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THE FINAL
50-Over Game at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
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Today's Venue, the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar
WELCOME
Ramiz Raja: Welcome to the Arbab Niaz Stadium, here in Peshawar for a game, which is being expected to be an absolute thriller of a match. The Final of the hard fought, Haier Cup Pakistan. Both the teams have done extremely well to get this far after the start of their campaign in November. Four months have come and gone, and this is what all the teams wanted, the Haier Cup Trophy. At the end of tonight, one team will lift this trophy. It's time for the pitch report and Danny Morrison is going let You know about the turf of today's game.
PITCH REPORT
Danny Morrison: Hello and welcome to the Final of Haier Cup Pakistan, I'm going to be introducing You to todays pitch of this lovely venue, here in Peshawar. Let's get down, and have a look at the Pitch. The pitch is pretty green, there's some grass over the shorter part of the Pitch, the new ball is expected to swing as much as the old ball, in the last few overs. The sky above looks a bit overcast with all the clouds covering it up, hopefully they'll go till the evening and we won't be expecting any sort of rain at all. I'm looking forward to a great game of cricket today. Now it's time for me to bring You back to Rambo (Ramiz Raja) for the toss.
TOSS
Ramiz Raja: I have both the captains with me for the toss and the match officials, along with the fan of the day. It seems like Misbah-Ul-Haq will be spinning the coin and Younis Khan will be calling. Misbah spins the coin, Younis calls heads, and it lands heads! Younis, You have won the toss and You can hear the buzz of the home crowd supporting You and Your team. What would You prefer to do on this beautiful looking deck (for bowlers)?
Younis Khan: Seems like we'll be batting first, because if we score 270 or something above then we can easily restrict them. But, if we bowl first and concede something like 270+ than, it'll be really though for us to get there, and they can, they easily can get to 270, even on this sort of a pitch because of game changers and match winners, like Kohli, de Villiers, Watson and Misbah.
Ramiz Raja: Misbah, You'll be bowling first. Would You elect to bat first on this type of a pitch, if You had won the toss?
Misbah-Ul-Haq: No, not really. I'm happy to bowl first because we know that we can chase almost anything. Hoping for a great game and, may the best team win!
Ramiz Raja: So, the news from the center is that....
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PANTHERS' INNINGS
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KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Aaron Finch c. Villiers b. Mahmood 10 10 2 0 100.0%
Israrullah c. Watson b. Gul 29 36 3 1 80.6%
Younis Khan b. Arafat 93 120 12 2 77.5%
Mohammad Rizwan c. Villiers b. Arafat 18 42 0 0 42.9%
JP Duminy lbw b. Arafat 32 33 3 2 97.0%
Asad Shafiq c. Akmal b. Mahmood 16 23 1 0 69.6%
Angelo Matthews not out 10 23 1 0 43.5%
Sohail Tanvir not out 14 18 1 1 77.8%
Raza Hasan
Tim Southee
Junaid Khan
Total: 240/6 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.80 Extras: 18
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REST OF PAKISTAN Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Mohammad Irfan 7.0 0 34 0 4.86 1 0
Shane Watson 9.0 1 52 0 5.78 2 4
Azhar Mahmood 7.0 0 36 2 5.14 0 1
Umar Gul 7.0 0 30 1 4.29 0 1
Yasir Arafat 10.0 1 26 3 2.60 0 1
Ravindra Jadeja 10.0 0 57 0 5.70 2 1
EXTRAS Wides: 5 No Balls: 8 Leg Byes: 5 Byes: 0
Total: 240/6 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.80 Extras: 18
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KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
A Finch Israrullah þþþþþ 14 (13)
Y Khan Israrullah þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 85 (97)
Y Khan M Rizwan þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 63 (91)
Y Khan J Duminy þþ 7 (11)
A Shafiq J Duminy þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 45 (41)
A Matthews J Duminy þ 2 (11)
A Matthews S Tanvir þþþþþþþþþ 24 (36)
Fall of Wickets 14/1 99/2 162/3 169/4 214/5
216/6
Total: 240/6 Overs: 50.0 Run Rate: 4.80 Extras: 18
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End of the Innings! Finally, the Panthers pull back some runs at the end of their innings without losing wickets. 240 seems like a very compatible total, specially because of the pitch and overhead conditions, and some extra pressure of the final
REST OF PAKISTAN RAMS' INNINGS
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REST OF PAKISTAN innings
Player Status Runs Blls 4s 6s S/R
Shane Watson lbw b. J Khan 15 19 1 1 78.9%
Kamran Akmal c. Rizwan b. Matthews 24 15 2 0 160.0%
Virat Kohli c. Rizwan b. Tanvir 67 47 7 3 142.6%
Misbah-Ul-Haq b. Matthews 71 71 9 0 100.0%
AB de Villiers not out 46 53 6 1 86.8%
Yasir Hameed lbw b. J Khan 0 4 0 0 0.0%
Ravindra Jadeja not out 4 9 0 0 44.4%
Azhar Mahmood
Yasir Arafat
Umar Gul
Mohammad Irfan
Total: 242/5 Overs: 35.2 Run Rate: 6.85 Extras: 15
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KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Bowling
Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts E/R Wds NBs
Junaid Khan 6.2 0 46 2 7.26 2 2
Sohail Tanvir 9.0 0 65 1 7.22 0 3
Angelo Matthews 10.0 0 45 2 4.50 2 0
Tim Southee 4.0 0 43 0 10.75 0 1
Raza Hasan 4.0 0 32 0 8.00 1 1
JP Duminy 2.0 0 10 0 5.00 1 1
EXTRAS Wides: 6 No Balls: 8 Leg Byes: 1 Byes: 0
Total: 242/5 Overs: 35.2 Run Rate: 6.85 Extras: 15
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REST OF PAKISTAN Partnerships
Batsmen Runs (Balls)
S Watson K Akmal þþþþþþþþþ 25 (21)
V Kohli K Akmal þþþþþþþþþþþþþ 38 (21)
V Kohli Misba'-Haq þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 97 (72)
A Villiers Misba'-Haq þþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþþ 55 (65)
A Villiers Y Hameed þ 5 (7)
A Villiers R Jadeja þþþþþþþ 22 (26)
Fall of Wickets 25/1 63/2 160/3 215/4 220/5
Total: 242/5 Overs: 35.2 Run Rate: 6.85 Extras: 15
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That's it, they have done it! Look at them celebrating, a thoroughly deserved win, they deserved every bit of this. They have been the most dominant team of this season and this is what they wanted, and this is what they earned!
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KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PANTHERS 240/6 50.0 overs
REST OF PAKISTAN RAMS 242/5 35.2 overs
Rest of Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: Virat Kohli (R.O.P. Rams)
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REST OF PAKISTAN RAMS ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF HAIER CUP PAKISTAN II