Wednesday, March 23, 2011

PAKISTAN BEAT WEST INDIES TO REACH THE SEMI-FINAL

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Pakistan marched into the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011  with a crushing ten-wicket win over the West Indies in a one-sided quarter-final in Dhaka.

An outstanding bowling performance by spinners Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez who grabbed eight of the wickets to  while pacers Umar Gul and Abdul Razzaq grabbed a wicket apiece to dismiss the West Indies for 112 before openers Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal saw them to their victory target inside 21 overs.

Pakistan will now play the winner of the match between Australia and India, which takes place in Ahmedabad on 24th March. The semi-final is in Mohali on 30th March.

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