Pakistan reach World T20 semis 2012

India's one-run win not big

enough to qualify

COLOMBO: Good news for Pakistan cricket fans: the Greenshirts have qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20.

Pakistan 149 for 6 (Jamshed 55,Starc 3-20) beat Australia 117 for 7 (Hussey 54*, Ajmal 3-17) by 32 runs:)

The number of overs bowled by spinners (18) is the joint-highest in a Twenty20 international. The previous such occasion was in the game between Zimbabwe and West Indies in 2010.

Pakistan's win is their seventh (including one Super Over win) in 11 Twenty20 internationals against Australia. Both teams have two wins apiece in head-to-head contests in World Twenty20 matches.

The 79-run stand between Kamran Akmal and Nasir Jamshed is the second-highest third-wicket partnership for Pakistan in Twenty20 internationals. The highest stand (85) also came against Australia in Dubai in 2009.

Raza Hasan's economy rate (3.50) is the joint third-best for Pakistan in Twenty20 internationals against Australia. Four of the top five performances have come in Dubai.

Michael Hussey's half-century is his fourth in Twenty20 internationals. Two of his fifty-plus scores have come in matches against Pakistan in the World Twenty20..

Saeed Ajmal holds the record for the most wickets against Australia (18). Three of the top four wicket-takers against Australia are Pakistan bowlers.

The number of runs scored by Australia in the Powerplay (21) is their lowest ever in Twenty20 internationals.
Their previous lowest (22) came against Zimbabwe in the 2007 World Twenty20.

Afghanistan v India, World T20 2012, Group A, Colombo

Afghans show India the mirror in World T20

India 159 for 5 (Kohli 50, Raina 38, 
Shapoor 2-33) beat Afghanistan 136
(Nabi 31, Balaji 3-19, Yuvraj 3-24, Ashwin 2-20) by 23 runs :)

COLOMBO: A third fifty on the trot by the current 'Mr Dependable,' Virat Kohli and a three-wicket haul by Yuvraj Singh, at a critical stage, enabled India to snuff out an inspirational challenge from Afghanistan by 23 runs at the R Premadasa Stadium on Wednesday night in their opening World T20 match.