Pakistan made 329 runs in 50 overs with the loss of 6 wickets, Now India will play the match.Overs (41- 50) Pak 256/0, RR: 6.58 Misbah 4 (5), Gul 0 (1)
Mirpur: 5.20 pm 50th Over: Pak 329/6 OUT!!! F.O.W 323/5 SUPER CATCH FROM KOHLI Hammad Azam (4) hit the ball into the orbit but Virat Kohli judged the ball well taking two paces backward catching the ball behind him at deep extra cover.
5.14 pm 49th Over: Pak 324/5 OUT!!! F.O.W 323/5 ABSOLUTE BLINDER FROM RAINA Raina plucks one out of thin air to dismiss the dangerous Younis Khan for 52.
5.09 pm 48th Over: Pak 318/4 OUT!!! F.O.W 313/4 Afridi perishes for 9 runs as he was holed out in the deep by Virat Kohli.
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5.03 pm 47th Over: Pak 307/3 Younis Khan hit two boundaries in the over as Praveen Kumar conceded 12 off the over.
4.59 pm 46th Over: Pak 295/3 Afridi, Younis accumulate another 8 runs off Irfan Pathan’s 9th over.
4.54 pm 45th Over: Pak 287/3 9 runs of the Praveen Kumar over.
4.49 pm 45th Over: Pak 278/3 Five runs of the over. A single off the second ball of the over took Shahid ‘BOOM BOOM’ Afridi to 7000 ODI runs with an avg. of just over 23.
4.47 pm 44th Over: Pak 274/3 A Single takes Shahid ‘BOOM BOOM’ Afridi to 7000 ODI runs.
4.43 pm 43rd Over: Pak 273/3 OUT!!! F.O.W 273/3 Umar Akmal departed after scoring 28 off 24 balls as he tried a paddle sweep off full toss managing it to scoop it to Gambhir at short fine leg.
4.40 pm 42nd Over: Pak 270/2 Akmal and Younis also are looking strong in the middle.
4.37 pm 41st Over: Pak 262/2 6 runs off the over and Praveen Kumar at this point has an economy of 7.83.
Overs (31- 40) Pak 256/0, RR: 6.40 Akmal 20 (14), Younis 11 (9)
4.32 pm 40th Over: Pak 256/2 Ashwin finished his quota of 10 overs conceding 56 runs with a lone wicket of Nasir Jamshed. 10 overs remaining, fireworks on the cards with Akmal in the middle.
4.28 pm 39th Over: Pak 251/2 14 off the over. Aggressive Umar Akmal launched Dinda’s second ball over midwicket, one bounce FOUR. Akmal made it better one ball later with another excellent shot for FOUR as he scooped the pitched up delivery over mid off.
4.22 pm 38th Over: Pak 237/2 ON FIELD COLLISION Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli bump into each other very hard as Younis Khan and Umar Akmal run four runs of the second ball. 6 runs off the over.
4.18 pm 37th Over: Pak 231/2 OUT!!! F.O.W 225/2 Ashok Dinda foxed Hafeez with a slower one. Mohammed Hafeez departed after a classy 105 runs off 112 balls. Dinda gets the reward for his tight bowling. Hafeez went for a sweep but failed to judge the pace of the slower one. The ball hit his back leg in front of the stumps and Umpire Ian Gould had no hesitation is adjudging the allrounder Leg Before Wicket.
4.13 pm 36th Over: Pak 224/1 OUT!!! F.O.W 224/1 Tremendous innings from Nasir Jamshed 112 (104 balls) comes to an end as he tried to up the tempo. He had earlier cracked a wonderful FOUR over extra cover playing the inside out shot off Ashwin but he tried to slog the next ball only to be holed out at short third man by Irfan Pathan.
4.06 pm 35th Over: Pak 218/0 MAIDEN CENTURY FOR NASIR JAMSHED It took him just nine balls to reach his ton from 90 as the southpaw justified his place in the squad after being given a chance in long time. Pakistan on the ascendency as Jamshed cracked a SIX in the same over.
4.01 pm 34th Over: Pak 209/0 Pakistan got six runs off the Ashwin over as Nasir Jamshed inched closer to his maiden hundred.
3.54 pm 33rd Over: Pak 203/0 CENTURY FOR HAFEEZ No 90s jitter for the allrounder, as he reached his hundred from ninety in just 11 balls. The opening pair also racked up their 200-run partnership, a first for Pakistan openers against India.
3.49 pm 32nd Over: Pak 197/0 Yusuf Pathan bowls his fifth over as Jamshed moves into the 90s. 6 runs off the over.
3.45 pm 31st Over: Pak 191/0 7 runs off the over. As both the openers inch closer to their centuries. No 90s jitters for Hafeez yet as he is batting in the same vein as his start.
Overs (21- 30) Pak 184/0, RR: 6.13 Hafeez 93 (96), Jamshed 85 (84)
3.40 pm 30th Over: Pak 184/0 Thick outside edge earns Jamshed a lucky boundary, probably the first unconvincing shot from the southpaw till now.
3.37 pm 29th Over: Pak 175/0 Nasir Jamshed surpasses his previous best effort in ODIs as Ashwin yields 5 runs.
3.31 pm 28th Over: Pak 170/0 SIX Hafeez went down on one knee and hoisted Yusuf Pathan for a mammoth hit for SIX over midwicket. Hafeez moves into the nineties. 11 runs off the over.
3.37 pm 27th Over: Pak 159/0 Ashwin’s fifth over yields three runs.
3.27 pm 26th Over: Pak 156/0 JAMSHED DROPPED Sachin dropped a difficult chance off his own bowling as Jamshed hit back the ball with power to Sachin. He got his hand out but the ball hit his ring finger. He is was pain as physio walked out to the middle. Raina finishes the over. 6 runs off the over.
3.22 pm 25th Over: Pak 150/0 It is cruise control mode for Pakistan as Hafeez looked solid going to the backfoot and frontfoot with ease taking on Ashwin.
3.17 pm 24th Over: Pak 145/0 Sachin into the attack and concedes 8 runs. Sachin was on the shorter side as Hafeez got a FOUR in the over as well.
3.14 pm 23th Over: Pak 137/0 Yusuf Pathan’s third over, openers take four singles.
3.10 pm 22nd Over: Pak 133/0 Jamshed gets a FOUR and the openers run three singles. 7 runs off the over.
3.07 pm 21st Over: Pak 126/0 The openers are well set and without taking any risk as cruising along taking singles. Senior Pathan’s second over yielded 5 runs.
Overs (11- 20) Pak 121/0, RR: 6.05 Hafeez 62 (67), Jamshed 55 (53)
3.05 pm 20th Over: Pak 121/0 A rare tidy over by Ashwin as he concedes just 2 runs.
3.01 pm 19th Over: Pak 119/0 Short and wide and Hafeez clobbers it past point. Hafeez turning the heat on the hapless Indian bowlers. 13 off the over.
2.54 pm 18th Over: Pak 106/0 FIFTY FOR HAFEEZ and JAMSHED Hafeez drove one past point for his half-century and then Jamshed cracked one to the square leg boundary to reach his second fifty of the Asia Cup 2012. Also the pair brought up Pakistan’s 100 as well. But Dinda comeback well with a good bouncer off the last ball that had Jamshed in all sorts of trouble. 12 runs off the over.
2.44 pm 17th Over: Pak 94/0 Expensive first over by Ravichandran Ashwin. 11 runs off the over. The very first ball, Nasir Jamshed pounced on to a short one, going to his backfoot in a flash timing it to the extra cover boundary. Is Ashwin feeling the pressure? Bowls a wide second ball and if it was not for Dinda’s terrific effort at fine leg his third ball would have been a four as well.
2.40 pm 16th Over: Pak 83/0 Dinda bowled his fourth over conceding just two runs. He has so far persisted with the offside line and kept both the batsmen in check.
2.37 pm 15th Over: Pak 81/0 Comeback man Yusuf Pathan’s first over yields five singles. Hafeez into the forties.
2.34 pm 14th Over: Pak 76/0 FOUR off the second ball as Jamshed executed the square cut well. Jamshed then played the wrong line the next ball, trying to sweep the ball but it hit the pads in front of the leg stump; Sharma appealed but umpire Steve Davis reckoned that not out. Another good over for Pak, 9 runs off it.
2.30 pm 13th Over: Pak 67/0 6 off the over as both Hafeez and Jamshed looked at ease facing the part-timers.
2.25 pm 12th Over: Pak 61/0 Spin from both the ends as Dhoni gives the ball to his second part-time bowler Rohit Sharma. 3 runs off the over.
2.21 pm 11th Over: Pak 58/0 Second bowling change, Raina into the attack and he concedes 7 runs off his first over.
Overs (1- 10) Pak 51/0, RR: 5.10 Hafeez 27 (34), Jamshed 22 (26)
2.19 pm 10th Over: Pak 51/0 Third ball: Yorker gone wrong, full toss by Pathan and Nasir Jamshed splits the gap between cover and extra cover for a boundary. Four off the last ball as well. 50-run partnership up for Hafeez and Jamshed. 10 runs off the over.
2.11 pm 9th Over: Pak 41/0 FOUR for Hafeez with a classy shot. The ball came in marginally but Hafeez adjusted and stroked it past mid off yet again with good timing.
2.07 pm 8th Over: Pak 36/0 Short from Praveen again and Hafeez gets in position early and pulls it towards midwicket. Third FOUR for Hafeez. Hafeez timed another ball well towards point but Manoj Tiwary in for Sachin Tendulkar makes a sharp stop.
2.00 pm 7th Over: Pak 31/0 First bowling change, Ashok Dinda, who had a disappointing match against Bangladesh started off here with some aggression. Just one run off the over.
1.57 pm 6th Over: Pak 30/0 Just three runs off the over as Yusuf Pathan stopped a certain boundary at mid off from Nasir Jamshed.
1.52 pm 5th Over: Pak 27/0 A tidy over by Praveen Kumar but not convincing as he still bowled a bit short and wide.
1.46 pm 4th Over: Pak 25/0 Pathan bowled just a tad short and Hafeez rose with the ball executing a half push with perfect timing. Another FOUR towards the extra cover region. Pathan though came back strongly with couple of in-swingers that had Hafeez in trouble.
1.41 pm 3rd Over: Pak 20/0 Powerful backfoot push to long off for FOUR by Nasir Jamshed followed by another flick towards deep midwicket for another FOUR . Praveen strayed in line on both the occasions bowling it on Jamshed’s pads. Jamshed picked up his third boundary off the last ball helping the leg side ball on its way to the fine leg fence. 12 off the over.
1.36 pm 2nd Over: Pak 8/0 Second over by Irfan Pathan and he started off well hitting the right length first up.
1.32 pm 1st Over: Pak 5/0 Praveen Kumar started off the proceedings and Mohammed Hafeez helped himself with a boundary off the thrid ball as PK banged it short and wide.
