Imran Nazir's career-best 160 was crucial to Pakistan's defiant 93-run victory over Zimbabwe under the Duckworth-Lewis method, ending on 349. It was a day full of emotion as they took the field for the first time since the death of Bob Woolmer, none more so than when Inzamam-ul-Haq's final ODI knock ended and he walked off in tears. Pakistan powered to their highest World Cup total before Zimbabwe, already in a hopeless position, collapsed in a heap after a lengthy rain delay, in the end only amassing 99 all out. Nazir's blistering century set a series of landmarks. It was comfortably the highest score of the tournament - overtaking Jacques Kallis's 128 against Netherlands - and is also the highest individual ODI total in West Indies. The eight sixes he struck equals the World Cup record for a batsman's innings, set by Ricky Ponting in the 2003 final against India at Johannesburg.
Final score:
Pakistan: (all out; 49.5 overs) 349
Zimbabwe: (all out; 19.1 overs) 99
HIGHLIGHTS:
PAKISTAN
Imran Nazir 160 (off 121 balls)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 37
Iftikhar Anjum 32 (off 16 balls)
Shahid Afridi 3 for 20
ZIMBABWE
Elton Chigumbura 3 for 50
Gary Brent 3 for 68
Thursday, March 22, 2007
PAKISTAN, UL HAQ END ON HIGH
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