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Simon Doull backs Pakistan’s approach in run-chase against Canada

Former New Zealand cricketer and renowned commentator Simon Doull came out in support of Pakistan following their seven-wicket victory over Canada in the must-win ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 clash.

Former champions Pakistan, who were on the verge of an early exit, chased down a modest 107-run target against Canada in 17.3 overs and for the loss of three wickets.

Despite finally tasting their first triumph in the ongoing mega event, the 2009 champions were criticized for not chasing down the target in fewer overs.

According to the details, if Pakistan had chased down the total in around 14 overs then they would have gone past the United States of America (USA) in terms of net run-rate.

But Simon Doull backed Babar Azam-led side and asserted that the tricky conditions made it tough to score freely.

“We did see some aggressive intent [from Pakistan] but that pitch is very difficult to play anything across the line and to get the timing right down the ground. First and foremost, the two points were the big key for them and don’t have any periods where you let Canada back in the game and give your wickets away,” Doull said.

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Doull further said that chasing down the total with 15 balls to spare would decently uplift the team’s net run-rate while India’s comfortable win over the USA will also help them.

“They still did it with 15 balls to spare which will do their run-rate a bit of good and India can help them with a comfortable win over the USA,” stated Doull.

“Then Pakistan and USA might be on a similar sort of situation as far as run-rate is concerned by the end of tomorrow,” he added.

Pakistan next face Ireland in their final group-stage fixture on June 16 while the USA will compete against India and Ireland in their next fixtures.

If the host nation manage to win one more game then Pakistan’s journey in the T20 World Cup 2024 would be over.

Pakistan are third in the Group A standings with two points in three matches while the USA are second with four points in two matches.

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Pakistan edge past Canada to stay alive in T20 World Cup 2024

NEW YORK: A combined bowling attack, followed by Mohammad Rizwan’s half-century propelled Pakistan to a must-win victory over Canada in the 22nd match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here on Tuesday.

Set to chase 107, Pakistan amassed the total for the loss of three wickets and 15 balls to spare, courtesy of an anchoring second-wicket partnership between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan.

Pakistan’s new opening pair of Saim Ayub and Mohammad Rizwan failed to give them a decent start as the left-handed batter perished in the fifth over with just 20 runs on the board.

Ayub scored a scratchy six off 12 deliveries.

Babar then joined Rizwan in the middle and the duo anchored the run chase with a gutsy partnership.

They added 63 runs for the second wicket before Babar fell prey to Dilon Heyliger in the 15th over.

He scored a run-a-ball 33 with the help of one four and a six.

Rizwan partnered briefly with Fakhar Zaman, who scored just four and perished on the second delivery of the 18th over with just three more required.

Usman Khan then hit the winning runs for Pakistan when he guided one towards the midwicket region for a couple.

Mohammad Rizwan remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with an unbeaten 53 off as many deliveries, hitting three boundaries and a six.

Dilon Heyliger led the bowling charge for Canada with 2/18 while Jeremy Gordon made one scalp.

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Sent into bat first, Canada only managed to register 106/7 on the board despite Aaron Johnson’s half-century.

Canada had a briefly flying start to their innings as Johnson smashed Shaheen Afridi for back-to-back fours to kick of the proceedings.

However, the associate nation could not carry on the momentum and lost two wickets in quick succession to slip to 29/1 in 5.1 overs.

Canada kept losing wickets at regular intervals but Aaron Johnson stood his ground firm and kept the scoreboard ticking singlehandedly.

The right-handed opener soon brought up his fighting half-century in a dominant fashion when he smacked Imad Wasim for a six over long-off in the 13th over.

Johnson, however, perished in the next over as he was cleaned up by Naseem Shah’s searing delivery.

Aaron Johnson remained the top-scorer for Canada with a 44-ball 52 which featured four fours and as many sixes.

Canadian captain Saad Bin Zafar then put together a scratchy seventh-wicket partnership with Kaleem Sana before falling victim to Mohammad Amir in the 17th over. He scored 10 off 21 deliveries.

Sana and Dilon Heyliger batted cautiously at the backend and added 19 runs amid their unbeaten eighth-wicket partnership to take Canada past the 100-run mark.

For Pakistan, Mohammad Amir and Haris Rauf bagged two wickets each while Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah contributed with a wicket apiece.

The seven-wicket victory propelled Pakistan to third in Group A standings of the T20 World Cup 2024 with two points in three matches while Canada slipped to fourth due to an inferior net run rate.

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Pakistan down Canada in must-win T20 World Cup 2024 clash

PAK 107/3 (17.3 Overs)

Jeremy Gordon comes back

PAK 103/2 (17 Overs)

Heyliger bowls his last

PAK 96/2 (16 Overs)

Junaid Siddiqui returns

PAK 85/2 (15 Overs)

Heyliger bowls his third

PAK 81/1 (14 Overs)

Saad continues

PAK 76/1 (13 Overs)

Sana replaces Heyliger

PAK 68/1 (12 Overs)

Saad replaces Junaid

PAK 64/1 (11 Overs)

Heyliger comes back

PAK 59/1 (10 Overs)

Junaid continues

PAK 48/1 (9 Overs)

Saad continues

PAK 41/1 (8 Overs)

More spin as Junaid Siddiqui comes in

PAK 35/1 (7 Overs)

Saad Bin Zafar comes into the attack

PAK 28/1 (6 Overs)

Gordon bowls his third

PAK 21/1 (5 Overs)

Dillon Heyliger comes into the attack

PAK 19/0 (4 Overs)

Gordon to continue

PAK 14/0 (3 Overs)

Sana continues

PAK 9/0 (2 Overs)

Jeremy Gordon bowls from the other end

PAK 8/0 (1 Over)

Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub come out to open the innings for Pakistan. Kaleem Sana to bowl the first over for Canada.

PAKISTAN vs CANADA (2nd INNINGS)

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s fierce pace attack decimated Canada’s batting unit and halted them on a modest total in the 22nd match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

CAN 106/7 (20 Overs)

Naseem bowls the final over

CAN 96/7 (19 Overs)

Amir bowls the penultimate over

CAN 91/7 (18 Overs)

Shaheen bowls his last

CAN 88/7 (17 Overs)

Amir comes back

CAN 85/6 (16 Overs)

Haris bowls his last

CAN 77/6 (15 Overs)

Imad bowls his last

CAN 75/6 (14 Overs)

Naseem replaces Rauf

CAN 73/5 (13 Overs)

Imad again

CAN 66/5 (12 Overs)

Rauf for a third

CAN 63/5 (11 Overs)

Imad continues

CAN 55/5 (10 Overs)

Haris replaces Shaheen

CAN 52/3 (9 Overs)

Imad Wasim into the attack

CAN 50/3 (8 Overs)

Shaheen continues

CAN 43/3 (7 Overs)

Haris Rauf comes into the attack

CAN 30/2 (6 Overs)

Shaheen replaces Naseem

CAN 29/1 (5 Overs)

Amir continues

CAN 28/1 (4 Overs)

Naseem continues

CAN 20/1 (3 Overs)

Mohammad Amir replaces Shaheen

CAN 16/0 (2 Overs)

Naseem Shah bowls from the other end

CAN 11/0 (1 Over)

PAKISTAN vs CANADA (1st INNINGS)

Aaron Johnson and Navneet Dhaliwal come out to open the innings for Canada. Shaheen Shah Afridi bowls the first over for Pakistan.

NEW YORK: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to field first against Canada in the 22nd match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.

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Canada: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva,
Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar (c), Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Junaid Siddiqui, Jeremy Gordon.

FORM GUIDE

Canada: NR, L, L, L, W

Pakistan: L, NR, L, L, L

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T20 World Cup 2024: Saim returns as Pakistan put Canada into bat

NEW YORK: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to field first against Canada in the 22nd match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 here at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah.

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Canada: Aaron Johnson, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Nicholas Kirton, Shreyas Movva,
Ravinderpal Singh, Saad Bin Zafar (c), Dilon Heyliger, Kaleem Sana, Junaid Siddiqui, Jeremy Gordon.

FORM GUIDE

Canada: NR, L, L, L, W

Pakistan: L, NR, L, L, L

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“Won’t be easy for Pakistan to beat Canada,” says Aakash Chopra

Former Indian cricketer and renowned commentator Aakash Chopra asserted that it would be tough for Pakistan to beat Canada as the two teams are set to lock horns in an important ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 clash.

Speaking on his YouTube channel, Aakash asserted that Canada possess a quality fast bowling attack which can make things difficult for under pressure Pakistan.

“You might be thinking about Pakistan’s qualification chances. They are not too far behind in net run rate and since these games are being played on such grounds, no team will be able to catch up,” stated Chopra.

“It’s difficult to beat Canada because they beat Ireland on the same ground. They have decent fast bowling and you also get a left-arm spinner in Saad Bin Zafar,” he added.

The former cricketer further revealed that he met numerous Pakistan cricket fans following their national team’s narrow defeat against India and they shared that they have been “humiliated”.

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Aakash Chopra also questioned the selection process of the Pakistan cricket team.

“Pakistan’s chances are not yet over although whichever people I met, in Manhattan and at the ground, everyone said they had been humiliated. The situation is very bad and the fans’ anger is legit. More than the players, you should be angry with the way Pakistan cricket runs, that which people you select,” said Chopra.

“If you felt that after selecting this team, especially this batting, you are making a world-beating team, it’s T20, things can and might change, but it doesn’t look like that after seeing the team. The batting does not have the might at all, how do you do that? That’s Pakistan cricket for you,” he concluded.

For the unversed, Pakistan had a disastrous start to their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign as the former champions succumbed to an upset loss against the USA in the campaign opener before falling to a six-run defeat against arch-rivals India in a blockbuster clash on Sunday.

The back-to-back defeats put Pakistan on the verge of an early exit from the T20 World Cup 2024 and they now need to beat Canada to stay alive.

On the contrary, Canada, third in Group A standings of the T20 World Cup 2024, have two points after two matches as they recovered from a thumping defeat against the United States of America (USA) in the curtain raiser to register a shocking win over Ireland.

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“Anything is possible,” says Canada captain ahead of Pakistan clash

Canada’s captain Saad Bin Zafar is determined to put struggling Pakistan under pressure in their upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 clash, scheduled at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York today.

Canada, third in Group A standings of the T20 World Cup 2024, have two points after two matches as they recovered from a thumping defeat against the United States of America (USA) in the curtain raiser to register a shocking defeat over Ireland.

On the contrary, Pakistan had a disastrous start to their campaign as the former champions succumbed to an upset loss against the USA in the campaign opener before falling to a six-run defeat against arch-rivals India in a blockbuster clash on Sunday.

The back-to-back defeats put Pakistan on the verge of an early exit from the T20 World Cup 2024 and they now need to beat Canada to stay alive.

Meanwhile, Canada’s captain Saad Bin Zafar shared that the players are in good mood following his team’s historic victory over Ireland.

“Everybody’s in a positive mood. Our last game went really well,” said Saad as quoted by The Canadian Press. “It instilled a belief in us that if we play good cricket on the day, we can take down any opponent.”

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Saad acknowledged Pakistan as an experienced but highlighted the team’s recent shortcomings. He further shared his plans to put the Green Shirts under pressure as “anything is possible”.

“I know that we are coming up against quite a high-ranked and well-experienced team in Pakistan but the reality is lately they haven’t been playing the good brand of cricket that they’re known for,” stated Saad.

“They are under the pump. They have lost two games. So, if we’re able to play good cricket on the day and we’re able to put some good pressure early on in the game, anything is possible,” he concluded.

Pakistan squad for T20 World Cup 2024:

Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan, Azam Khan, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Amir, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf.

Canada squad for T20 World Cup 2024:

Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Dillon Heyliger, Dilpreet Bajwa, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Junaid Siddiqui, Kaleem Sana, Kanwarpal Tathgur, Navneet Dhaliwal, Nicholas Kirton, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Rayyankhan Pathan and Shreyas Movva.

Reserves: Tajinder Singh, Aaditya Varadharajan, Ammar Khalid, Jatinder Matharu and Parveen Kumar.

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Pakistan beat Canada to put one foot in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup final

IPOH: Pakistan continued their dominant run as they defeated Canada 5-4, inching further closer to the finals of the ongoing Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2024 here on Wednesday.

The undefeated Pakistan side is sitting at the top of the points table with 10 points after four games in the tournament.

Pakistan struggled early on as Canada scored two goals in 17 minutes to take a dominant lead, however, Abu Bakr Mahmood brought Pakistan back into the game with a brace.

Arshad Liaqat, Rana Waheed Ashraf and Ghazanfar Ali followed suit and set up Pakistan’s 5-4 victory. For Canada, Sean Davis scored two, while Harbir Sindhu and Avjot Buttar scored one each.

Notably, Pakistan, as well as Japan, will confirm their place in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2024 final if the latter beat Malaysia later today.

Pakistan held Japan for a 1-1 stalemate and continued their unbeaten run in the ongoing Sultan Azlan Shah Cup yesterday.

Pakistan and Japan went hard at each other from the word go but neither of the sides could manage to get the upper hand and played out the first two quarters goalless.

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Japan then got the reward for their precision in the third quarter when Ken Nagayoshi converted a penalty corner in the 33rd minute.

Japan’s narrow lead persisted for the conclusion of the third quarter while the fourth quarter was also nearing its end, indicating at the possibility of Pakistan’s first defeat in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.

But Rana Waheed Ashraf turned the tide for Pakistan and lifted them to level the thrilling match after a perfectly crafted penalty corner in the last minute.

Earlier this week, Pakistan crushed South Korea 4-0 to register their second consecutive victory in the ongoing Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, after a flying start to their campaign with a nerve-testing 5-4 victory over Malaysia.

Pakistan squad for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Goalkeepers: Abdullah, Muneebur Rehman.

Defenders: Usama Bashir, Ehtisham Aslam, Mohammad Abdullah, Sufiyan, Abu Bakar (vice-captain), Ammad Butt (captain).

Midfielders: Salman Razzaq, Arshad Liaquat, Moin Shakeel, Zakria Hayat, Murtaza Yaqoob, Ghazanfar Ali.

Forwards: Abdul Rehman (Sr), Abdul Hanan, Rana Waheed, Ejaz Ahmad.

Standbys: Akmal Hussain, Aqeel Ahmad, Arbaz, Hammad Anjum, Abdul Rehman (Jr), Abdul Manan, Rooman.

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Pakistan thump Canada to continue winning streak in Over 40s Global Cup

KARACHI: Abdul Razzaq’s brisk 70-run knock, followed by a tight bowling display propelled Pakistan to thrash Canada by 78 runs and register their fifth straight victory in the ongoing Over 40s Global Cup.

Abdul Razzaq made an immediate impact as he came up with a Player of the Match performance in his maiden outing in the Over 40s Global Cup.

Leading Pakistan, in the absence of regular skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq blasted half a dozen sixes and five fours in his blazing 43-ball 70 which helped the home side set a formidable total of 312/8 in the allotted 45 overs against Canada.

Openers Kashif Siddique (29 off 40 balls) and Junaid Khalil Nainitalwala (31 off 34 balls) laid the foundation with a solid 60-run opening stand in little over 10 overs.

Rizwan Aslam (47 off 46 balls) was content in rotating the strike while captain Razzaq himself took up the responsibility of dominating the Canadian bowlers.

The pair added 96 runs for the third wicket to put Canada under pressure. Hassan Raza (42 off 44 balls) and Amjad Ali (33 off 32 balls) sustained the momentum which ensured a commendable total.

Ali Farooq, Iqbal Kassamali and Sultan Malik took a couple of wickets each for Canada in their all-important Over 40s Global Cup fixture.

Chasing a daunting total of 313, Canada got off to an unwanted start as they lost both their openers cheaply.

The asking rate kept mounting and the only consolation for Canada was playing out their full quota of 45 overs in which they could score only 234.

Tyrone Atmaram Persaud waged a lone battle for Canada with a cautious 61 off 78 balls while Ayaz Ali (47 off 61 balls) and Talal Iqbal (39 off 55 balls) remained the next notable run-getters for Canada.

Part-time leg-spinner Hassan Raza led the bowling attack for Pakistan, returning with astonishing figures of 2-50.

Pakistan have virtually booked a place in the semifinals by having won their first five matches, earning them 10 points.

In another fifth-round fixture of the ongoing Over 40s Global Cup, the USA outclassed Australia by 77 runs at Karachi Gymkhana while the West Indies crushed Nepal by eight wickets at NBP Sports Complex on Monday.

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