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12 Sep, 2007, Durban: Pakistan began their Twenty20 cricket campaign by defeating Scotland by 51 runs in the Group D match here at the Kingsmead Stadium on Wednesday.
Batting first, Pakistan had piled up a score of 171, losing nine wickets in 20 overs, for Scotland. In reply, Scotland cricket team were bowled out for 120 runs in 19.5 overs.
Earlier, Scotland cricket team had won the toss and elected to field first. Pakistan cricket team had a shaky start losing its opening batsman Imran Nazir for his personnel score of 4 runs. Pakistan cricket team that time had scored 9 runs. Once, Md. Hafeez came in at one down; things became steady for them; and they made 24 runs when Salman Butt was caught by Haq off Blain’s delivery. He made 13 runs.
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Most Pakistan’s batsmen contributed with runs. However, the standout batsman was Younis Khan, who made 41 runs of 29 balls hitting three fours and two sixes. Shahid Afridi, who was declared as the man of match for his all-round performance, made 22 runs and took four valuable wickets for his team.
Umar Gul also picked up four wickets for Pakistan; while Md. Asif and Md. Hafeez got one wicket each.
Scotland cricket team, too, had a shaky start losing its first wicket at 9 runs—Pakistan too had lost its wicket at that score. RR Watson was the first man for Scotland to have return to pavilion at a personnel score of 2 runs. He was caught by Md. Hafeez of Gul’s bowling.
Their main batsmen, made runs in single digit, were not able to play negotiate the spin balls of Shahid Afridi, who grabbed four wickets. However, their lower end batsmen managed to post some runs on board.
Scotland’s first six batsmen made just 55 runs; where as their last five batsmen made a significant 52 runs and they were lucky to get 13 extra runs.
For Scotland cricket team, CM Right bagged highest three wickets followed by Blain, Nel and R.M. Haq who grabbed two wickets each.
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Pakistan vs Scotland (Scorecard)
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Pakistan beat Scotland by 51 runs
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Pakistan Innings
171 for 9 wickets (20 overs)
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Scotland Innings
120 All Out (19.5 overs)
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| Pakistan innings |
| Batsman |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Salman Butt |
c Haq |
b Blain |
13 |
23 |
2 |
0 |
| Imran Nazi |
c Hamilton |
b Blain |
4 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| Mohd Hafeez |
c Wright |
b Wright |
18 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
| Younis Khan |
c Watts |
b Haq |
41 |
29 |
3 |
2 |
| Shoaib Malik |
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b Haq |
11 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
| Shahid Afridi |
c Haq |
b Wright |
22 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
| Misbah-ul-Haq |
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b Wright |
23 |
16 |
4 |
0 |
| Kamran Akmal |
c Watts |
b Nel |
16 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
| Yasir Arafat |
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b Nel |
17 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
| Umar Gul |
not out |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras |
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lb 1, w 5 |
6 |
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| Total |
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for 9 |
171 |
20(ovs) |
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| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| JAR Blain |
4 |
0 |
23 |
2 |
| JD Nel |
4 |
1 |
25 |
2 |
| DR Brown |
4 |
0 |
44 |
0 |
| RM Haq |
4 |
0 |
49 |
2 |
| CM Wright |
4 |
0 |
29 |
3 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 09 |
Imran Nazir |
| 24 |
Salman Butt |
| 50 |
Mohammad Hafeez |
| 81 |
Shoaib Malik |
| 108 |
Shahid Afridi |
| 116 |
Younis Khan |
| 146 |
Misbah-ul-Haq |
| 159 |
Kamran Akmal |
| 171 |
Yasir Arafat |
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Scotland Inning
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| Batsman |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| DF Watts |
c Imran Nazir |
b Mohammad Hafeez |
46 |
35 |
9 |
0 |
| RR Watson |
c Mohammad Hafeez |
b Umar Gul |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| NS Poonia |
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b Umar Gul |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| GM Hamilton |
c Umar Gul |
b Shahid Afridi |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| NFI McCallum |
c Mohammad Asif |
b Shahid Afridi |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| DR Brown |
c Imran Nazir |
b Shahid Afridi |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| CJO Smith |
c Yasir Arafat |
b Shahid Afridi |
11 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| RM Haq |
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b Mohammad Asif |
14 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
| CM Wright |
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b Umar Gul |
14 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
| JAR Blain |
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b Umar Gul |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| JD Nel |
not out |
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13 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
| Extras |
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lb 7, w 5, nb 1 |
13 |
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| Total |
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All Out |
120 |
19.5(ovs) |
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| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
| Mohammad Asif |
3.5 |
0 |
28 |
1 |
| Umar Gul |
4 |
0 |
25 |
4 |
| Mohammad Hafeez |
4 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
| Shahid Afridi |
4 |
0 |
19 |
4 |
| Yasir Arafat |
3 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
| Shoaib Malik |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 9 |
Watson |
| 38 |
Poonia |
| 53 |
Hamilton |
| 54 |
McCallum |
| 59 |
Watts |
| 60 |
Brown |
| 79 |
Smith |
| 102 |
Wright |
| 102 |
Blain |
| 120 |
Haq |
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| Result: | Pakistan wins by 51 runs
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Man of the Match: |
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) |
Umpires: | SJ Davis (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia) |
TV umpire: | BR Doctrove (West Indies) |
Match referee: |
MJ Procter |
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