(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Pakistan finally joined the 300 club at the Cricket World Cup on Wednesday, scoring 339-6 and holding the United Arab Emirates to 210-8 to complete a 129-run win in Pool B which improved its chances of progressing to the quarterfinals.
Opener Ahmed Shehzad scored 93 and Haris Sohail contributed 70 in a 160-run second wicket partnership which helped Pakistan recover from a hesistant start, then captain Misbah-ul-Haq (65) and Sohaib Maqsood, who hit 45 from 31 balls, helped add 124 from the last 10 overs.
Pakistan was out for 224 in losing to India by 76 runs, 160 in losing to the West Indies and 235-7 in beating Zimbabwe. Its failures with the bat were more glaring at in a tournament in which teams have surpassed 400 twice and 300 12 times in 24 matches.
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Scoreboard: Pakistan Versus United Arab Emirates at McLean Park:
Pakistan
Nasir Jamshed c Khurrum Khan b Guruge 4
Ahmed Shehzad run out 93
Haris Sohail c Shaiman Anwar b Naveed 70
Sohaib Maqsood c Mustafa b Guruge 45
Misbah-ul-Haq c Mustafa b Guruge 65
Umar Akmal c Amjad Ali b Guruge 19
Shahid Afridi not out 21
Wahab Riaz not out 6
Extras (3lb,12w,1nb) 16
TOTAL (for six wickets) 339
Overs: 50. Batting time: 224 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-170, 3-176, 4-251, 5-312, 6-312.
Did not bat: Sohail Khan, Rahat Ali, Mohammad Irfan.
Bowling: Mohammad Naveed 10-0-50-1 (1w,1nb), Manjula Guruge 8-0-56-4 (2w), Amjad Javed 9-0-76-0 (2w), Mohammad Tauqir 10-0-52-0 (1w), Khurram Khan 3-0-21-0, Krishna Chandran 8-0-58-0, Rohan Mustafa 2-0-23-0 (9w).
United Arab Emirates
Amjad Ali b Rahat Ali 14
Andri Raffaelo c Umar Akmal b Sohail Khan 2
Krishna Chandran v Umar Akmal b Sohail Khan 0
Khurram Khan c Wahab Riaz b Maqsood 43
Shaiman Anwar c Jamshed b Afridi 62
Swapnil Patil b Wahab Riaz 36
Rohan Mustafa c Shehzad b Afridi 0
Amjad Javed c Sohail Khan b Wahab Riaz 40
Mohammad Naveed not out 0
Mohammad Tauqir not out 0
Extras (1lb,12w) 13
TOTAL (for eight wickets) 210
Overs: 50. Batting time: 206 minutes.
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-19, 3-25, 4-108, 5-140, 6-140, 7-208, 8-210.
Did not bat: Manjula Guruge.
Bowling: Mohammad Irfan 3-1-2-0, Sohail Khan 9-2-54-2 (4w), Rahat Ali 10-0-30-1 (2w), Wahab Riaz 10-1-54-2 (2w), Shahid Afridi 10-1-35-2 (3w), Sohaib Maqsood 5-0-16-1 (1w), 3-0-18-0.
Result: Pakistan won by 129 runs.
Toss: UAE.
Umpires: Johan Cloete, South Africa, and Sundaram Ravi, India.
TV umpire: Richard Illingworth, England. Match referee: Chris Broad, England.
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