Butt and bowlers steer Pakistan to victory by Eddie Norfolk

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Scorecard:	Canada v Pakistan
Event:	Al Barakah T20 Canada 2008/09

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DateLine: 12th October 2008

 

Pakistani opening batsman Salman Butt lead the way with 74 runs, taking the total to 127 in the 19^th over before being caught out by substitute fielder Sandeep Jyoti off Harvir Baidwan. Baidwan took 3 wickets for 15 runs in 3 overs, picking the prize scalps of Younis Khan and Mia=sbah-ul-Haq. Left-arm bowler Umar Bhatti, himself born in Pakistan but who developed his cricket in Canada, took 3 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs.

 

 

Butt his xx boundaries and xx sixes in his –ball knock of 74. Younis Khan, with 13, and Misbah-ul-Haq, with 17, were the only other batsmen to reach double figures for Pakistan.

 

 

Shoaib Akhtar struck two early blows to dismiss Abdool Samad and Mohammad Iqbal. Rizwan Cheema and Ramesh “Manoj” David added 52 for the third wicket, before David was out to Umar Gul for 17. Cheema went on to make 35 runs off xx balls but became one of two Canadian batsmen dismissed by Shoaib Malik. Captain Sunil Dhaniram made 17 as the innings drew to a close, also falling to Malik.