CHESTER-LE-STREET, May 20: Pakistan captain Wasim Akram followed his 37 from 19 deliveries in their innings with three wickets as his team crushed debutantes Scotland by 94 runs in the Group B World Cup match.But it was not one-way traffic for the Pakistanis. They were 58 for four before the recovery was effected with Yousuf Youhana, Moin Khan and Akram leading the way.Youhana and Moin shared a run-a-ball stand of 103 for the sixth wicket to save Pakistan from blushes.Pakistan's top order, which failed against West Indies, once again exposed its frailty with five of its batsmen being dismissed with just 92 runs on board after put in to bat.Youhana, who came in when Pakistan were on rocky shores at 60 for four, played a patient game and after he lost his partner Inzamam-ul Haq (12), dug his team out of trouble along with Moin Khan.Youhana, who struck unbeaten 81, took Pakistan to safety while Moin Khan chipped in with 47 off 41 balls. Skipper Wasim Akram, after smashing 42 off 28 balls againstthe Caribbeans, hit out in the slog overs to remain undefeated on 37 off just 19 deliveries.Youhana and Akram put on a quickfire 66 as the Scottish attack wilted in the final overs.Scotland undid their own good work of rocking the Pakistani top order by bowling 33 wides and 16 no balls, conceding 59 extras.The minnows took away the dubious World Cup record of most extras that India earned in their match against Zimbabwe in Leicester yesterday.Group B: Scotland vs PakistanÃ?Toss won by Scotland. Elected to fieldPakistanSaeed Anwar c Davies b Asim Butt 6; Shahid Afridi run out (Stanger) 7; Abdur razzaq lbw Brinkley 12; Inzamam-ul-haq st Davies b Dyer 12, Salim Malik lbw Hamilton 0; Yousuf Youhana not out 81; Moin Khan c Brinkley b Hamilton 47; Wasim Akram not out 37; Extras: (b5, lb6, w33, nb15) 59Total (for 6 wkts, 50 overs) 261DNB: Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Azhar Mahmood.Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Shahid Afridi, 3.6); 2-35 (Saeed Anwar, 7.5); 3-55(Abdur Razzaq, 15.6); 4-58 (Saleem Malik, 16.6); 5-92 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 26.4); 6-195 (Moin Khan, 44.4).Bowling: Blain 7-0-49-0 (6nb, 6w); Asim Butt 9-1-55-1 (2nb, 9w); Hamilton 10-1-36-2 (2nb, 6w); Brinkley 10-0-29-1 (6w); Der 9-0-48-1; Stanger 5-0-33-1 (3nb, 1w).ScotlandTarget (262 RUNS FROM 49 OVERS)BMW Patterson b Akram 0; IL Philip lbw Akthar 0; MJ Smith b Akthar 3; IM Stanger b Akram 3; G Salmond b Akthar 5; JE Brinkley c Moin b Saqlain 22; AG Davies c sub (Wasti) b Razzaq 19; JAR Blain lbw Razzaq 0; Asim Butt c Moin b Razzaq 1; NR Dyer not out 1; Extras (b1, lb11, w17, nb8) 37TOTAL (all out in 38.5 overs): 167FoW: 1-1 (Patterson, 0.5); 2-5 (Smith, 1.2); 3-9 (Philip, 3.5); 4-16 (Salmond, 7.1); 5-19 (Stanger, 8.4); 6-78 (Brinkley, 24.6); 7-139 (Davies, 33.6); 8-149 (Blain, 35.5); 9-160 (Butt, 37.1).Bowling: Akram 7.5-0-23-3 (6w); Akthar 6-2-11-3 (1nb, 2w); Mahmood 7-2-21-0 (3w); Razzaq 10-0-38-3 (5nb, 1w); saqlain 6-0-46-1 (2w).
