ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 - 25th Match
(Pool B: Pakistan vs UAE at Napier)
Pakistan batsmen craft huge win
| Pakistan | vs | UAE |
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| 339/6 (50) | 210/8 (50) | |
| Pakistan won by 129 runs | ||
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| Photo © ICC |
Pakistan primed their fans for either startling exhilaration or further frustration by first clobbering 339 in mostly efficient style, before damning the UAE chase by the end of their mandatory Powerplay. Hopes that this Pakistan team is capable of as dramatic and irrepressible a surge as that which won the 1992 World Cup will be momentarily boosted by the 129-run victory, but a truer test awaits them at Eden Park on Saturday.
Another single-figure failure from Nasir Jamshed suggested more batting woe, before Pakistan adopted the blueprint that has seen other teams surpass 300 at the tournament. They survived at the start, sailed through the middle overs, then savaged the death bowling, reaping 143 from the final 12 to heap punishment on a wasteful UAE fielding effort, and an attack that was toothless after their own mandatory Powerplay.
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