SEMI FINALS

NEW ZEALAND V INDIA (JULY 9)

AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND (JULY 11)

PAKISTAN FAILED TO QUALIFY BECAUSE OF A POOR RUN RATE .. OBSERVERS DID NOTE HOW THE THREE TEAMS THAT PLAYED BEFORE PAKISTAN’S LAST GAME – INDIA, ENGLAND AND NEW ZEALAND – CONTRIVED TO ENSURE THAT PAKISTAN’S TASK IN THE GAME AGAINST BANGLADESH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE..

MATCH 43, LORDS

PAKISTAN 315 – 9 (IMAM UL HAQ 100, BABIR AZAM 96)

BANGLADESH 221 (SHAHEEN AFRIDI 6 – 35)

PAKISTAN WIN BY 94 RUNS (NEEDED TO SCORE 400-500 TO ENSURE PROGRESSION INTO NEXT ROUND)