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australia into semis despite Pakistan win
cOlOmbO: Pakistan cricketer nasir Jamshed plays a shot during the icc twenty20 cricket World cup's Super eight match against australia. AFP cOLOMBO AFP
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AKISTAN gave themselves a big chance of reaching the World Twenty20 semi-finals Tuesday with a shock 32-run win over Australia, who reached the last four regardless courtesy of their net run rate. Pakistan made 149-6 after being sent in to bat in the group two Super Eights match at the Premadasa stadium, before a five-man spin attack restricted Australia to 117-7. Prolific spinner Saeed Ajmal claimed 3-17, but it was 20-year-old Raza Hasan who was declared man of the match for conceding just 14 runs and taking two
Patel stays tied up in notts NOttINGHAM: England all-rounder Samit Patel has signed a new three year deal with Nottinghamshire, the county announced Tuesday. Patel, a regular in England's limited-overs teams, top-scored with 67 on Monday as England were knocked out of the World Twenty20 with a defeat to hosts Sri Lanka. The 27-year-old made his Test debut earlier this year in Sri Lanka but is not a firm fixture in the Test side, meaning he remains a valuable asset in Notts' domestic bids for silverware. AFP
cOlOmbO: raza Hasan celebrates after he dismissed of Glenn maxwell (unseen) during the icc twenty20 cricket World cup's Super eight match. AFP and David Warner, were dismissed by the fifth over with only 19 runs on the board. Australia, who needed to make 112 or more to qualify, achieved the target when Hussey cut seamer Umar Gul to the fence off the first ball of the final over. Gul's two overs at the end were the only ones by a seamer as the spinners shared 18 overs between themselves. Pakistan's innings revolved around left-hander Nasir Jamshed's 55 off 46 balls, which contained four boundaries and two sixes. After the openers were removed by the sixth over, Jamshed put on 79 off 55 balls for the third wicket with Kamran Akmal, who made 32 before both batsmen were dismissed in the space of three deliveries.
wickets in four overs of steady left-arm spin. Both teams ended the Super Eights on four points each, which knocked winless South Africa out of the tournament. Australia advanced to the semi-finals despite the defeat due to having the best net run-rate in the group. The result left India needing an emphatic win over South Africa later on Tuesday to stop Pakistan's progress. Sri Lanka and the West Indies have already qualified from group one. Veteran Mike Hussey was Australia's saviour with an unbeaten 54 off 47 balls as none of the other batsmen managed to cross 15 against the rampaging spinners. Australia never looked comfortable after their in-form openers, Shane Watson
cOlOmbO: Saeed ajmal (r) celebrates dismissing Pat cummins (unseen). AFP
SCoreBoArd PAKISTAn: 4 Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Starc Imran nazir c Bailey b Watson 14 55 nasir jamshed c Warner b doherty Kamran Akmal c White b Starc 32 9 umar Akmal not out Abdul razzaq c Watson b Cummins 22 Shahid Afridi b Starc 4 4 Shoaib Malik not out eXTrAS: (lb2, w3) 5 149 ToTAl (for six wickets, 20 overs) Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Hafeez), 2-29 (nazir), 3-108 (jamshed), 4108 (K. Akmal), 5-136 (razzaq), 6-144 (Afridi). Bowling: doherty 4-0-27-1 (w1), Starc 4-0-20-3, Watson 4-023-1 (w1), Cummins 4-0-42-1 (w1), Maxwell 1-0-6-0, Hogg 3-0-29-0. AuSTrAlIA: 8 S. Watson lbw b Hasan
SL switch captains to avoid ban briton admits t20 PALLEKELE AFP
Hosts Sri Lanka have used a bagful of tricks to outwit rivals on their way to the World Twenty20 semi-finals -- even changing captains for a match to further their cause. Eyebrows were raised when Kumar Sangakkara, and not regular captain Mahela Jayawardene, walked out to toss in Monday's last Super Eights match against England in Pallekele. Both Jayawardene and designated vice-captain Angelo Mathews were
part of the playing eleven, but the team sheet had senior pro Sangakkara as skipper in an extraordinary turn of events. Jayawardene explained later the change was made to prevent him and Mathews from missing out on the semi-finals since both of them were already serving a one-match notice for slow over-rates. "The intention was not wrong," Jayawardene said after the 19-run win over England that knocked the defending champions out of the tournament and lifted the hosts and the West Indies into
the semi-finals from group one. "I had a warning for an over-rate issue, and if it happened again I could have missed the next match. It's a tough system and it's tough to bowl 20 overs in one hour and 20 minutes in a tournament like this. "We try our best but the penalties are harsh. We don't want to miss the big games, so we did it with the right intentions. "Angelo Mathews was on the same offence, so if he got nailed he would have missed the game as well. We had to find someone who didn't have a rap sheet and Kumar fitted the bill."
England not good enough, says Broad PALLEKELE AFP
England captain Stuart Broad has admitted his inexperienced team was "not good enough" after the defending champions crashed out of the World Twenty20. England's 19-run defeat against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Monday was their second loss in three Super Eights games and paved the way for the hosts and the West Indies to advance to the semifinals from group one. "You can look at the missed opportunities. But I think throughout the whole tournament, we've not quite been good enough," Broad said on Monday night as his team prepared for the long journey home. England, who won the 2010 title in the Caribbean under Paul Collingwood, beat only New Zealand in the Super Eights but could have made the semi-finals had they defeated Sri Lanka. Sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga dashed the champions' hopes with three wickets in his
d. Warner lbw b Hafeez 8 54 M. Hussey not out G. Bailey lbw b Ajmal 15 12 C. White c nazir b Hafeez G. Maxwell c Hafeez b Hasan 4 13 M. Wade b Ajmal P. Cummins lbw b Ajmal 0 M. Starc not out 1 2 eXTrAS: (b1, w1) ToTAl (for seven wickets, 20 overs) 117 Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Watson), 2-19 (Warner), 3-44 (Bailey), 4-58 (White), 5-65 (Maxwell), 6-110 (Wade), 7-110 (Cummins). Bowling: Hafeez 4-0-22-2, Hasan 4-0-14-2, Ajmal 4-0-17-3 (w1), Afridi 4-0-33-0, Malik 2-0-19-0, Gul 2-0-11-0 Pakistan win by 32 runs, Man of the match: raza Hasan (PAK), Toss: Australia, umpires: Ian Gould (enG) and richard Kettleborough (enG), TV umpire: Kumar dharmasena (SrI), Match referee: jeff Crowe (nZl)
first over that reduced England to 18-3 chasing Sri Lanka's 169-6. Broad's men ended on 150-9 following a half-century from Samit Patel and his 51run stand for the eighth wicket with Graeme Swann, who swung his bat to hit 34 off 20 balls with four boundaries and a six. Patel finished with a glorious 67 off 48 balls, but the effort came too late to save England from an early exit. "It was very disappointing to have gone out, because I believe we do have the firepower in that changing room to go far," said Broad. "It was frustratingly close." The man who could have changed England's fortunes was star batsman Kevin Pietersen, the man of the tournament in 2010 who was confined to the TV studio in Colombo after being axed for disciplinary reasons. Pietersen was cast into international exile after sending text messages to South African players that con-
tained criticism of then England skipper Andrew Strauss during the recent Test series. Broad refused to dwell on Pietersen's absence, but admitted his side lacked experience to match the firepower of the other teams. "What you get with young guys is some days of absolute brilliance, and other days a bit of averageness," he said. "I think, as a team, we've probably shown that. "It has been a learning ex-
perience for us. Obviously, we did not have enough players firing at the same time. "The talent is certainly there. You see on the domestic scene that these are the guys who are performing week in and week out. "But it's a learning experience when you come into the international scene. "We've got guys here who have not played a lot of international cricket. But as long as we learn from it, we will develop."
England fans held after brawl at NZ team hotel COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police arrested two England fans who were involved in a brawl after heckling New Zealand's defeated cricketers in their hotel at the World Twenty20 tournament, officials said Tuesday. The two fans were taken into custody on Monday night after the bust-up at the luxury Earl's Regency Hotel in the central hill resort of Kandy where the New Zealand players were also staying, a local police official said. "The team was in the hotel lobby when some British fans heckled them and it was turning into a nasty scene," the official who declined to be named told AFP. "That is when their bodyguards called the local police in." He said charges were not pressed and the two men were freed early Tuesday. An official who witnessed the brawl but asked not to be named said he saw one member of the security team assigned to protect the Black Caps come to blows with several England fans. The incident came hours after New Zealand's defeat to the West Indies in the Super Eights match in nearby Pallekele. The holders England were then beaten by Sri Lanka at the same venue later that evening. AFP
ticket theft in Sl cOLOMBO AFP
A Briton on Tuesday pleaded guilty to stealing tickets for a crunch World Twenty20 cricket match between hosts Sri Lanka and defending champions England. Police said Caesar Buller, 54, had gone to a sales booth in the capital Colombo on Sunday and pocketed four books of tickets for Monday's game, which Sri Lanka won, eliminating England from the tournament. He was arrested after sales staff raised the alarm. Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli ordered Buller, from Manchester, to appear for sentencing on October 16 and remanded him on bail of one million rupees ($7,700). Under Sri Lankan law theft carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison and a fine. Police told the court Tuesday that the stolen tickets had a face value of 10,920 rupees (around $85), but most of them could not have been used as they had not yet been validated.
flower hopeful of swift Pietersen solution LONDON AFP
England coach Andy Flower said he expects an announcement on Kevin Pietersen's future with the side before Thursday as he hoped for a positive resolution to the saga. The star batsman was cast into international exile in August after sending text messages to touring South Africa players that contained criticism of then England captain Andrew Strauss during the Test series. He missed out on England's failed World Twenty20 title defence in Sri Lanka and the upcoming England tour of India, as well as a central contract for the new season.