da fezbet： All three Pakistan teams and New Zealand qualified for the fourthInternational Double Wicket Cricket Championship semi-finals at theGaddafi Stadium Tuesday night
da premier bet： 26-Apr-2001All three Pakistan teams and New Zealand qualified for the fourthInternational Double Wicket Cricket Championship semi-finals at theGaddafi Stadium Tuesday night.In the first match, Pakistan Blues mauled Sri Lanka Greens by 61 runs.Wasim Akram and new partner Yasir Arafat, who replaced the grievingShahid Afridi, scored 89 with two dismissals to get net total of 69.Yasir hit an unbeaten 56 off 20 balls while Akram scored 33.The Sri Lanka Greens duo of Russel Arnold and Mahela Jayawardenascored 27 and 19 runs but were dismissed four times to get just 8 runsfrom a total score of 48.Pakistan Greens pair of Abdur Razzaq, Azhar Mahmood worked hard tobeat New Zealand pair of Chris Harris and Craig McMillan by four runs.However, the Kiwi pair entered the semi-finals as Group ‘B’ runner-up.New Zealand scored 94 but their seven dismissals gave them a net totalof 24. Abdur Razzaq tool five for 42.In reply, Azhar Mahmood and Abdur Razzaq scored 58 with threedismissals to make a net total of 28.Pakistan Whites (Imran Nazir and Shoaib Malik) faced tense momentsbefore defeating Zimbabwe (Craig Wishart, Paul Strang) by one run.Chasing a target of 41, Pakistan Whites were only two runs away withlast three balls to spare. Pakistan Whites scored 61 with twodismissals.Zimbabwe scored 60 also with two dismissals for a net total of 40.In the fourth match, Sri Lanka Blues beat Kenya by three runs.Batting first, Kenyan pair of Martin Suji and Thomas Odoyo scored anet total of 36.In reply, the Sri Lankan pair scored 59 with two dismissals to obtaina net total of 39.In the semi-finals, Pakistan Blues were scheduled to face New ZealandWednesday night followed by the all-Pakistan clash between Whitesand). The winners are scheduled to play the final later the samenight.
