MOHALI, India: Pakistan accepted their drillmaster appropriate afresh if they comatose to a third beeline World Twenty20 defeat to bow out of the championship actuality on Friday.
Needing an accurate win adjoin Australia to break animate in the tournament, the Pakistanis – labeled as “not acceptable enough” by Waqar Younis – fell abbreviate again.
It was declared to be a memorable afterpiece for skipper Shahid Afridi with players like Shoaib Malik and Ahmed Shehzad announcement that they will go all out for Lala.
But that didn’t happen.
Shehzad fell cheaply while Malik’s cyclone 40 fell way abbreviate of council Pakistan home.
Afridi, who apparently played his endure all-embracing bold for Pakistan, bootless to affect abundant either.
Pakistan were all but out of altercation already the Aussies, buoyed up by adored knocks from skipper Steve Smith and backward all-rounder Shane Watson, accumulated 193-4 afterwards electing to bat on a deliciously batting strip.
Pakistan’s bowlers bootless to accommodate the Aussies in the afterlife overs and accustomed their opponents to milk them for runs. The Australians formed 58 runs off the endure four overs bowled by Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Sami.
The floodgates opened in the 17th over bowled by Amir in which the duo of Smith and Watson took 17 runs. Sami conceded 15 in the next while Wahab gave 12 runs in the 19th afore Amir was hit for a six and a four by Watson in a 15-run final over.
Having kicked Pakistan out of the tournament, the Australians accept set up a basic quarter-final adjoin hosts India at Mohali on Sunday (tomorrow).
“It’s not an abrupt result,” above Pakistan captain told ‘The News’. “We bootless in bearing a above aggregation and should accept been accessible for such a setback. You can’t win a World Cup with a aggregation like this,” he said candidly.
Agencies add: Smith addled an best 63 off 43 to beacon Australia to 193-4, afore James Faulkner took 5 wickets, including two off afterwards deliveries in the final over, to advice his aggregation allowance the win.
Man-of-the-match Faulkner gave abroad just 27 runs and was helped by addition absorbing achievement by adolescent leg-spinner Adam Zampa, who took two for 32.
Australia, batting aboriginal on a green-tinged pitch, absent three wickets in quick succession, with fit-again paceman Wahab Riaz accomplishing the antecedent accident by bowling in-form Usman Khawaja for 21 and barter David Warner on nine.
Aaron Finch went next, bowled by left-arm spinner Imad Wasim for 15 to leave Australia disturbing on 57-3.
Smith, however, steadied the address aided aboriginal by Glenn Maxwell (30 off 24 deliveries) and afresh by the big-hitting Shane Watson.
Watson addled four fours and three sixes to chase to an best 44 off 21 deliveries as Australia took 66 runs off the endure 5 overs.
Pakistan got off to a poor start, accident Ahmed Shehzad for one, and Faulkner best up the key wicket of opener Sharjeel Khan who burst six boundaries en avenue to a accelerated 30.
Zampa got into the act by accepting Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi addled for 14 and bowled Umar Akmal, who was searching alarming afterwards cutting up 32 in 20 balls.
But Faulkner took the acclamation with a match-winning performance, bowling the acclimatized Khalid Latif (46 off 64 balls) afore arresting afresh next brawl to get Wasim.
He was at it afresh at the death, absolution Sarfraz Ahmed and Riaz with his aboriginal two deliveries as Pakistan, who bare 30 runs from the endure six balls, ran out of steam.
The win took Australia to additional abode in the five-team group, abaft New Zealand, who are already through to the semi-finals and advanced of India in third due to a above net run rate.
Pakistan are fourth in the table advanced of Bangladesh, with one win and three defeats in four games.
Score Board
Australia won toss
Australia
U T Khawaja b Wahab 21
A J Finch b Imad 15
D A Warner b Wahab 9
*S P D Smith not out 61
G J Maxwell c Ahmed b Imad 30
S R Watson not out 44
Extras (lb 8, w 5) 13
Total (4 wickets; 20 overs) 193
Did not bat: J P Faulkner, †P M Nevill, A Zampa, N M Coulter-Nile, J R Hazlewood
Fall: 1-28, 2-42, 3-57, 4-119
Bowling: Amir 4-0-39-0 (1w); Sami 4-0-53-0 (3w); Wahab 4-0-35-2; Shahid 4-0-27-0; Imad 4-0-31-2
Pakistan
Sharjeel Khan b Faulkner 30
Ahmed Shehzad c Coulter-Nile b Hazlewood 1
Khalid Latif b Faulkner 46
Umar Akmal b Zampa 32
*Shahid Afridi st Nevill b Zampa 14
Shoaib Malik not out 40
Imad Wasim c Coulter-Nile b Faulkner 0
†Sarfraz Ahmed c Khawaja b Faulkner 2
Wahab Riaz c Hazlewood b Faulkner 0
M Sami not out 4
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 1) 3
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 172
Did not bat: M Amir
Fall: 1-20, 2-40, 3-85, 4-110, 5-147, 6-147, 7-164, 8-164
Bowling: Hazlewood 4-0-26-1 (1w); Coulter-Nile 4-0-45-0; Faulkner 4-0-27-5; Watson 2-0-27-0; Zampa 4-0-32-2; Maxwell 2-0-13-0
Result: Australia won by 21 runs
Man of the Match: J P Faulkner (Australia)
Umpires: H D P K Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and M Erasmus (South Africa). TV umpire: R K Illingworth (England). Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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