An exciting start of the World Cup, West Indies showed the beauty of the game by capitalizing Pakistan convincingly after getting a huge embarrassment from India. No one can complain Inzamam as he has been deprived of his lethal weapons in the form of Mohammad Asif, Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq. Pakistanis were fighting against their destiny as no one can win a battle without their knights. After restricting WI at 99 for 3 in 30 overs they allowed West Indies to make a reasonably good score on a pitch that was favoring seam bowling. Umar Gul was exceptional. Although Kaneria did bowl well, but was blown away by attack from Marlon Samuels.
Some how West Indies managed to reach up to 241 courtesy some pugnacious hitting by Man of The match. Pakistan got a dramatic start with some roller coaster ride by Imran Nazir, got a six of the second ball and got out of the third ball of the PAK inning. Inzamam and Yusuf Yohana (Mohd Yusuf) did some damage control exercise but at the time of an assault both got out and the burden was left on the shoulders of Shoaib Malik and he did nothing wrong. He produced some blistering shots but never got a support from his fellowmen and thus West Indies won a great match.
About 20 days back I declared my World cup semifinalists (RSA, AUS, WI, (IND/SRL)). I hope to see it right.
Now over to England- New Zealand match on 16th March. I am betting on England to win the match. Over and out from Kingston, Jamaica.
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