Posted on 26 February 2011
Tags: pakistan, Premadasa Stadium, Shahid Afridi, SriLanka
Pakistan Cricket team lead by Shahid Khan Afridi Won its 2nd match of tournament against Srilanka on 26th February 2011. Shahid Afridi won the toss and selected to bat 1st. Match was played at Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Srilanka.
Pakistan took victory over 1996 world champion team Srilanka by 11 runs. Srilankan team played well but could not stand against Pakistan bowlers. Shahid Afridi took 4 wickets in 10 overs for 34 runs.
Srilankan team made 266 runs in 50 overs for 9 wickets, only 10 runs behind tie line.
Pakistan now have four points and Srilanka have 2 points on world cup 2011 points table after this match.
Posted on 27 September 2009
Tags: Cricinfo, double century, half-century, Harbhajan Singh, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Yusuf Pathan
4
The number of double-century partnerships for Pakistan in ODIs against India. The 206 between Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik is the second-highest among them, and the highest for the fourth wicket. It’s also the highest – and the only double-century stand – in an ODI in Centurion.
51.06
The average stand between Yousuf and Malik in ODIs. In 51 innings, they have put together six century stands and ten half-century ones. The average is higher than Yousuf’s average with Inzamam-ul-Haq (44.36) and Younis Khan (46.28).
52.24
Shoaib Malik’s ODI average against India, at a strike rate of 89.91. Four of his seven centuries have come off the Indians. His last five innings against them read 89, 53, 11*, 123* and 128.
35
The number of fours scored by Pakistan in their innings. India managed only 19.
11
The number of fours conceded by India’s two main spinners, Harbhajan and Yusuf Pathan. Pakistan’s two leading spinners, Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal, conceded only three fours.
71.10
Harbhajan Singh’s bowling average in ODIs against Pakistan. In 15 matches he has taken only ten wickets at an economy rate of 4.86 runs per wicket.
Source: Cricinfo