Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Pakistan vs Scotland

ICC World 20-20, PAK vs SCO, Group D: Pakistan beat Scotland by 51 runs

Shahid Afridi smashed 22 off seven balls and then grabbed 4-19 as Pakistan brushed aside Scotland by 51 runs in the Twenty20 world championships here on Wednesday.
The pugnacious all-rounder ensured his team faced no hiccups after Craig Wright had taken three wickets to restrict Pakistan to 171-9 at the Kingsmead. Scotland, playing their first Twenty20 international, were shot out for 120 in reply with opener Fraser Watts the only batsman to offer resistence with 46.
Umar Gul chipped in with 4-25, including two wickets off successive balls towards the end as Pakistan warmed up for Friday's clash against arch-rivals India at the same venue.

ICC World Twenty20, PAK vs SCO, Group D: Pakistan 171-9 (20 overs) beat Scotland 120 (19.3 overs) by 51 runs

Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Pakistan vs Scotland

Scorecard

Pakistan Innings 171 for 9 (20.0 overs)

Scotland Innings 120 all out (19.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Butt	c Poonia	b Blain	13	23	2	0
Nazir	c Hamilton	b Blain	4	3	1	0
Hafeez	c and b	Wright	18	11	3	0
Younis	c Watts	b Haq	41	29	3	2
Malik	st Smith	b Haq	11	13	1	0
Afridi	c Haq	b Wright	22	7	1	2
Misbah-ul-Haq		b Wright	23	16	4	0
Akmal	c Watts	b Nel	16	10	1	1
Arafat		b Nel	17	8	1	1
Gul	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		5w 1b	6
Total		for 9	171	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Blain 4.0 0 23 2 Nel 4.0 1 25 2 Brown 4.0 0 44 0 Haq 4.0 0 49 2 Wright 4.0 0 29 3

Fall of wicket   9 Nazir 24 Butt 50 Hafeez 81 Malik 108 Afridi 116 Younis 146 Misbah-ul-Haq 159 Akmal 171 Arafat

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Watts	c Nazir	b Hafeez	46	35	9	0
Watson	c Hafeez	b Gul	2	4	0	0
Poonia		b Gul	4	6	0	0
Hamilton	c Gul	b Afridi	2	4	0	0
McCallum	c Asif	b Afridi	0	2	0	0
Brown	c Nazir	b Afridi	1	5	0	0
Smith	c Misbah-ul-Haq	b Afridi	11	7	2	0
Haq		b Asif	14	31	0	0
Wright		b Gul	14	18	0	0
Blain		b Gul	0	1	0	0
Nel	not out		13	7	2	0
Extras		1nb 5w 7lb	13
Total		all out	120	(19.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Asif 3.5 0 28 1 Gul 4.0 0 25 4 Hafeez 4.0 0 24 1 Afridi 4.0 0 19 4 Arafat 3.0 0 14 0 Malik 1.0 0 3 0

Fall of wicket   9 Watson 38 Poonia 53 Hamilton 54 McCallum 59 Watts 60 Brown 79 Smith 102 Wright 102 Blain 120 Haq

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Umpires: S J Davis, S J A Taufel
Pakistan: Butt, Nazir, Hafeez, Younis, Malik, Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Akmal, Asif, Gul, Arafat
Scotland: Watson, Watts, Poonia, Hamilton, McCallum, Brown, Smith, Haq, Wright, Blain, Nel

Twenty20 Schedule, South Africa

World Twenty20 2007

Group A:

11 September: South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg
13 September: West Indies vs Bangladesh at Johannesburg
15 September: South Africa vs Bangladesh at Cape Town

Group B:

12 September: Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town
13 September: Zimbabwe vs England at Cape Town
14 September: Australia vs England at Cape Town

Group C:

12 September: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban
14 September: Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg
15 September: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Johannesburg

Group D:

12 September: Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban
13 September: India vs Scotland at Durban
14 September: India vs Pakistan at Durban

Super Eight phase:

16 September: New Zealand vs India at Johannesburg
16 September: Australia vs Bangladesh at Cape Town
16 September: South Africa vs England at Cape Town
17 September: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
18 September: New Zealand vs England at Durban
18 September: Australia vs Pakistan at Johannesburg
18 September: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
19 September: South Africa vs New Zealand at Durban
19 September: England vs India at Durban
20 September: Australia vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town
20 September: Bangladesh vs Pakistan at Cape Town
20 September: South Africa vs India at Durban

Semi-finals:

22 September: New Zealand vs Pakistan at Cape Town
22 September: India vs Australia at Durban

Final:

24 September at Johannesburg