November 11, 2001	Sunday	Shaba’an 24, 1422

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HONG KONG, Nov 10: Pakistan made it three wins out of three and Aussies slumped to their third loss in succession in the Pool ‘B’ of Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2001 at Kowloon Cricket Club here Saturday.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first and did well to break the record in the Hong Kong sixes tournament. Pakistan scored 115 for two off their alloted 5 overs. Craig McDermott cleaned up Wasim Akram after the Pakistani all-rounder had hit a six over covers. Shahid Afridi (10) was caught behind by Kim Hughes off the bowling of Tom Moody. Imran Nazir retired not out 32 struck four sixes and a boundary, facing just 10 balls.

Shoaib Malik struck three sixes and three fours in scoring 31 runs off seven balls before retiring not out. Razzaq made an unbeaten 21 off seven balls with the help of a six and three fours to take Pakistan to the record total of 115 off five overs.

Australia were never in the run hunt, Moody and Brendon Julian opening the batting again and playing orthodox cricket, while what it takes is slogging.

When Wasim Akram came in to bowl, Moody played a delightful shot to third-man for four. But Akram didn’t fail to deliver, knocking out the middle stump to dismiss Julian 22 off 9 balls. After four overs Australia were 56/1 and they required an impossible 60 runs off the last over.

Abdur Razzaq bowled the last over and Moody helped himself to a six over long on before retiring not out after making 31 off 16 balls. Greg Matthews and Hughes didn’t do much either and played out the over. Australia finished with 69/1 after five overs and lost the match by 56 runs.

Earlier, Pakistan announced their superiority by beating UAE in the first game by 29 runs with Wasim Akram smashing four consecutive sixes off Miraj Khaliq before retiring with unbeaten 33 off seven ball in his team’s score of 108 for two.

UAE got off to a good start, Saeed-al-Saffar striking consecutive fours off Afridi’s first over. Kaif Gaury was determined to put up a fight, smashing Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan for five boundaries in the second over

UAE finished on 79/2.

In their first match, Pakistan beat England by two wickets with one over to spare.

Batting first, England made 48/1 off five overs.

Skipper Rashid Latif hit two boundaries and Abdur Razzaq struck two huge sixes as Pakistan raced past the target when Azhar Mahmood struck three consecutive fours.

Saturday’s results (all innings restricted to five overs unless stated):

POOL A:

Hong Kong bt Sri Lanka by 19 runs. Hong Kong 96/3 (S.J. Brew 25, H. Butt 25, R. Sharma 20; U.D.U. Chandana 2-13, H.G.J.M. Kulatunga 1-21); Sri Lanka 77/3 (S.I. de Saram 25, C.M. Hathurusinghe 32 not out; S.J. Brew 1-11, A. Smith 1-14, H. Butt 1-16).

South Africa bt India by 5 wkts. India 63/2 (R.R. Singh 30 not out; D.N. Crookes 1-5, H.S. Williams 1-7); South Africa 65/1 in 4 overs (D.N. Crookes 26 not out; J.N. Rhodes 28 not out; N. Chpra 1-19).

India bt Hong Kong by 6 wkts. Hong Kong 70/0 (H. Butt 32 retired, R. Sharma 22 not out); India 72/0 in 3 overs (N. Chopra 36 retired).

South Africa bt Sri Lanka by 5 wkts. Sri Lanka 79/2 (S.I. de Saram 33 retired; L.L. Bosman 1-26); South Africa 80/1 in 4.5 overs (D.N. Crookes 32 retired, A.J. Hall 25 not out; U.D.U. Chandana 1-14).

Sri Lanka bt India by 32 runs. Sri Lanka 111/3 (W.M.P.N. Wanasinghe 34 retired, K.E.A. Upashanta 39 not out; R.R. Gavaskar 1-17, S.B. Joshi 1-19); India 69/5 (H.K. Badani 26; U.D.U. Chandana 2-6, S.I. de Saram 1-15, K.E.A. Upashanta 1-16, C.M. Hathurusinghe 1-18).

POOL B:

UAE bt Australia by 6 wkts. Australia 77/3 (B.P. Julian 27 not out, T.M. Moody 26; Miraj Khaliq 2-16, Ahmed Nadeem 1-15); UAE 78/0 in 4 overs (Saeed al-Saffar 35 retired; Kaif Gaury 26 not out).

Pakistan bt England by two wkts. England 48/1 (Wasim Akram 1-1); Pakistan 50/4 in 4 overs (D.R. Brown 1-5, A. Flintoff 1-6, M.A. Ealham 1-16, B.C. Hollioake 1-21).

Pakistan bt UAE by 29 runs. Pakistan 108/2 (Shahid Afridi 23, Wasim Akram 33 retired; Abdur Razzaq 35 retired; Ahmed Nadeem 1-14, Khurram Khan 1-18); UAE 79/2 (Saeed al-Saffar 26, Kaif Gaury 32 retired; Wasim Akram 1-7, Azhar Mahmood 1-17).

England bt Australia by 77 runs. England 109/0 (M.P. Maynard 32 retired, A. Flintoff 31 retired, B.C. Hollioake 34 retired); Australia 32/3 (B.P. Julian 21; A. Flintoff 2-2, P.D. Collingwood 1-6).

Pakistan bt Australia by 46 runs. Pakistan 115/2 (Imran Nazir 32 retired; Abdur Razzaq 21 not out, Shoaib Malik 31 retired; T.M. Moody 1-12, C.J. McDermott 1-23); Australia 69/1 (T.M. Moody 31 retired; B.P. Julian 22; Wasim Akram 1-5).