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| February 1, 2002 | Friday | Ziqa’ad 17, 1422 |
Pakistan win Indian battle but fail to reach semifinals
CHRISTCHURCH, Jan 31: Pakistan enjoyed victory over India Thursday but suffered the heartbreak of being knocked out of the ICC Under-19 World Cup due to the West Indies’ win against Sri Lanka.
The match of the tournament saw India and Pakistan renew their rivalry on the cricket field after an 18-month gap. India has banned its players from facing Pakistan at international level due to the current tensions between the two countries.
As a result, their clash at the youth World Cup offered a rare glimpse of one of the biggest grudge matches in world sport.
India went into the game in supreme form after beating Sri Lanka and the West Indies with ease, but failed to hold their nerve against their arch rivals and lost by two wickets.
Pakistan missed out on a bonus point and the West Indies’ 62-run mauling of Sri Lanka earned them a spot in the semifinals as Gus Logie’s team were the victors when the two sides met earlier this week.
The cricket between Pakistan and India was frenetic, but after the match both sides embraced and the atmosphere was friendly.
Pakistan got off to a good start as India could only muster 181 from their 50 overs with fast bowler Junaid Zia particularly impressive with his control and pace.
Deepak Chougule hit 47 but late innings collapse, that saw the final five wickets fall for just 39 runs, ultimately cost India the match.
India reduced Pakistan to 10-2 but Salman Butt played a captain’s innings to rescue his side. Butt hit 11 fours in his unbeaten 85 as off-spinner Rajesh Sharma (3-37) bowled superbly to give India a chance of victory.
Salman brought about the end of the match when he hit Sharma for four, however, he was to learn his efforts had been in vain due to the West Indies’ victory at Hagley Park.
Sri Lanka’s disappointing Super League campaign ended in a third consecutive loss with the West Indies ambling to victory to become surprise semifinalists.
The tournament’s top run scorer Donovan Pagon continued his rich vein of form with an innings of 92 to lift the West Indies’ total to 202 all out. Captain Narsingh Deonarine offered valuable support with 65 but three wickets for Dhammika Niroshan gave Sri Lanka a chance of victory.
However, the West Indies bowling attack is strong and Jeevan Mendis top scored on just 30 as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 140. The wickets were shared between the six bowlers with Deonarine following up his good performance with the bat by taking 2-20 off 10 economical overs.
The West Indies will meet Australia in the semifinal while India are awaiting the outcome of Friday’s group two matches to find out of they will play either New Zealand, South Africa or England.
On Friday England must earn a bonus point in beating South Africa and hope New Zealand lose to Australia to keep alive their slim hopes of progressing to the last four. Victory for South Africa will seal their spot in the semifinals.
INDIA:
M.S. Bisla c Amin b Umer 0
P.A. Patel c Kamran Sajid b Umer 18
D.A. Chougule lbw b Khalil 47
Y.G. Rao c Amin b Junaid 22
M.D. Mishra c Asim b Arsalan 9
C. Madan b Kamran Younis 34
R. Mohanty c Amin b Junaid 1
S.T. Binny c Amin b Junaid 1
Irfan Khan Pathan run out 11
A. Sharma c Junaid b Khalil 14
S.K. Trivedi not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-9, W-12, NB-1) 22
TOTAL (all out, 48.5 overs) 181
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-1, 3-66, 4-83, 5-132, 6-142, 7-144, 8-144, 9-177.
BOWLING: Umer Gul 9-2-38-2 (1nb, 1w); Mohammad Khalil 9.5-1-22-2 (1w); Junaid Zia 8-2-30-3 (6w); Arsalan Mir 8-0-42-1 (3w); Kamran Sajid 5-0-20-0; Kamran Younis 9-1-20-1 (1w).
PAKISTAN:
Salman Butt not out 85
Arsalan Mir b Trivedi 0
Khaqan Arsal b Trivedi 0
Kamran Sajid run out 24
Mohammad Fayyaz c Patel b Sharma 29
Asim Munir c and b Mohanty 10
Amin-ur-Rehman c Rao b Sharma 9
Kamran Younis st Patel b Sharma 13
Mohammad Khalil c Rao b Trivedi 1
Junaid Zia not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-11, NB-1) 13
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 43.4 overs) 184
FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-10, 3-58, 4-112, 5-123, 6-134, 7-176, 8-179.
DID NOT BAT: Umer Gul.
BOWLING: Trivedi 10-1-33-2 (3w); Irfan Khan Pathan 8-0-34-1 (1nb, 5w); Bisla 4-0-24-0 (2w); Rao 1-0-4-0; Mohanty 9-0-45-1 (1w); Binny 2-0-6-0; Sharma 9.4-1-37-3.
RESULT: Pakistan won by two wickets.
UMPIRES: E.A.R. de Silva (Sri Lanka) and A.L. Hill (New Zealand).
MATCH REFEREE: F.J. Cameron (New Zealand).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Salman Butt.
THURSDAY’S OTHER RESULTS:
SUPER LEAGUE GROUP ONE:
West Indies beat Sri Lanka by 62 runs. West Indies 202 in 47.5 overs (Donovan Pagon 92, Narsinghe Deonarine 65); Sri Lanka 140 in 47 overs.
Plate Championship group one:
Kenya beat Papua New Guinea by 25 runs. Kenya 236-8 in 50 overs (Morris Ouma 150 not out; Gimapau Kiemelo 4-23); Papua New Guinea 211 in 48.4 overs (Clive Elly 60).
Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by nine wickets. Bangladesh 91 in 42.5 overs (Tatenda Taibu 3-8); Zimbabwe 94-1 in 42.5 overs (Charles Coventry 51).—AFP/Reuters
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