T20 ICC WORLD TWENTY20 WEST INDIES 2010 - Super Eight: NZ Vs Pak

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PAK UP TIME?

Butt's Effort Not Enough As NZ Win By 1 Run

Bridgetown: Defending champions Pakistan suffered their third straight defeat, including two devastating ones in the Super Eight, to be on the brink of elimination here in the T20 World Cup on Saturday morning. Chasing New Zealand's 133, after electing to bowl first, Pakistan fell short by just one run in match full of twists and turns. In the last over, with four wickets in hand, they just needed 11 runs to stay afloat in the tournament.

          But opening batsman Salman Butt, who was on strike with 59, managed only two dot balls and two boundaries off the first four deliveries. More alarmingly, he found himself at the wrong end after the fifth as a sharp Yorker results in a bye.

         Last ball. Two to get; or at least one to force a tie, and the eliminator. But Abdur Rehman, attempts a swipe and manages to sky it to deep square leg for a heart-breaking defeat. Ian Butler, who bowled the high-pressure over was named man of the match, for his haul of three for 19.

         Pakistan have already lost to England: their only hope of sneaking into the semifinal hinges on an England sweep in the pool.They will, of course, need to win their last game against South Africa too to bring net run-rate into the picture.

        New Zealand made a quiet but effective start, enen as Pakistan came out with all their pacers blazing. Brendon McCullum (33) and Jesse Ryder added 34 for the first wicket before the game's first twist: Mohammad Sami and Rehman picked up two wickets each to grab the upper hand.

         At 58 for four, Daniel Vettori (38) was again called to play a captain's knock; alnong with Scott Styris (21), he added 40 runs in the crucial middle overs.

        Spinners Shahid Afridi and Saaeed Ajmal continued the good work started by Mohammed Hafeez to squeeze New Zealand into a corner. 133 for seven were surely not adequate.

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T20 ICC WORLD TWENTY20 WEST INDIES 2010 - Super Eight: SL Vs WI

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MAHELA MAYHEM

Jayawardene Magic Leaves West Indies Spellbound In Super-Eight Clash

Brigetown (Barbados): Mahela Jayawardene's superb form at the World Twenty20 continued as he made an unbeaten 98 in Sri Lanka's 57-run win over the West Indies in the Super Eights here on Friday.

        The opener's entrancing innings at the Kensington Oval was the centre piece of Sri Lanka's total of 195 for three -- the best by any side this tournament. But the West Indies helped last year's losing finalists greatly by missing six chances during a wretched fielding display as they lost for the first time in the competition.

          Jayawardene, given two reprieves, faced 56 balls with four sixes and nine fours as he followed up his 81 against new Zealand and 100 against Zimbabwe with another dominant innings. The former captain's average for the tournament now stands at a scarcely credible 139-5 and there is no doubt he is enjoying his new lease of life as an opener in this format.

         "Whatever the role you're given, you back yourself to contribute," Jayawardene said at the post-match presentation. Opening the batting gives you more time, it suits my game,"he added.

         Earlier on Friday, a statement on Sri Lanka Cricket's own website berated the national's team performances in the Caribbean so far, saying nost of the senior players looked "rusty and tired".

        The statement added: "Jayawardene seems to be the sole breadwinner in the batting department. He needs support." Well in this match he got it from Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara (60) in a partnership of 166, the second best in all Twenty20 internationals. Only Loots Bosman and Graeme Smith, with 170 for South Africa against England at Cenuri on last year, have enjoyed a bigger stand at this level.

        "Mahela was superb again, his form has been crucial to us getting this far in the tournament," said Sangakkara, dropped on nought and 27. West Indies captain Chris Gayle, who dropped Sangakkara at slip when his opposite nimber had yet to score, was at a loss to explain his team's inept fielding.

         "We had our chances, but we put them down, "he said. "I can't say why our fielding was so bad, we have worked extremely hard on it."

 

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