NEW ZEALAND 239 – 8 (ROSS TAYLOR 74, WILLIAMSON 67)
INDIA 221 (JADEJA 77, DHONI 50)
NEW ZEALAND BRUSHED ASIDE DOUBTS ABOUT THEY WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE IN THE SEMI FINALS WITH A THRILLING PERFORMANCE AGAINST INDIA .. TRENT BOULT AND MATT HENRY REDUCED INDIA TO 5 – 3 WITH 3.1 OVERS BOWLED .. THAT BECAME 92 – 6 AFTER 30.3 ..DHONI AND JADEJA THEN PULLED INDIA BACK INTO CONTENTION .. BUT THE GAME WAS ALL BUT OVER WHEN MARTIN GUPTILL RAN OUT DHONI (ABOVE AND BELOW) WITHTEN BALLS TOGO..
FINAL, LORDS
ENGLAND V NEW ZEALAND
(SUNDAY, JULY 13)
ENGLAND THRASHED AUSTRALIA BY EIGHT WICKETS ABOVE AND GO INTO SUNDAY’S FINAL AS FAVOURITES..
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)