00:30It's the last day of the Round Robins of the World Championship of Legends.
00:34D'Agusta Properties, WCL for 2025.
00:36This is match 14.
00:38First up, it's a doubleheader day.
00:40And we are live from Upton Steel Stadium here in Leicestershire.
00:45Australia champions up against the Pakistan champions.
00:49It was a new captain for Pakistan.
00:52Today, a fee sitting out courtesy of a small hamstring injury.
00:56And Shoaib Malik takes over the captaincy for their side.
01:02Powerful looking side that played really well throughout the tournament.
01:04Have Pakistan.
01:06Shajil Kamranakmal at the top.
01:08And then Umar Amin and Fawad Alam.
01:10Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali.
01:12And then you're into the all-rounders and the bowlers.
01:14Imad leading that lot there.
01:16Sean Marsh and Chris Lynn at the top with Darcy Short.
01:19Dunk Callum Ferguson.
01:21Australia champions will have to bat first.
01:23So those gentlemen will be required and then bat all the way down to Dan Christian
01:27and Ben Cutting, who can hit a long ball.
01:33Well, on that surface, all you need to do is just get the pace and bounce.
01:40Look to pick up against.
01:41That's a swing.
01:42Yeah, and as I thought too, Nikol in the pitch report, great carry.
01:49Whipped away this time.
01:51Finds the middle of the blade.
01:53Off the bowling of Sohail.
01:54And a boundary for Sean Marsh.
02:00Oh, straight down the ground.
02:01But he hasn't got anything of it.
02:02And comfortably taken.
02:03At mid-on.
02:08Is that angle that was always going away when all the body weight was on that front foot.
02:16Got it high on the bat, close to the handle.
02:20That's why no real timing.
02:22It's a good comeback.
02:23Sean Marsh.
02:25Departs for seven.
02:26And it's 11 for one.
02:27Oh, wow.
02:30Yes, please.
02:31That has gone a many a mile.
02:34Ducasta Properties, 10 on 10, six deep over mid-wicket.
02:40High.
02:41Who wants this?
02:43Amir Yamin.
02:44And takes it comfortably.
02:48Lin goes now.
02:49And Tanvir has got one.
02:53Dancing down the surface.
02:54This time he saw him coming down as well.
02:57Just pulling the length back and the angle.
03:00The ball was always going away from Chris Lin.
03:03Chris Lin departs for six.
03:04It's 17 for two.
03:07Mid-wicket this time for four.
03:11A little bit more bat on that, Ben Dunk.
03:16Oh, yeah.
03:17That sounded very good.
03:19Deep.
03:21Has it made the crowd?
03:22Yes, it has.
03:23Opportunity in the green seats.
03:26Ducasta Properties, 10 on 10, six.
03:29Be careful out there.
03:31You know, two good of shorts, a couple of them.
03:34And that is in the air.
03:35That might just be...
03:37Hold on.
03:38That is beautifully taken for Waad Dalam.
03:40That is the reason why Saeed Ajmal was playing.
03:43Alan.
03:44Waqai Yunus with perfect timing.
03:49And I'm afraid Ben Dunk went for it.
03:52He got underneath it.
03:53He had a lot of elevation and not enough distance.
03:56And Faward Dalam takes a very nice catch.
03:58So, three down now, the Australians.
04:01Ben Dunk gone for 26.
04:03It's 49 for three.
04:06Oh, hello.
04:07This is worth a shout.
04:09More than that.
04:10It's worth the umpire's time as well.
04:13Karman Akmal with the raucous appeal and the bowler.
04:17And that's enough.
04:18Pitch, which is assisting more to the seamers.
04:21And he's doing the job for them.
04:24Ah.
04:25I think he's pretty out.
04:27Just missed the line completely.
04:30Hit him in line and would have just gone on to hit.
04:33Dan Christian gone without scoring 51 for four.
04:38Oh, now then.
04:41Clatter of wickets.
04:45And I don't think so.
04:47It didn't look good.
04:48It's gone to the third umpire.
04:51Off Kamran Akmal or off his pads.
04:55Oh, that's out.
04:57That might be out.
04:57Yeah.
04:58The foot is in the air.
05:00So, that is stumped.
05:02Should be out here.
05:03Another wicket for Pakistan.
05:06Sayed Ajmal has been so lucky for this team.
05:10Picking up three wickets in the first over.
05:14Playing for the first time in this tournament.
05:16Darcy Short's back foot is in the air.
05:18He's gone for two.
05:20Australia struggling.
05:2053 for five.
05:25That's gone for four.
05:27It's a shot of some desperation in that.
05:32A little short.
05:37And he goes for four.
05:39Ben Cutting is strong.
05:40Very strong there.
05:44He's done him.
05:46Ben Cutting goes back and just surveys the damage.
05:52And Ajmal is running through Australia.
05:54Ben Cutting could not read the length right.
05:57He just went back on the ball which was lot full of balls spinning and hitting the off stump.
06:04He hasn't lost it.
06:05He's still got it.
06:07Sayed Ajmal.
06:08Beautiful.
06:0865 for six.
06:14Has it been hit well enough?
06:16I don't think it has.
06:17No it has not.
06:19Asif Ali takes a very nice catch out at deep mid wicket.
06:24And they're making short work of Australia.
06:27Just well card the plan.
06:30Everyone cross back.
06:32Want to hit sixes.
06:34And they're losing wicket.
06:35Wonderful catch by Asif in the deep.
06:3966 for seven now.
06:42Australia in deep trouble.
06:47Chance deep mid wicket.
06:48Three grabs at it.
06:49Gets it eventually.
06:51Asif Ali.
06:53One, two, three grabs.
06:54And no problem at all in the end.
06:57Let's have another look.
06:59It was traveling.
07:00It was fast.
07:01It was flat.
07:02To his left.
07:05One, two, three attempts.
07:08And grabbed it in the end.
07:11Well done Asif Ali.
07:13They are in deep, deep trouble.
07:15Ferguson dismissed for 10.
07:17It's 71 for eight.
07:21Gone.
07:22Straight to mid wicket.
07:24Show Malik the skipper with the catch.
07:26That's a five for.
07:29For Saeed Ajmal.
07:30And the first one in the tournament.
07:33Well, they've been struggling to pick him from the crease as well.
07:37Peter Siddle went down the pitch.
07:40Got the inside half of the bat.
07:42And yes.
07:43Well celebrated.
07:44It's just 3.2 overs.
07:47Taken a five far.
07:48Conceded only 15 runs.
07:5173 for nine.
07:52Siddle dismissed for five.
07:55Oh, a little edge.
07:56And this time it's held on too behind the stumps.
07:59He's got six.
08:00Pakistan champions have bundled Australia out for just 74.
08:06On what we thought was a little more friendly for the seam bowlers.
08:11It's been the right arm offspin and doostras of Saeed Ajmal with six for 16.
08:17The standout performance for the Pakistan champions.
08:21Bundled out for 74.
08:23And that is a very sorry looking tale.
08:26Just two players into double figures.
08:29And Dunk relatively early on.
08:32And then Callum Ferguson with 10 from 15.
08:34But it is all about the Pakistan bowlers.
08:38They have demolished Australia here at Upton Steel Stadium in Leicestershire.
08:43And that's the thing.
08:45Pace can actually scare you.
08:47Spin will embarrass you.
08:49If you're not able to read from the hand, you are searching off the surface.
08:53And this is the outcome.
08:553.5 overs.
08:56Six wickets for 16 runs.
08:5815 dot balls.
09:00Saeed Ajmal was all over the Australian champions.
09:02Imad Vaseem also picked up a couple of wickets.
09:05Three overs.
09:07Two wickets to his credit.
09:09Malik bowled only a solitary over.
09:11Went for 11.
09:13A wicket for Tanvir and a wicket for Soheil.
09:15So match number 14 of the Dugusta properties.
09:19WCL means that Pakistan champions need just 75 to win off their 20 overs.
09:26We'll be back shortly with their chase.
09:32We'll be a single to start things out to the deep cover point region.
09:39Some of the big names haven't fired in the tournament.
09:43We'll take that.
09:44Crack to it for a boundary on that occasion.
09:48Maksud.
09:49Pulled away for four.
09:55Just got a little short, little leg side and Shahjil Khan helped himself.
10:04Yeah, the only game he's missed, South Africa have lost.
10:06So that one just carved away.
10:08Back with a point for a boundary to finish off the fifth over.
10:11Pakistan champions in pursuit of 75 of 37 without loss.
10:19Cool, that's good, isn't it?
10:22Oh my goodness me, that's pinged off the bat.
10:2550 up.
10:26Cracking shot.
10:28You can't pull straight.
10:29Shahjil Khan shows no mercy.
10:38Pakistan edging ever closer to the target that takes them over.
10:46And I'm afraid that rather dispiriting display by John Hastings,
10:54who clearly has the yips, and he probably feels absolutely dreadful.
10:59A forlorn look on his face, but Pakistan have just trounced Australia
11:04by 10 wickets in 7.5 deliveries.
11:10That was the case of John Hastings having some problems.
11:14Letting the ball go.
11:16Shahjil, 32, not out.
11:17Maksud, 28, not out.
11:2175 for no wicket in 7.5.
11:24There are many movers in T20 cricket that go for over 19,
11:31but those five balls, only one boundary, lots of whites.
11:35Very unfortunate way of finishing things off.
11:38Dan Christians, 2 overs, 20.
11:41Nobody managed to pick up a wicket.
11:4415 extras.
11:45Most of them came in the last over.
11:47The unfinished over by John Hastings.
11:49Summary of this match.
11:56Match 14.
11:57Australia champions, all out 74.
12:00Seed Ajmal, 6 for 16.
12:03Imad Rasim, 2 for 11.
12:05Wicket apiece for Sahil Thambir.
12:06And I think Pakistan, 75 for no wicket.
12:10Pakistan winning by 10 wickets.
12:12And they've gone top of the standings.
12:14Top four teams will qualify, of course.
12:18Three have already done that.
12:19The last game of the day.
12:21Last game of the league stage.
12:22It's India versus the West Indies later today.
12:24This game
12:48in the first game.
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