Wasim and Shoaib rip Namibia apart

Shoaib Akhtar and Wasim Akram produced devastating fast bowling to dismiss Namibia for just 84 and give Pakistan a crushing 171-run victory ...

Shoaib Akhtar and Wasim Akram produced devastating fast bowling to dismiss Namibia for just 84 and give Pakistan a crushing 171-run victory in World Cup Group A on Sunday.

Man-of-the-match Wasim captured five for 28 and Shoaib four for 46 as Namibia crumbled to the fourth lowest total in the tournament’s history in reply to Pakistan’s 255 for nine.

Namibia’s innings lasted just 17.4 overs, but it could have been worse as they collapsed to 42 for nine before a partnership of 42 between Bjorn Kotze and Rudi van Vuuren.

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SCOREBOARD

Pakistan: Saeed Anwar c L.Burger b Kotze 23; Saleem Elahi c Kotze b A.Burger 63; Younis Khan c van Scoor b L.Burger 28; Inzamam-ul-Haq b Kotze 4; Yousuf Youhana c L.Burger b B.Kotze 43; Rashid Latif b Snyman 36; Wasim Akram not out 20; Abdul Razzaq c van Schnoor b Snyman 4; Waqar Younis run out 8; Saqlain Mushtaq run out 1; Shoaib Akhtar not out 3; Extras (lb-11, w-10, nb-1): 22
Total (For 9 wkts, in 50 overs): 255
Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-105, 3-118, 4-150, 5-208, 6-223, 7-227, 8-247, 9-248
Bowling: Snyman 8-0-51-2, van Vuuren 10-1-47-0, B.Kotze 10-1-51-2, L.Burger 10-0-45-1, D.Kotze 8-0-32-1, A.Burger 4-0-18-1

Namibia: R.Walters c Rashid Latif b Wasim Akram 0; S.Swanepoel c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Shoaib Akhtar 1; A.Burger c Younis Khan b Shoaib Aktar 14; D.Keulder b Shoaib Akhtar 0; G.Murgatroyd lbw Wasim Akram 4; L.Burger lbw Wasim Akram 0; D.Kotze lbw Wasim Akram 8; G.Snyman lbw Shoaib Akhtar 0; M.Van Scoor lbw Wasim Akram 2; B.Kotze not out 24; R.van Vuuren c Waqar Younis b Saqlain Mushtaq 14; Extras (lb-9, w-4, nb-4): 13
Total (All out, in 17.4 overs): 42
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-3, 3-3, 4-17, 5-17, 6-32, 7-32, 8-35, 9-42
Bowling: Wasim Akram 9-1-28-5, Shoaib Akhtar 8-1-46-4, Saqlain Mushtaq 0.4-0-1-1

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