africa to just six runs.
Required 39 from 18 balls, Kallis tried to hit Saeed Ajmal into the River Trent at the begin of the 18th over, but his cut innings ended for 64 off 54 balls when he was caught at long off by Shoaib Malik.
Gul limited Duminy and Albie Morkel to six from the one before the last over, meaning 23 were required from the final six balls from 17-year-old medium-pacer Mohammad Aamer.
Duminy fail to spot the first, but hit the second for six. From the third he tried to come back for a second run but Alam's direct throw ran out Morkel for 2.
Aamir shuffle the chance of a run out from the fourth, and Duminy slaped four from the second last ball, and that left the Proteas want an impossible 10 from the last delivery.
Aamir thought his nerve, keep away from bowling a no ball, and accepted just a boundary for Pakistan to arrive at the final.
Results:
Pakistan upset South Africa by 7 runs to get to the Twenty20 World Cup final at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Pakistan 149-4 (Shahid Afridi 51, Shoaib Malik 34), def.
South Africa 142-5 (Jacques Kallis 64, JP Duminy 44 not out; Afridi 2-16) by 7 runs. - AP

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