Pakistan, SA win warm up matches ahead of Trophy

LAHORE The Pakistan cricket team has defeated Sri Lanka by 108 runs in a warm up match ahead of Champions Trophy on Friday night. According to sources, Pakistan set 307-run target for Sri Lankan cricket team in allotted 50 overs earlier in the first inning of the match. Pakistan made 306-8 with opener Kamran Akmal making 82 off 78, Misbah-ul-Haq hitting 72 off 85 balls, and Umar Akmal contributing 67 off 51. Both were removed by spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, while Seamer Nuwan Kulasekara headed the Sri Lankan attack with 3-46. Pakistan fast bowler Naved-ul-Hasan, however, bagged 5-41 as they reduced Sri Lanka to 198 all out in reply. Chumara Kapugedera made 59 off 70 balls and Angelo Mathews hit 49 off 88. Kamran Akmal hit 82 off 78 balls and Naved-ul-Hasan took 5 for 41 to get Pakistan healthy warm-up before the big event. Pakistan were initially in trouble when they were reeling at 64 for three, after the experienced pair of Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf failed to get going. Opener Kamran revived Pakistan by continuing to score at a brisk pace. Misbah-ul-Haq and highly rated youngster Umar Akmal made half-centuries. AFP add: South Africa and Pakistan secured victories in their Champions Trophy warm-up matches on Friday, but New Zealand suffered a morale-sapping defeat. The hosts thumped an under-strength West Indies team by 188 runs at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom. South Africa skipper Graeme Smith smashed 83 off 74 balls and Jacques Kallis made 89 from 90 before JP Duminy hit an unbeaten 80 off 49. Mark Boucher added a thunderous 55 from 27 in guiding his side to 388-4 in 50 overs. The only cloud for South Africa was seeing opener Herschelle Gibbs forced to retire hurt with an abdominal side strain. West Indies, who have been forced to bring a second-string squad to the tournament because of a player contract rebellion, had little to offer in reply, with Darren Sammy making the biggest contribution of 52 off 71 before being dismissed for 200. Spin bowler Roelof van der Merwe led the South African attack with a return of 4-34. SCOREBOARD Pakistan Imran Nazir b Kulasekara 12 Kamran Akmal b Muralitharan 82 Younis Khan c Kapugedera b Mathews 9 Mohammad Yousuf b Prasad 0 Misbah-ul-Haq b Muralitharan 72 Umar Akmal c Mathews b Malinga 67 Shahid Afridi not out 36 Fawad Alam c Dilshan b Kulasekara 9 Naved-ul-Hasan lbw b Kulasekara 0 Umar Gul not out 1 EXTRAS (b 7, lb 3, w 7, nb 1) 18 TOTAL (8 wickets; 50 overs; 229 mins) 306 Did not bat: Mohammad Aamer, Iftikhar Anjum, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Imran Nazir, 6.2 ov), 2-64 (Younis Khan, 13.3 ov), 3-64 (Mohammad Yousuf, 14.6 ov), 4-135 (Kamran Akmal, 28.2 ov), 5-242 (Umar Akmal, 42.6 ov), 6-274 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 46.3 ov), 7-304 (Fawad Alam, 49.2 ov), 8-305 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 49.4 ov) BOWLING KMDN Kulasekara 8-0-46-3 KTGD Prasad 10-2-46-1 AD Mathews 4-0-13-1 M Muralitharan 8-0-43-2 BAW Mendis 7-0-54-0 T Thushara 5-0-39-0 Sri Lanka TM Dilshan c Yousuf b Aamer 0 ST Jayasuriya c Nazir b Naved 12 KC Sangakkara c Yousuf b Naved 21 DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Anjum 18 SHT Kandamby lbw b Ajmal 12 AD Mathews c Akmal b Naved 49 CK Kapugedera c Misbah b Naved 59 WU Tharanga st Akmal b Saeed 1 KMDN Kulasekara not out 11 KTGD Prasad c Akmal b Naved 1 T Thushara run out (Naved) 0 EXTRAS (lb 1, w 13) 14 TOTAL (all out; 46.5 overs) 198 Did not bat: BAW Mendis, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, TT Samaraweera Fall of wickets1-0 (Dilshan, 0.3 ov), 2-23 (Jayasuriya, 3.2 ov), 3-58 (Sangakkara, 11.5 ov), 4-63 (Jayawardene, 13.3 ov), 5-83 (Kandamby, 22.1 ov), 6-185 (Kapugedera, 43.4 ov), 7-185 (Mathews, 43.5 ov), 8-187 (Tharanga, 44.5 ov), 9-190 (Prasad, 45.4 ov), 10-198 (Thushara, 46.5 ov) BOWLING Mohammad Aamer 3.1-0-9-1 Naved-ul-Hasan 9-1-41-5 Umar Gul 6.5-0-25-0 Iftikhar Anjum 6-0-14-1 Saeed Ajmal 8.5-0-46-2 Shahid Afridi 8-0-37-0 Shoaib Malik 5-0-25-0 RESULT: Pakistan won by 108 runs Toss: Pakistan, who chose to bat Umpires: BF Bowden (New Zealand) and DJ Harper (Australia) Reserve umpire: SJ Davis (Australia). At Potchefstroom South Africa v West Indies South Africa 388-4, 50 overs (J. Kallis 86, G. Smith 83, JP. Duminy 80 not out, M. Boucher 55) v West Indies 200 all out, 41.1 overs (D. Sammy 52, D. Richards 41; R.Van der Merwe 4-34) South Africa win by 188 runs.

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