Pakistan try to make sense of defeat

Pakistan began Sunday behind closed doors as they tried to make sense of their shock World Cup capitulation to England. Captain Waqar Younis...

Pakistan began Sunday behind closed doors as they tried to make sense of their shock World Cup capitulation to England. Captain Waqar Younis and coach Richard Pybus faced the challenge of reviving a team which had once again failed to do justice to their multi-faceted talents. “Everyone is extremely disappointed,” Waqar said from the team’s Cape Town hotel after Saturday’s 112-run Group A defeat. “We were confident of doing well against England, given our record against them. We will just sit down and work things out, find out where things have gone wrong and why the batting is not clicking,” Waqar said. “Yes, you could say it is one of my worst defeats as captain.” Pakistan now have to beat India at Centurion next Saturday to keep their tournament alive. Waqar’s side have one win in three games and are fifth in Group A, with only the Netherlands and Namibia below them.

Hussain hails his team’s performance

Cape Town: England captain Nasser Hussain described his team’s upset World Cup victory over Pakistan on Saturday as a “special performance”. England crushed Pakistan with 20-year-old swing bowler James Anderson taking four for 29 as Hussain’s side put their Ashes hammering and the Zimbabwe controversy well behind them with their third straight win of the tournament. “We bowled them out and they didn’t get themselves out – it was a special performance,” Hussain said. “We have only won one game and we haven’t won the World Cup or anything but after some very average performances this winter that was an exceptional bowling performance. “This was very important win because they were the first major team we have played and they can beat anyone on their day.” Anderson’s haul earned him his second man-of-the-match award of the tournament and continued his remarkable rise from second eleven cricketer to the World Cup’s joint leading wicket-taker. His dismissal of Yousuf Youhana first ball with an inswinging yorker put England in charge of the Group a match and was arguably the delivery of the tournament.

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