Pakistan, West Indies complete WCup last-8 line-up
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PAKISTAN and the West Indies secured the two remaining places in the quarterfinals of the Cricket World Cup yesterday after coming through must-win matches in the last of the tournament’s group games.
The 1992 champion, Pakistan beat Ireland by seven wickets in a winner-takes-all clash in Adelaide, Australia.
Earlier in Pool B, West Indies saw off the United Arab Emirates by six wickets in Napier.
West Indies’ win meant the 1975 and 1979 champion edged out Ireland for a last-eight place on net run-rate.
The quarterfinals begin with Sri Lanka’s match against South Africa in Sydney on Wednesday, while defending champion India faced Bangladesh in Melbourne on Thursday. Australia takes on Pakistan in Adelaide on Friday and fellow tournament co-host New Zealand plays the West Indies in Wellington on Saturday.
The Ireland-Pakistan match took place almost eight years to the day since the Irish knocked the Asian giant out of the 2007 World Cup. That defeat in Jamaica was followed the day after by the death of coach Bob Woolmer.
There was no repeat, however, as Pakistan posted its fourth straight win of this World Cup after starting with two losses.
Sarfraz Ahmed scored his maiden one-day international hundred and Pakistan’s first of this World Cup as it finished on 241 for three, chasing 238 to win, with 23 balls to spare.
Pakistan had dismissed Ireland for 237 despite a century from Irish captain William Porterfield, who won the toss.
Earlier, the West Indies did what they had to do in making 176-4 after dismissing the amateurs of the UAE for 175.
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