Pakistan vs Canada, 17th Match, Group A at Colombo, , Mar 03 2011 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

17th Match, Group A (D/N), Colombo (RPS), March 03, 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup

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Pakistan

184

Canada

(42.5/50 ov, T:185) 138

Pakistan won by 46 runs

Player Of The Match

Shahid Afridi

, PAK

20 (17) & 5/23

Shahid Afridi celebrates a wicket•Mar 03, 2011•Getty Images

Shahid Afridi asks for a review, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Shahid Afridi asks for a review•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Shahid Afridi strikes a pose after castling Jimmy Hansra, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Shahid Afridi strikes a pose after castling Jimmy Hansra•Mar 03, 2011•Getty Images

Jimmy Hansra top scored for Canada with 43, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Jimmy Hansra top scored for Canada with 43•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Shahid Afridi celebrates the wicket of Ashish Bagai, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Shahid Afridi celebrates the wicket of Ashish Bagai •Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Umar Gul gets rid of Ruvindu Gunasekera, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Umar Gul gets rid of Ruvindu Gunasekera•Mar 03, 2011•Getty Images

Harvir Baidwan gets rid of Saeed Ajmal, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Harvir Baidwan gets rid of Saeed Ajmal•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Canada are thrilled with the dismissal of Wahab Riaz, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Canada are thrilled with the dismissal of Wahab Riaz•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Umar Akmal top scored for Pakistan with 48, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Umar Akmal top scored for Pakistan with 48•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Harvir Baidwan celebrates the dismissal of Ahmed Shehzad, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Harvir Baidwan celebrates the dismissal of Ahmed Shehzad •Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Umpire Daryl Harper warns Ahmed Shehzad not to talk too much to the batsman, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Umpire Daryl Harper warns Ahmed Shehzad not to talk too much to the batsman•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Rizwan Cheema throws his wicket away, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Rizwan Cheema throws his wicket away•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Shahid Afridi looks to the heavens after completing his five-for, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Shahid Afridi looks to the heavens after completing his five-for•Mar 03, 2011•Associated Press

Shahid Afridi is overjoyed after bowling Harvir Baidwan, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Shahid Afridi: at the forefront of Pakistan's turnaround•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Pakistan get-together after the wicket of Nitish Kumar, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Pakistan get-together after the wicket of Nitish Kumar•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Pakistan fought back with Abdul Razzaq castling Nitish Kumar, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Pakistan fought back with Abdul Razzaq castling Nitish Kumar•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Canada celebrate after Jimmy Hansra knocks over Wahab Riaz, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Canada celebrate after Jimmy Hansra knocks over Wahab Riaz•Mar 03, 2011•Getty Images

Canada are all smiles after knocking over Kamran Akmal, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Canada are all smiles after knocking over Kamran Akmal•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Kamran Akmal is dismissed by Rizwan Cheema for 16, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Kamran Akmal is dismissed by Rizwan Cheema for 16•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Henry Osinde gave Canada an early breakthrough, Canada v Pakistan, Group A, World Cup 2011, Colombo, March 3, 2011

Henry Osinde gave Canada an early breakthrough•Mar 03, 2011•AFP

Match Coverage

All Match News

Canada 'boggled' by DRS decisions

Ashish Bagai, the Canada captain, was "boggled" by some of the decisions made by the DRS (Decision Review System) in his side's tense 43-run loss to Pakistan at the Premadasa on Thursday

Pakistan's defensive tactics almost cost them

Taking the batting Powerplay with tailenders at the wicket; plans to bowl maidens when defending 184; five outside the circle when an Associate nation is eight down - surely Pakistan are being too cautious

Bagai says Canada's plans failed

Canada's captain Ashish Bagai has praised his side's bowling and fielding effort against Pakistan, but said the bastmen could not execute the plans of playing their natural games and seeing off Shahid Afridi

A Leverock moment, and an off day for umpires

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the match between Pakistan and Canada

Afridi's five seals Pakistan victory

Where Ireland went, Canada could not follow as their dreams of a World Cup fairytale were blown away by Shahid Afridi

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Videos

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2:58

Shahid Afridi: Wake up call for us

2:44

Ashish Bagai: Weren't good enough today

4:44

Afridi is making this World Cup pretty much his own

Canada Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
R Gunasekera	lbw	8	16
NR Kumar	bowled	2	13
ZE Surkari	lbw	27	67
A Bagai	lbw	16	35
AS Hansra	bowled	43	75
Rizwan Cheema	bowled	4	8
TG Gordon	caught	9	12
HS Baidwan	bowled	0	1
Khurram Chohan	not out	5	20
WD Balaji Rao	run out	1	7
H Osinde	bowled	0	3
Extras	(lb 4, w 19)
Total	138(10 wkts; 42.5 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
Abdul Razzaq	7	2	16	1	2.28
Umar Gul	7	1	20	1	2.85
Shahid Afridi	10	0	23	5	2.3
Wahab Riaz	5.5	0	23	1	3.94
Saeed Ajmal	8	0	31	1	3.87
Mohammad Hafeez	5	0	21	0	4.2

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	16	Ruvindu Gunasekera	Nitish Kumar
2nd	0	Zubin Surkari	Nitish Kumar
3rd	28	Ashish Bagai	Zubin Surkari
4th	60	Zubin Surkari	Jimmy Hansra
5th	7	Rizwan Cheema	Jimmy Hansra
6th	3	Tyson Gordon	Jimmy Hansra
7th	0	Tyson Gordon	Harvir Baidwan
8th	16	Khurram Chohan	Tyson Gordon
9th	4	Balaji Rao	Khurram Chohan
10th	4	Khurram Chohan	Henry Osinde

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ICC Cricket World Cup

Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PAK	6	5	1	10	0.758
SL	6	4	1	9	2.582
AUS	6	4	1	9	1.123
NZ	6	4	2	8	1.135
ZIM	6	2	4	4	0.030
CAN	6	1	5	2	-1.987
KENYA	6	0	6	0	-3.042

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SA	6	5	1	10	2.026
IND	6	4	1	9	0.900
ENG	6	3	2	7	0.072
WI	6	3	3	6	1.066
BAN	6	3	3	6	-1.361
IRE	6	2	4	4	-0.696
NED	6	0	6	0	-2.045

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