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Story Cricket World Cup 1975 - We have a winner!
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Test Cricket is Best Cricket
WEST INDIES vs SRI LANKA
World Cup, Quarter Final 3 at The Oval
Sri Lanka might have managed to defeat India in the opening round by the narrowest possible margin, but the West Indies with their bevy of batsmen and fast bowlers were a completely different proposition. One that nobody was expecting the underdogs to overcome.
And well... they tried their best. After the West Indies chose to bat first, they did lose Fredericks and Kallicharran early to some decent bowling from the Sri Lankans. But that only brought Rohan Kanhai to the crease to partner Gordon Greenidge, which is an intimidating proposition. Kanhai never really got out of first gear, eventually falling for a laborious 65 at the end of over 42; his partnership with Greenidge totalled 154. Who then came to the crease, maroon cap atop his shaven head? Why, Viv Richards, who belted a rapid 48 as the final eight overs yielded an average of 10.5 runs each.
Sunil Wettimuny had shown form in the first game, but the West Indies pace attack was a different proposition. And even as he showed himself to be up to the task by batting until he was the fifth man out for 81, he could find meaningful support from only one teammate (Duleep Mendis) as the rest just weren't as good at batting as their opponents were at bowling. Ultimately, there's no shame in losing to a very good cricket team, although the Sri Lankans would have liked to add more than 20 runs for their last five wickets. The West Indies will go on to face either the English or the Kiwis in the semi, before (surely) Pakistan in the final.
An innings of absolute quality from Gordon Greenidge epitomised the West Indies' excellence.
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Date: 04-04-2020
WEST INDIES VS SRI LANKA at The Oval
50 overs match
Pitch Condition: Normal
WEST INDIES WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BAT FIRST
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WEST INDIES innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Roy Fredericks c. Warnapura b. Pieris 2 10 0 0 20.0%
Gordon Greenidge not out 117 132 11 2 88.6%
Alvin Kallicharran c. Warnapura b. A Silva 19 26 2 0 73.1%
Rohan Kanhai b. Pieris 65 119 4 1 54.6%
Viv Richards not out 44 21 8 1 209.5%
Clive Lloyd
Bernard Julien
Keith Boyce
Deryck Murray
Andy Roberts
Vanburn Holder
Total: 269/3 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 5.38 Extras: 22
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SRI LANKA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Mevan Pieris 10.0 0 35 2 3.50 1 1
Bandula Warnapura 10.0 0 51 0 5.10 0 2
Ajit de Silva 10.0 0 40 1 4.00 2 2
Somachandra de Silva 10.0 1 46 0 4.60 2 0
Michael Tissera 8.0 0 64 0 8.00 2 0
Anura Ranasinghe 2.0 0 24 0 12.00 1 0
EXTRAS Wides: 8 No Balls: 5 Leg Byes: 2 Byes: 7
Total: 269/3 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 5.38 Extras: 22
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WEST INDIES Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
Fredericks Greenidge þ 2 (13)
Kalli'rran Greenidge þþþþþþ 29 (38)
R Kanhai Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 154 (201)
V Richards Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 84 (48)
Fall of Wickets 2/1 31/2 185/3
Total: 269/3 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 5.38 Extras: 22
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SRI LANKA innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Sunil Wettimuny lbw b. Boyce 81 107 6 1 75.7%
Ranjit Fernando c. Holder b. Boyce 1 3 0 0 33.3%
Bandula Warnapura lbw b. Boyce 7 8 1 0 87.5%
Duleep Mendis lbw b. Julien 48 52 4 1 92.3%
David Heyn lbw b. Holder 13 20 1 0 65.0%
Anura Tennekoon b. Roberts 26 32 3 0 81.3%
Michael Tissera run out (Lloyd) 7 19 0 0 36.8%
Anura Ranasinghe c. Greenidge b. Roberts 5 23 0 0 21.7%
Somachandra de Silva b. Richards 5 13 0 0 38.5%
Mevan Pieris not out 6 5 0 0 120.0%
Ajit de Silva c. Murray b. Richards 3 5 0 0 60.0%
Total: 224/10 Overs: 46.4 Run Rate: 4.48 Extras: 22
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WEST INDIES Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Andy Roberts 10.0 1 52 2 5.20 0 0
Keith Boyce 10.0 0 41 3 4.10 1 3
Vanburn Holder 10.0 1 41 1 4.10 3 1
Bernard Julien 10.0 0 57 1 5.70 3 2
Viv Richards 6.4 0 25 2 3.75 0 1
EXTRAS Wides: 7 No Balls: 7 Leg Byes: 6 Byes: 2
Total: 224/10 Overs: 46.4 Run Rate: 4.48 Extras: 22
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SRI LANKA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
Wettimuny R Fernando þþþ 8 (11)
Wettimuny Warnapura þþþþþþþþ 23 (30)
Wettimuny D Mendis þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 91 (93)
Wettimuny D Heyn þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 39 (41)
Wettimuny Tennekoon þþþþþ 13 (13)
M Tissera Tennekoon þþþþþþþþþþþ 30 (41)
Ranasinghe Tennekoon þ 2 (8)
Ranasinghe S Silva þþþ 9 (31)
Ranasinghe M Pieris þ 4 (5)
A Silva M Pieris þ 5 (7)
Fall of Wickets 8/1 31/2 122/3 161/4 174/5
204/6 206/7 215/8 219/9 224/10
Total: 224/10 Overs: 46.4 Run Rate: 4.48 Extras: 22
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WEST INDIES 269/3 50.0 overs
SRI LANKA 224 46.4 overs
West Indies won by 45 runs
Man of the match: Gordon GreenidgeAislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
ENGLAND vs NEW ZEALAND
World Cup, Quarter Final 4 at Trent Bridge
Eight for four. That's where England sank to after the Kiwis won the toss and chose to bowl first.
But they're England, you might be forgiven for saying. Of course they'll recover. But they just didn't recover; the wickets just kept falling. At 5, 7, 7, 8, 24, 28, 40, 58, 65 and 65 again the wickets fell. Only one English batsman managed to hang around for any length of time, Lancashire's Frank Hayes who crawled his way to a boundaryless 23 before being the eighth man out. Indeed, only one person managed to find the boundary in the entire England innings: captain Mike Denness, who snicked off for just nine to be the third-highest scorer. The three main Kiwi quicks (Hadlee, Hadlee and Collinge) combined for bowling figures of 13 overs, one maiden, eight for 44. We've never seen anything like this in one-day cricket before.
So with a target of only 66 to chase, what could possibly go wrong for the Kiwis? E V E R Y T H I N G could go wrong. From John Snow taking the wicket of Glenn Turner from only the third ball of the game, to Lance Cairns becoming the eighth man out with only 57 runs on the board, everything the Kiwis touched fell apart. No batsman even managed to last for 20 balls, as wicket followed wicket, followed wicket. But 65 runs couldn't possibly be enough, and ultimately a Hedley Howarth edge to the boundary was enough to win a truly bonkers game of cricket for the away side. And, somehow, they will meet the West Indies in the semi final - and, one expects, will be absolutely blown away.
Richard Collinge tore the English batting order to pieces.
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Date: 04-04-2020
ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND at Trent Bridge
50 overs match
Pitch Condition: Poor
NEW ZEALAND WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST
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ENGLAND innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Barry Wood c. G Howarth b. D Hadlee 5 4 0 0 125.0%
Dennis Amiss c. Wadsworth b. R Hadlee 1 2 0 0 50.0%
Frank Hayes c. Parker b. H Howarth 23 37 0 0 62.2%
Keith Fletcher c. G Howarth b. D Hadlee 0 4 0 0 0.0%
Tony Greig lbw b. Collinge 0 2 0 0 0.0%
Mike Denness c. G Howarth b. R Hadlee 9 9 1 0 100.0%
Alan Knott c. Hastings b. Collinge 1 8 0 0 12.5%
Chris Old run out (Turner) 4 11 0 0 36.4%
Peter Lever not out 15 20 0 0 75.0%
John Snow b. Collinge 2 9 0 0 22.2%
Derek Underwood c. R Hadlee b. Collinge 0 2 0 0 0.0%
Total: 65/10 Overs: 18.0 Run Rate: 1.30 Extras: 5
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NEW ZEALAND Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Richard Hadlee 4.0 0 16 2 4.00 0 1
Dayle Hadlee 3.0 1 9 2 3.00 0 0
Richard Collinge 6.0 0 19 4 3.17 0 0
Lance Cairns 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
Hedley Howarth 4.0 0 16 1 4.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 0 No Balls: 1 Leg Byes: 3 Byes: 1
Total: 65/10 Overs: 18.0 Run Rate: 1.30 Extras: 5
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ENGLAND Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
B Wood D Amiss þþ 5 (4)
B Wood F Hayes þ 2 (3)
K Fletcher F Hayes 0 (4)
T Greig F Hayes þ 1 (3)
M Denness F Hayes þþþþþþþ 16 (24)
A Knott F Hayes þ 4 (10)
C Old F Hayes þþþþþ 12 (22)
P Lever F Hayes þþþþþþþ 18 (20)
P Lever J Snow þþþ 7 (16)
P Lever Underwood 0 (2)
Fall of Wickets 5/1 7/2 7/3 8/4 24/5
28/6 40/7 58/8 65/9 65/10
Total: 65/10 Overs: 18.0 Run Rate: 1.30 Extras: 5
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NEW ZEALAND innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Glenn Turner c. Greig b. Snow 0 3 0 0 0.0%
Barry Hadlee b. Greig 19 18 2 0 105.6%
Geoff Howarth lbw b. Old 1 4 0 0 25.0%
John Parker lbw b. Old 8 10 1 0 80.0%
Brian Hastings b. Greig 8 10 0 0 80.0%
Ken Wadsworth lbw b. Snow 9 10 0 0 90.0%
Richard Hadlee c. Amiss b. Underwood 3 5 0 0 60.0%
Lance Cairns c. Fletcher b. Lever 3 8 0 0 37.5%
Dayle Hadlee not out 2 6 0 0 33.3%
Hedley Howarth not out 6 6 1 0 100.0%
Richard Collinge
Total: 66/8 Overs: 13.1 Run Rate: 5.01 Extras: 7
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ENGLAND Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
John Snow 5.0 0 19 2 3.80 1 3
Chris Old 3.0 0 15 2 5.00 0 0
Peter Lever 2.0 0 10 1 5.00 0 0
Tony Greig 2.0 0 12 2 6.00 0 2
Derek Underwood 1.1 0 10 1 8.57 0 1
EXTRAS Wides: 1 No Balls: 6 Leg Byes: 0 Byes: 0
Total: 66/8 Overs: 13.1 Run Rate: 5.01 Extras: 7
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NEW ZEALAND Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
G Turner B Hadlee þ 1 (3)
G Howarth B Hadlee þ 1 (4)
J Parker B Hadlee þþþþþþþ 16 (15)
B Hastings B Hadlee þþþþþþþ 18 (18)
Wadsworth B Hadlee þþþþþ 13 (14)
Wadsworth R Hadlee 0 (1)
L Cairns R Hadlee þþþ 8 (11)
L Cairns D Hadlee 0 (1)
H Howarth D Hadlee þþþ 9 (12)
Fall of Wickets 1/1 2/2 18/3 36/4 49/5
49/6 57/7 57/8
Total: 66/8 Overs: 13.1 Run Rate: 5.01 Extras: 7
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ENGLAND 65 18.0 overs
NEW ZEALAND 66/8 13.1 overs
New Zealand won by 2 wickets
Man of the match: Richard CollingeAislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
So after a truly mental Quarter Final round, we have our semi-finalists. Nobody but nobody would have picked them before the competition began...
|Semi Finals||||Grand Final|
|Pakistan|-|
|Ireland|-| |-|-|-
|West Indies|-| |-|-|-
|New Zealand|-| |
Surely, surely, it has to be a Pakistan-West Indies final?
Surely, surely, it has to be a Pakistan-West Indies final?
Na Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
Fingers crossed for Pakistan!
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
ENGLAND vs NEW ZEALAND
World Cup, Quarter Final 4 at Trent Bridge
Eight for four. That's where England sank to after the Kiwis won the toss and chose to bowl first.
But they're England, you might be forgiven for saying. Of course they'll recover. But they just didn't recover; the wickets just kept falling. At 5, 7, 7, 8, 24, 28, 40, 58, 65 and 65 again the wickets fell. Only one English batsman managed to hang around for any length of time, Lancashire's Frank Hayes who crawled his way to a boundaryless 23 before being the eighth man out. Indeed, only one person managed to find the boundary in the entire England innings: captain Mike Denness, who snicked off for just nine to be the third-highest scorer. The three main Kiwi quicks (Hadlee, Hadlee and Collinge) combined for bowling figures of 13 overs, one maiden, eight for 44. We've never seen anything like this in one-day cricket before.
So with a target of only 66 to chase, what could possibly go wrong for the Kiwis? E V E R Y T H I N G could go wrong. From John Snow taking the wicket of Glenn Turner from only the third ball of the game, to Lance Cairns becoming the eighth man out with only 57 runs on the board, everything the Kiwis touched fell apart. No batsman even managed to last for 20 balls, as wicket followed wicket, followed wicket. But 65 runs couldn't possibly be enough, and ultimately a Hedley Howarth edge to the boundary was enough to win a truly bonkers game of cricket for the away side. And, somehow, they will meet the West Indies in the semi final - and, one expects, will be absolutely blown away.
Richard Collinge tore the English batting order to pieces.
Code:Date: 04-04-2020 ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND at Trent Bridge 50 overs match Pitch Condition: Poor NEW ZEALAND WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST -X- ENGLAND innings Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R Barry Wood c. G Howarth b. D Hadlee 5 4 0 0 125.0% Dennis Amiss c. Wadsworth b. R Hadlee 1 2 0 0 50.0% Frank Hayes c. Parker b. H Howarth 23 37 0 0 62.2% Keith Fletcher c. G Howarth b. D Hadlee 0 4 0 0 0.0% Tony Greig lbw b. Collinge 0 2 0 0 0.0% Mike Denness c. G Howarth b. R Hadlee 9 9 1 0 100.0% Alan Knott c. Hastings b. Collinge 1 8 0 0 12.5% Chris Old run out (Turner) 4 11 0 0 36.4% Peter Lever not out 15 20 0 0 75.0% John Snow b. Collinge 2 9 0 0 22.2% Derek Underwood c. R Hadlee b. Collinge 0 2 0 0 0.0% Total: 65/10 Overs: 18.0 Run Rate: 1.30 Extras: 5 -X- NEW ZEALAND Bowling Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs Richard Hadlee 4.0 0 16 2 4.00 0 1 Dayle Hadlee 3.0 1 9 2 3.00 0 0 Richard Collinge 6.0 0 19 4 3.17 0 0 Lance Cairns 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0 Hedley Howarth 4.0 0 16 1 4.00 0 0 EXTRAS Wides: 0 No Balls: 1 Leg Byes: 3 Byes: 1 Total: 65/10 Overs: 18.0 Run Rate: 1.30 Extras: 5 -X- ENGLAND Partnerships Batsmen Runs (Balls) B Wood D Amiss þþ 5 (4) B Wood F Hayes þ 2 (3) K Fletcher F Hayes 0 (4) T Greig F Hayes þ 1 (3) M Denness F Hayes þþþþþþþ 16 (24) A Knott F Hayes þ 4 (10) C Old F Hayes þþþþþ 12 (22) P Lever F Hayes þþþþþþþ 18 (20) P Lever J Snow þþþ 7 (16) P Lever Underwood 0 (2) Fall of Wickets 5/1 7/2 7/3 8/4 24/5 28/6 40/7 58/8 65/9 65/10 Total: 65/10 Overs: 18.0 Run Rate: 1.30 Extras: 5 -X- NEW ZEALAND innings Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R Glenn Turner c. Greig b. Snow 0 3 0 0 0.0% Barry Hadlee b. Greig 19 18 2 0 105.6% Geoff Howarth lbw b. Old 1 4 0 0 25.0% John Parker lbw b. Old 8 10 1 0 80.0% Brian Hastings b. Greig 8 10 0 0 80.0% Ken Wadsworth lbw b. Snow 9 10 0 0 90.0% Richard Hadlee c. Amiss b. Underwood 3 5 0 0 60.0% Lance Cairns c. Fletcher b. Lever 3 8 0 0 37.5% Dayle Hadlee not out 2 6 0 0 33.3% Hedley Howarth not out 6 6 1 0 100.0% Richard Collinge Total: 66/8 Overs: 13.1 Run Rate: 5.01 Extras: 7 -X- ENGLAND Bowling Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs John Snow 5.0 0 19 2 3.80 1 3 Chris Old 3.0 0 15 2 5.00 0 0 Peter Lever 2.0 0 10 1 5.00 0 0 Tony Greig 2.0 0 12 2 6.00 0 2 Derek Underwood 1.1 0 10 1 8.57 0 1 EXTRAS Wides: 1 No Balls: 6 Leg Byes: 0 Byes: 0 Total: 66/8 Overs: 13.1 Run Rate: 5.01 Extras: 7 -X- NEW ZEALAND Partnerships Batsmen Runs (Balls) G Turner B Hadlee þ 1 (3) G Howarth B Hadlee þ 1 (4) J Parker B Hadlee þþþþþþþ 16 (15) B Hastings B Hadlee þþþþþþþ 18 (18) Wadsworth B Hadlee þþþþþ 13 (14) Wadsworth R Hadlee 0 (1) L Cairns R Hadlee þþþ 8 (11) L Cairns D Hadlee 0 (1) H Howarth D Hadlee þþþ 9 (12) Fall of Wickets 1/1 2/2 18/3 36/4 49/5 49/6 57/7 57/8 Total: 66/8 Overs: 13.1 Run Rate: 5.01 Extras: 7 -X- ENGLAND 65 18.0 overs NEW ZEALAND 66/8 13.1 overs New Zealand won by 2 wickets Man of the match: Richard Collinge
Ummmm... what the heck happened in this match
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Yeah, pretty much my reaction
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Got to work with what Cricksim will allow
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
PAKISTAN vs IRELAND
World Cup, Semi Final 1 at Headingley
Well this is an unlikely semi-final. Fresh off their wins over Bangladesh and (incredibly) Australia, Ireland come face-to-face with their second seeded opponent: Pakistan. Nobody can imagine Ireland beating Pakistan in a World Cup match (heh), but then nor could anyone imagine them beating Australia and here we are.
Unusually for Headingley, the teams were met with a flat wicket and clear skies overhead: perfect runmaking conditions, and the Pakistanis wasted no time in winning the toss and choosing to bat first. Despite a couple of early losses (looking at you, Sadiq Mohammad), their two most dynamic batsmen really set the tone. Zaheer Abbas showed the world just how freely it is possible to score, while Javed Miandad came in at five and struck a wonderfully composed unbeaten ninety. Later in his innings he also had excellent support from both Mushtaq Mohammad and Asif Iqbal, and there was nothing the Irish bowlers could do to keep Pakistan's total south of 300. Dermott Monteith could hold his head high, but he was always trying to undo the damage inflicted against the loose bowling of Torrens.
The Irish batting was much the same story as it had been throughout the World Cup: a heroic contribution from Ivan Anderson that didn't find the proper support from the rest of their batsmen. This time, the man who will almost certainly be remembered as the hero of this World Cup finished on a fine unbeaten 119, but yet again no other Irishman managed to score more than 25. Although Anderson has been strangely impervious to high quality fast bowling, his teammates were not and Sarfraz Nawaz picked up three more to add to a fine tournament tally.
Sometimes there's no substitute for raw talent to set the tone for a game.
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Date: 04-04-2020
PAKISTAN VS IRELAND at Headingley
50 overs match
Pitch Condition: Excellent
PAKISTAN WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BAT FIRST
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PAKISTAN innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Majid Khan c. Pigot b. Torrens 20 27 2 0 74.1%
Sadiq Mohammad lbw b. O'Riordan 2 4 0 0 50.0%
Zaheer Abbas c. Monteith b. Torrens 69 52 7 2 132.7%
Wasim Raja c. Colhoun b. O'Riordan 7 20 0 0 35.0%
Javed Miandad not out 90 103 8 1 87.4%
Mushtaq Mohammad lbw b. Monteith 44 41 5 0 107.3%
Imran Khan b. Monteith 14 7 3 0 200.0%
Asif Iqbal b. Anderson 40 47 3 1 85.1%
Wasim Bari c. Harrison b. Corlett 0 1 0 0 0.0%
Sarfraz Nawaz not out 4 4 1 0 100.0%
Asif Masood
Total: 304/8 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 6.08 Extras: 14
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IRELAND Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Ray Torrens 10.0 0 87 2 8.70 2 0
Alex O'Riordan 10.0 0 53 2 5.30 1 0
Simon Corlett 9.0 0 40 1 4.44 2 0
Dermott Monteith 10.0 0 37 2 3.70 1 0
Ivan Anderson 10.0 1 72 1 7.20 0 0
Michael Halliday 1.0 0 7 0 7.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 6 No Balls: 0 Leg Byes: 8 Byes: 0
Total: 304/8 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 6.08 Extras: 14
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PAKISTAN Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
M Khan S Mohammad þþþþ 10 (12)
M Khan Z Abbas þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 35 (27)
W Raja Z Abbas þþþþþþþþþþ 24 (38)
J Miandad Z Abbas þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 52 (43)
J Miandad M Mohammad þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 70 (72)
J Miandad I Khan þþþþþþþþþþ 25 (14)
J Miandad A Iqbal þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 80 (82)
J Miandad W Bari þ 1 (6)
J Miandad S Nawaz þþþ 7 (6)
Fall of Wickets 10/1 45/2 69/3 121/4 191/5
216/6 296/7 297/8
Total: 304/8 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 6.08 Extras: 14
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IRELAND innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Jack Short b. Masood 6 17 0 0 35.3%
David Pigot c. I Khan b. Nawaz 5 9 1 0 55.6%
Jim Harrison c & b. Iqbal 25 30 2 1 83.3%
Ivan Anderson not out 119 154 12 1 77.3%
Alex O'Riordan c. Abbas b. Nawaz 24 47 1 0 51.1%
Ginger O'Brien lbw b. Nawaz 1 7 0 0 14.3%
Simon Corlett lbw b. I Khan 5 6 1 0 83.3%
Dermott Monteith c. Iqbal b. Masood 4 9 0 0 44.4%
Ray Torrens not out 19 29 1 0 65.5%
Michael Halliday
Ossie Colhoun
Total: 226/7 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.52 Extras: 18
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PAKISTAN Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Imran Khan 10.0 0 45 1 4.50 2 0
Sarfraz Nawaz 10.0 1 44 3 4.40 3 2
Asif Masood 10.0 1 30 2 3.00 0 0
Asif Iqbal 10.0 0 38 1 3.80 3 0
Mushtaq Mohammad 7.0 1 54 0 7.71 0 1
Majid Khan 3.0 0 8 0 2.67 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 8 No Balls: 3 Leg Byes: 7 Byes: 0
Total: 226/7 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.52 Extras: 18
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IRELAND Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
J Short D Pigot þþþþþþ 14 (24)
J Short J Harrison 0 (1)
I Anderson J Harrison þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 71 (80)
I Anderson O'Riordan þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 56 (88)
I Anderson G O'Brien þ 3 (12)
I Anderson S Corlett þþ 6 (6)
I Anderson D Monteith þþþþþ 13 (19)
I Anderson R Torrens þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 63 (70)
Fall of Wickets 14/1 14/2 85/3 141/4 144/5
150/6 163/7
Total: 226/7 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.52 Extras: 18
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PAKISTAN 304/8 50.0 overs
IRELAND 226/7 50.0 overs
Pakistan won by 78 runs
Man of the match: Javed MiandadNa Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
Didn't think Ireland would get this far, but I also didn't think that Pakistan would either.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
WEST INDIES vs NEW ZEALAND
World Cup, Semi Final 2 at The Oval
The West Indies are a really good bowling side. Like, really good, and this has been obvious throughout the tournament. Figuring that they would have to face those bowlers at some point, the Kiwis chose to bat first upon winning the toss.
It... wasn't pretty. It wasn't Quarter Final against England ugly - plenty of Kiwi batsmen managed to stick around for at least some time - but by god it was boring. Only one batsman managed to score more than 10 runs at more than three runs per over: Geoff Howarth, who made 24. Glenn Turner, who spent most of the innings at the non-striker's end watching his fellow batsmen get terrorised by Andy Roberts, managed to last the full 50 overs at the cost of making only 62 runs. Horrendous scoring, but what more can you do against peak Andy Roberts on top form?
Nobody particularly expected the West Indians not to chase down their target, but the manner in which they did it was still a huge statement of intent ahead of their final against Pakistan: with more than half the innings left, Viv Richards and Clive Lloyd were striding off the pitch, target reached and most of the Kiwi bowlers absolutely flattened. This was the performance of a World Cup winning team, but will they then go on to win the World Cup? Find out in a bit.
It was a scary time to be a Kiwi batsman.
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Date: 04-04-2020
WEST INDIES VS NEW ZEALAND at The Oval
50 overs match
Pitch Condition: Normal
NEW ZEALAND WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BAT FIRST
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NEW ZEALAND innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Glenn Turner not out 62 133 1 0 46.6%
Barry Hadlee b. Richards 5 9 0 0 55.6%
Geoff Howarth lbw b. Roberts 24 38 2 0 63.2%
John Parker c. Fredericks b. Boyce 6 5 1 0 120.0%
Brian Hastings c. Murray b. Holder 1 4 0 0 25.0%
Ken Wadsworth lbw b. Roberts 6 10 1 0 60.0%
Richard Hadlee b. Roberts 1 4 0 0 25.0%
Lance Cairns c. Greenidge b. Julien 14 31 0 0 45.2%
Dayle Hadlee not out 23 70 1 0 32.9%
Hedley Howarth
Richard Collinge
Total: 162/7 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 3.24 Extras: 20
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WEST INDIES Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Andy Roberts 10.0 0 25 3 2.50 0 3
Keith Boyce 10.0 0 30 1 3.00 1 1
Viv Richards 9.0 0 35 1 3.89 0 0
Vanburn Holder 10.0 1 23 1 2.30 2 1
Bernard Julien 10.0 0 34 1 3.40 1 4
Clive Lloyd 1.0 0 8 0 8.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 4 No Balls: 9 Leg Byes: 7 Byes: 0
Total: 162/7 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 3.24 Extras: 20
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NEW ZEALAND Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
G Turner B Hadlee þþþ 9 (15)
G Turner G Howarth þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 38 (61)
G Turner J Parker þþþ 8 (6)
G Turner B Hastings þþ 6 (12)
G Turner Wadsworth þþþ 8 (14)
G Turner R Hadlee þþ 6 (10)
G Turner L Cairns þþþþþþþþþþþþ 29 (55)
G Turner D Hadlee þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 58 (127)
Fall of Wickets 9/1 47/2 55/3 61/4 69/5
75/6 104/7
Total: 162/7 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 3.24 Extras: 20
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WEST INDIES innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Roy Fredericks b. Collinge 6 8 0 0 75.0%
Gordon Greenidge c. Turner b. Collinge 49 46 6 0 106.5%
Alvin Kallicharran lbw b. D Hadlee 38 46 2 0 82.6%
Rohan Kanhai lbw b. D Hadlee 15 15 1 1 100.0%
Viv Richards not out 45 27 8 1 166.7%
Clive Lloyd not out 4 5 1 0 80.0%
Bernard Julien
Keith Boyce
Deryck Murray
Andy Roberts
Vanburn Holder
Total: 164/4 Overs: 24.0 Run Rate: 6.83 Extras: 7
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NEW ZEALAND Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Richard Hadlee 4.0 0 25 0 6.25 0 1
Dayle Hadlee 6.0 0 48 2 8.00 0 0
Richard Collinge 7.0 0 39 2 5.57 2 1
Hedley Howarth 6.0 0 47 0 7.83 1 0
Lance Cairns 1.0 0 3 0 3.00 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 3 No Balls: 2 Leg Byes: 2 Byes: 0
Total: 164/4 Overs: 24.0 Run Rate: 6.83 Extras: 7
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WEST INDIES Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
Fredericks Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 39 (27)
Kalli'rran Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 32 (36)
Kalli'rran R Kanhai þþþþþþþþþþþþþ 30 (33)
Kalli'rran V Richards þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 58 (42)
C Lloyd V Richards þþ 5 (6)
Fall of Wickets 39/1 71/2 101/3 159/4
Total: 164/4 Overs: 24.0 Run Rate: 6.83 Extras: 7
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NEW ZEALAND 162/7 50.0 overs
WEST INDIES 164/4 24.0 overs
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Man of the match: Viv RichardsNa Maloom Afraad
Man of Tomorrow
West Indies SHOULD have this in the bag. But still, fingers crossed for Pakistan.
CerealKiller
Staff Member
Brought back tears
Hopefully Pakistan can win it, but not expecting them to defeat this Windies team.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
PAKISTAN vs WEST INDIES
World Cup Final at Lord's
After winning the toss, Pakistan chose to bowl and they couldn't have wished for a better start: before completing the first over or scoring their first run, the West Indies had lost both Roy Fredericks and Alvin Kalicharran to edges off Imran Khan away swingers. A few overs later, worse was to come: the colossus himself, Viv Richards, also lost his wicket to Pakistan's star fast bowler. At 29 for four, then 66 for five, the favourites were absolutely reeling. The one man who kept his head throughout this mess was Gordon Greenidge, who marshalled lower-order support from Bernard Julien and Deryck Murray to near a century. Just as he got within one shot of it, however, he misread a Mushtaq Mohammad googly and saw his stumps disturbed. Gutting though that must have been, some enterprising strokeplay from Murray ensured a tricky target of well over 200 for Pakistan.
Sure enough, Pakistan had a top-order collapse of their own. Courtesy of the ever-excellent Andy Roberts, they crumbled to 32 for four: it was all going to depend on Javed Miandad and Mushtaq Mohammad. But they were absolutely up to the task: together, they compiled the biggest partnership of the entire tournament: an exemplary 164 for the fourth wicket, dominated in particular by Mohammad. Keith Boyce and Andy Roberts returned and started a new wobble with three more quick wickets, but the West Indies weren't the only team who batted deep: Asif Iqbal and Wasim Bari are a very good eighth wicket partnership, and they were able to gather themselves and eke out the runs that would make Pakistan cricket's first ever World Champions.
When you've got someone of Imran Khan's quality, it can turn even the best batting line-ups to mush. But Mushtaq Mohammad was the real hero, delivering when his team needed it most.
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Date: 04-04-2020
WEST INDIES VS PAKISTAN at Lord's
50 overs match
Pitch Condition: Normal
PAKISTAN WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST
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WEST INDIES innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Roy Fredericks c. Abbas b. I Khan 0 2 0 0 0.0%
Gordon Greenidge b. M Mohammad 97 129 6 2 75.2%
Alvin Kallicharran c. M Mohammad b. I Khan 0 2 0 0 0.0%
Rohan Kanhai c. I Khan b. Nawaz 11 19 0 0 57.9%
Viv Richards b. I Khan 2 3 0 0 66.7%
Clive Lloyd lbw b. Masood 11 15 1 0 73.3%
Bernard Julien b. Nawaz 42 49 4 0 85.7%
Keith Boyce lbw b. Nawaz 1 5 0 0 20.0%
Deryck Murray not out 41 57 5 1 71.9%
Andy Roberts c. Abbas b. M Mohammad 11 17 0 0 64.7%
Vanburn Holder not out 1 4 0 0 25.0%
Total: 228/9 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.56 Extras: 11
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PAKISTAN Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Imran Khan 10.0 0 26 3 2.60 1 2
Sarfraz Nawaz 10.0 0 44 3 4.40 1 1
Asif Iqbal 10.0 0 52 0 5.20 0 0
Asif Masood 9.0 0 52 1 5.78 0 2
Majid Khan 6.0 0 34 0 5.67 0 0
Mushtaq Mohammad 5.0 1 16 2 3.20 0 0
EXTRAS Wides: 2 No Balls: 5 Leg Byes: 3 Byes: 1
Total: 228/9 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.56 Extras: 11
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WEST INDIES Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
Fredericks Greenidge 0 (2)
Kalli'rran Greenidge 0 (2)
R Kanhai Greenidge þþþþþþþþþ 24 (42)
V Richards Greenidge þ 5 (7)
C Lloyd Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 37 (30)
B Julien Greenidge þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 92 (107)
K Boyce Greenidge þ 4 (12)
D Murray Greenidge þþþþþþþþ 22 (41)
D Murray A Roberts þþþþþþþþþþþþ 34 (39)
D Murray V Holder þþþ 10 (18)
Fall of Wickets 0/1 0/2 24/3 29/4 66/5
158/6 162/7 184/8 218/9
Total: 228/9 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.56 Extras: 11
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PAKISTAN innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Majid Khan run out (Lloyd) 1 3 0 0 33.3%
Sadiq Mohammad b. Roberts 6 7 1 0 85.7%
Zaheer Abbas b. Roberts 10 7 1 0 142.9%
Wasim Raja lbw b. Holder 3 9 0 0 33.3%
Javed Miandad c. Murray b. Boyce 71 92 3 1 77.2%
Mushtaq Mohammad b. Boyce 93 112 5 2 83.0%
Imran Khan c. Richards b. Roberts 4 11 0 0 36.4%
Asif Iqbal not out 15 18 0 0 83.3%
Wasim Bari not out 9 23 0 0 39.1%
Sarfraz Nawaz
Asif Masood
Total: 229/7 Overs: 46.3 Run Rate: 4.92 Extras: 17
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WEST INDIES Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Andy Roberts 10.0 0 29 3 2.90 1 1
Keith Boyce 10.0 1 47 2 4.70 1 0
Vanburn Holder 10.0 0 54 1 5.40 0 4
Viv Richards 3.0 0 29 0 9.67 0 0
Bernard Julien 7.0 0 39 0 5.57 1 1
Clive Lloyd 6.3 0 24 0 3.69 0 1
EXTRAS Wides: 3 No Balls: 7 Leg Byes: 7 Byes: 0
Total: 229/7 Overs: 46.3 Run Rate: 4.92 Extras: 17
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PAKISTAN Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
M Khan S Mohammad þ 2 (4)
Z Abbas S Mohammad þþ 11 (9)
Z Abbas W Raja þþ 5 (5)
J Miandad W Raja þþ 14 (15)
J Miandad M Mohammad þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 164 (182)
I Khan M Mohammad þ 4 (12)
A Iqbal M Mohammad þ 4 (15)
A Iqbal W Bari þþþþþ 25 (37)
Fall of Wickets 2/1 13/2 18/3 32/4 196/5
200/6 204/7
Total: 229/7 Overs: 46.3 Run Rate: 4.92 Extras: 17
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WEST INDIES 228/9 50.0 overs
PAKISTAN 229/7 46.3 overs
Pakistan won by 3 wickets
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