Pakistan On Fire

Pakistanis got their third win in a row as they beat Canada by 46 runs.Afridi stars as he took 5 wickets for just 23 runs.The day started badly for Pakistan as their openers went back to the pavilion early and same went for the middle order ,Pakistan lost their 4 wickets for 67 runs in 17 overs.But Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal played very vital role and got a partnership of 73 runs for the fifth wicket,they played slowly and very carefully unfortunately Umar Akmal got out on 48 and Misbah-ul-Haq added 37 vital runs to the scorecard.No one was able to make a better contribtion and the whole team was booked in 43 overs for 183 runs.

Canada in reply was also not able to get a good start as they lose their 2 wickets very early.Canada started to play slowly and carefully but inspite of that they kept losing their wickets at regular intervals as the captain of Pakistan did not let Canada to settle down.Only Jimmy Hansra from Canada got a decent score of 43 from 75 balls,Zubin Sarkari made a contribution of 27 runs from 67 balls but still the Canadian team was booked on the total score of 138 in 42.5 overs and Pakistan got their third win.Pakistan is now placed at the top of the group with 6 points while Sri Lanka is on the second spot with 4 points.Here are the highlights of Afridi's second 5 wicket haul in the world cup.