West Indies v. Pakistan: Schedule and Squad

With the recent cancellation of Champions Trophy in Pakistan and many countries avoiding tour to Pakistan citing security reasons, West Indies and Pakistan agreed to play three ODI matches in a neutral venue.

Both the team agreed to play 3 ODI matches in Abu Dhabi in the month of November 2008. West Indies team is lead by Chris Gayle and Pakistan still has Shoaib Malik as the captain.

Schedule:

Wed Nov 12, 2008: 1st ODI: Pakistan v. West Indies, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Fri Nov 14, 2008: 2nd ODI: Pakistan v. West Indies, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Sun Nov 16, 2008: 3rd ODI: Pakistan v. West Indies, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Squad:

Pakistan Team: Shoaib Malik (Captain), Misbah-ul-Haq (Vice-Captain), Abdur Rauf, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Kamran Akmal (WK), Khurram Manzoor, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Younis Khan

West Indies Team: Chris Gayle (Captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan (Vice-Captain), Lionel Baker, Carlton Baugh (WK), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Sewnarine Chattergoon, Shawn Findlay, Leon Johnson, Xavier Marshall, Nikita Miller, Dave Mohammed, Brendan Nash, Daren Powell, Kemar Roach, Jerome Taylor

Asia Cup, Match 5: Sehwag's Century help India beat Pakistan!

Sehwag's wonderful quick fire century helped India to chase the 300 target with 47 balls remaining. Though Gambhir got out cheaply for 9, the 198 run second wicket partnership between Sehwag and Raina helped India win this match easily. Sehwag scored 119 off 95 balls with 12 fours and 5 sixes and Raina scored 84 off 69 balls with 10 fours and 3 sixes.

Earlier, Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik lead by an example by scoring a century. He scored 125 off 119 balls with 16 fours and a six. He was retired hurt due to cramps.

Tournament: Asia Cup
Match: 5
Group: B
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
Date: June 26, 2008
Teams: India and Pakistan
Captains: MS Dhoni and Shoaib Malik
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
Result: India won by 6 wickets with 47 balls remaining
Points: India 2; Pakistan 0
Man of the Match: SK Raina off India
Score:

Pakistan 299 for 4 in 50 overs (Salman Butt 35, Shoaib Malik 125 retired hurt, Younis Khan 59, Mohammad Yousuf 30, Misbah-ul-Haq 31 not out, Shahid Afridi 9, Sohail Tanvir 3 not out, Extras--7 (b 1, lb 1, w 5), P Kumar 10-0-56-0, RP Singh 10-2-44-1, I Sharma 10-0-69-0, PP Chawla 7-0-52-1, YK Pathan 9-0-52-1, Yuvraj Singh 4-0-24-0) lost to India 301 for 4 in 42.1 overs (G Gambhir 9, V Sehwag 119, SK Raina 84, Yuvaraj Singh 48, MS Dhoni 26 not out, RG Sharma 0 not out, Extras--15 (b 1, lb 6, w 7, nb 1), Umar Gul 1.2-0-6-0, Sohail Tanvir 9-0-55-1, Iftikhar Anjum 9.4-0-61-2, Shahid Afridi 10-0-64-1, Fawad Alam 7-0-64-0, Salman Butt 1-0-13-0, Younis Khan 4.1-0-31-0)

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Match 4 of Tri-Series: Pakistan Wins Kitply Trophy! Stuns India!

Pakistan have beaten India in the final of the Kitply tri-series tournament!

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Match Details:

Trophy: Kitply Cup - Tri-Series in Bangladesh
Match #: 4 (Final)
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Date: June 14, 2008
Teams: India and Pakistan
Captains: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Shoaib Malik
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 25 runs
Man of the Match: Younis Khan of Pakistan
Man of the Series: Salman Butt of Pakistan

Score:

Pakistan 315 for 3 in 50 overs (Salman Butt 129 retired hurt, Kamran Akmal 15, Younis Khan 108, Misbah-ul-Haq 33, Shahid Afridi 10 not out, Shoaib Malik 11 not out, Extras--9 (b 2, lb 4, w 2, nb 1), P Kumar 10-1-37-0, I Sharma 10-0-57-1, IK Pathan 10-0-59-2, PP Chawla 10-0-85-0, V Sehwag 3-0-26-0, YK Pathan 2-0-11-0, Yuvaraj Singh 4-0-23-0, SK Raina 1-0-11-0) beat India 290 all out in 48.2 overs (G Gambhir 40, V Sehwag 2, RG Sharma 24, YK Pathan 25, Yuvaraj Singh 56, SK Raina 24, MS Dhoni 64, IK Pathan 28, P Kumar 5, PP Chawla 2, I Sharma 0 not out, Extras--20 (lb 7, w 11, nb 2), Umar Gul 9-0-57-4, Sohail Tanvir 10-1-60-1, Iftikhar Anjum 10-0-58-2, Shahid Afridi 9.2-0-56-2, Shoaib Malik 4-0-28-0, Fawad Alam 6-0-24-1)

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Match 2 of Tri-Series: India Crush Pakistan! Huge Defeat!

India stopped the winning streak of Pakistan! India famous for stopping these kinds of records, once again proved that they are on top.

Deciding to bat first, India posted a mamooth total of 330. It looked like they were continuing their form from the IPL's T20.

Gambhir and Sehwag added 155 for the first wicket, though Sehwag survived a close caught behind, which the TV replay showed Kamran Akmal picked the ball from the ground.

Sehwag scored 89 off 76 balls with 13 fours and a six. He won both the man of the match and the award for fastest fifty scoring in 42 balls.

Gambhir scored run-a-ball of 62 runs with 6 fours. Yuvaraj Singh who bagged the award for scoring maximum sixes, scored 55 off 54 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes.

Yousuf Pathan and Rohit were not able to score much on the slow wicket. Dhoni scored a quick 24 with 5 fours and Raina fired two good sixes. Wahab Riaz was the costly bowler conceding 86 in his 10 overs picking 2 wickets. The bowling attack was not that decent as Pakistan gave away 38 runs in extras including 20 wides and 9 no balls.

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Chasing 331, from the beginning, Pakistan was on the back foot. Praveen Kumar rattled the top order and picked all the first 4 wickets. He picked his first two wickets in the successive balls to send Salman Butt, caught brilliantly at short cover by Rohit. He dived to his left to take an one-handed stunning catch! Next ball, Younis Khan trying to steer it to third man, took outside edge and was caught behind.

Yousuf was judged leg before off Praveen and Kamran Akmal was caught at mid on by Yousuf Pathan.

Shoaib Malik, the skipper was in the field alone fighting the Indian bowling attack. He scored 53 off 67 balls with 3 fours and a six. Shahid Afridi, who did not see much success in IPL, should have played a sensible innings. He threw his wicket by stepping out of Piyush Chawla, who bowled well to get him stumped. He then took a godo return catch to send Tanvir back to pavilion.

Praveen Kumar and Piyush Chawla picked 4 wickets each while Ishanth Sharma and Yuvaraj Singh picked 1 each.

Match Details:

Trophy: Kitply Cup - Tri-Series in Bangladesh
Match #: 2
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Date: June 10, 2008
Teams: India and Pakistan
Captains: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Shoaib Malik
Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat
Result: India won by 140 runs
Man of the Match: Virendra Sehwag of India
Score:

India 330 for 8 in 50 overs (G Gambhir 62, V Sehwag 89, Yuvaraj Singh 57, YK Pathan 3, RG Sharma 9, MS Dhoni 24, SK Raina 26, IK Pathan 18, P Kumar 6 not out, PP Chawla 0 not out, Extras--38 (b 5, lb 4, w 20, nb 9), Umar Gul 10-0-61-3, Sohail Tanvir 9.4-0-57-1, Wahab Riaz 9.2-0-86-2, Iftikhar Anjum 10-0-63-0, Shahid Afridi 10-0-52-2, Younis Khan 1-0-2-0) beat Pakistan 190 all out in 35.4 overs (Salman Butt 9, Kamran Akmal 38, Younis Khan 0, Mohammad Yousuf 11, Misbah-ul-Haq 24, Shoaib Malik 53, Shahid Afridi 23, Sohail Tanvir 6, Umar Gul 7, Iftikhar Anjum 16 not out, Wahab Riaz 0, Extras--3 (lb 3), P Kumar 9-1-53-4, I Sharma 6-0-28-1, IK Pathan 6-0-38-0, PP Chawla 8.4-0-40-4, Yuvaraj Singh 4-0-17-1, YK Pathan 2-0-11-0)

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Match 1 of Tri-Series: Pakistan Win Easily!

The first match of the tri-series hosted by Bangladesh started today with Pakistan taking the host. The match was reduced to 40 overs a side because of the rain.

Bangladesh never showed any fight in chasing the target of 234. In fact I started asking myself whether Bangladesh knew that they are playing an ODI game and not a test match. If they knew, whether they knew that they are playing a 40 over match.

Ashraful, the skipper scored 56 not out, but he too never showed any aggressiveness. They finished their innings at 163, losing the match by 70 runs.

Wahab Riaz and Afridi picked 3 wickets each and Umar Gul took 2.

Earlier, put into bat, Pakistan posted 233 on the board in 39.3 overs losing all their wickets. It was a challenging total, not impossible. Salman Butt scored 70 and Mohammad Yousuf scored 59. The slow bowlers in the middle of the innings curtailed Pakistan to a moderate target.

Match Details:

Trophy: Kitply Cup - Tri-Series in Bangladesh
Match #: 1
Venue: Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Date: June 8, 2008
Teams: Pakistan and Bangladesh
Captains: Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Ashraful
Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field
Result: Pakistan won by 70 runs
Man of the Match: Salman Butt of Pakistan
Score:

Pakistan 233 all out in 39.3 overs (Salman Butt 70, Kamran Akmal 25, Younis Khan 0, Mohammad Yousuf 59, Shahid Afridi 20, Shoaib Malik 9, Misbah-ul-Haq 39, Fawad Alam 2, Sohail Tanvir 2, Umar Gul 0 not out, Wahab Riaz 0, Extras--7 (lb 1, w 6), Mashrafe Mortaza 7-0-36-2, Shahadat Hossain 6-0-46-0, Dolar Mahmud 4-0-27-1, Abdur Razzak 7.3-0-35-3, Mahmudullah 7-0-39-0, Alok Kapali 8-0-49-3) beat Bangladesh 163 for 8 in 40 overs (Tamim Iqbal 29, Shahriar Nafees 9, Mohammad Ashraful 56 not out, Raqibul Hasan 8. Alok Kapali 0, Mushfiqur Rahim 15, Mahmudullah 7, Mashrafe Mortaza 0, Dolar Mahmud 0, Abdur Razzak 26 not out, Extras--13 (w 12, nb 1), Umar Gul 7-1-28-2, Sohail Tanvir 8-0-41-0, Wahab Riaz 7-2-22-3, Shahid Afridi 8-1-19-3, Fawad Alam 6-0-34-0, Salman Butt 3-0-19-0, Younis Khan 1-1-0-0)

Pakistan Demolishes Bangladesh! Takes 5-0 Series Win!

With Australia withdrawing the tour to Pakistan citing security concerns as the reason, PCB requested Bangladesh to tour Pakistan. It was agreed by both the cricket boards that Bangladesh will play 5 ODIs during this summer.

All the five matches played in this April, in no match Bangladesh was able to come close to Pakistan except the 3rd ODI in which Pakistan won by 23 runs. Rest of the games were one sided game.



Man of the series was given to Salman Butt of Pakistan for scoring 451 runs in 5 matches at an average of 90.2. His successful series consisted of 2 hundres and 2 fifties.

Short Scores of all five matches:

Match 1: April 8, 2008
Venue: Lahore
Toss: Pakistan and decided to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 152 runs in D/L method
Man of the Match: Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan)Score:
Pakistan 322 for 5 in 50 overs (Salman Butt 33, Mohammad Yousuf 108 not out, Shoaib Malik 85, Misbah-ul-Haq 38, Shaid Afridi 27 not out, Mashrafe Mortaza 2 for 52, Farhad Reza 2 for 41) beat Bangladesh (revised target due to rain under D/L method 282 from 39 overs) 129 all out in 29.5 overs (Mashrafe Mortaza 25, Sohail Tanvir 3 for 29, Iftikhar Anjum 2 for 16, Shahid Afridi 3 for 41)

Match 2: April 11, 2008
Venue: Faisalabad
Toss: Bangladesh and decided to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets with 10 balls remaining in D/L method
Man of the Match: Salman Butt (Pakistan)
Score:
Bangladesh 225 for 8 in 48.2 overs (rain stopped play) (Tamim Iqbal 60, Mahmudullah 58 not out, Farhad Reza 26, Dhiman Ghosh 27, Sohail Tanvir 2 for 36, Iftikhar Anjum 2 for 34, Shahid Afridi 3 for 33) lost to Pakistan (revised target due to rain under D/L method 158 from 25 overs) 160 for 3 in 23.2 overs (Salman Butt 76, Mohammad Yousuf 32 not out)

Match 3: April 13, 2008
Venue: Lahore
Toss: Pakistan and decided to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 23 runs
Man of the Match: Salman Butt (Pakistan)
Score:
Pakistan 308 for 8 in 50 overs (Salman Butt 132, Kamran Akmal 100, Shoaib Malik 33, Mashrafe Mortaza 2 for 47, Shakib Al Hasan 2 for 50) beat Bangladesh 285 for 7 in 50 overs (Tamim Iqbal 63, Aftab Ahmed 42, Shakib Al Hasan 75, Shahid Afridi 2 for 48)

Match 4: April 16, 2008
Venue: Multan
Toss: Bangladesh and decided to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 7 wickets with 33 balls remaining
Man of the Match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
Score:
Bangladesh 210 all out in 49.1 overs (Shakib Al Hasan 108, Mashrafe Mortaza 38, Mohammad Asif 2 for 35, Umar Gul 3 for 48, Sohail Khan 3 for 30) lost to Pakistan 212 for 3 in 44.3 overs (Salman Butt 74, Kamran Akmal 36, Bazid Khan 51, Mohammad Yousuf 37 not out)

Match 5: April 19, 2008
Venue: Karachi
Toss: Pakistan and decided to bat
Result: Pakistan won by 150 runs
Man of the Match: Mohammad Asif (Pakistan)
Score:
Pakistan 329 for 9 in 50 overs (Salman Butt 136, Younis Khan 69, Shoaib Malik 27, Misbah-ul-Haq 35, Mashrafe Mortaza 4 for 65, Shahadat Hossain 3 for 76, Abdur Razzak 2 for 56) beat Bangladesh 179 all out in 40.5 overs (Mohammad Ashraful 30, Mahmudullah 37, Dhiman Ghosh 29, Abdur Razzak 33, Mohammad Asif 3 for 35, Umar Gul 2 for 41, Shahid Afridi 3 for 40, Wahab Riaz 2 for 23)