Aamir Sohail 76 v Australia Perth 1992 World Cup
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00:00Comes in later on in the afternoon, Sohail on strike to Reid, well bowled.
00:10I don't think Amir Sohail has seen too much swing bowling, he's a bit mesmerised at the moment by the out swing of McDermott, which is actually in swing to him, but that one going away from him, from Bruce Reid, he got a bit of a shock there.
00:27Yes, I remember Rodney Marshall was saying that when the easterly was in he always felt that it was a good day for out swingers with the bowler bowling at the member stand end, the end that Bruce Reid is operating from.
00:49Reid getting a nice movement away, Bruce coming from about mid wicket across to cover point for Reid, he seems to be still bowling within himself, he's not express, he's sharp, nice bounce here coming from the members end with the two slips at gully point, fairly straight mid arm off in for his left arm fast bowling, and the third man fairly square.
01:15No ball, he's got an edge, so that's an out off a no ball, beautiful bowling but over the popping crease, so the no ball call was early.
01:26Yes, he really has the ball swinging quite nicely and swinging late, you see the batsman's head whizz around there and the look of anguish on the keepers face.
01:37Levenberg, and Pippa's reporter is in there as well.
01:48War border and Levenberg were chatting about the two wides called against Steve War, and now Bruce Reid has offended again, so I couldn't please the Australian skipper too much.
02:18That's well run once again, and although they weren't off the very instant the ball was played, they still made it quite comfortably.
02:30Yes, class batsmen will pick out the fielder, they know they can get a short single too, Dean Jones was feeling quite deep there at cover, and all you have to do is just drop it in front and you shouldn't have too many problems at all.
02:45Two wides in his first over.
02:52Going to the 13th over now.
02:58Those two close in fielders must be too many in catching position inside the first 15 overs.
03:18Inside the first 15 overs, border is employing one at short mid wicket, and the other one at first slip.
03:27Generally the umpires will use the first slip as the standard for distance.
03:48Rashad is talking about Piddy's reporter and his method of signalling. In case you missed it, here it is.
04:14Like he's conducting a symphony.
04:21As long as it's not a requiem, then the batsmen will be quite happy.
04:27Amir Sohail and Ramiz Raja.
04:31Unbeaten so far, 9 to Amir and 20 to Ramiz.
04:35There are 11 extras.
04:39And it's no wicket for 40.
04:42It's coming towards the end of the 13th over.
04:48And it's now a none for 44.
05:07And there'll be three there if they really hustle.
05:11Border having fallen in trying to field.
05:17The thing's running along very well for Piper Strump at the moment. Here's David Gower in the commentary box.
05:22Not quite immaculate on that occasion.
05:37It's the Australian fielding very alert. They've been fairly unlucky here today.
05:42Because they've had a number of balls go in the air.
05:45And nothing has gone to hand.
05:48There's War. He's had some...
05:54He's an excellent fielder. Some great runouts in this World Cup.
05:58And the quality of fielding in the World Cup has been magnificent.
06:04Alan Border.
06:10This is wide for Whitney.
06:12And Amir Sohail throws the bat at it. It's through Geoff Marsh in the gully.
06:16It's a long chase for Dean Jones. Again, this outfield very quick here today at the Wacker.
06:23Dean's going to struggle to throw in to Ian Healy. That's a throw of 80 metres or so.
06:28Almost straight in over the top of the stumps.
06:31Geoff Marsh took the pace off that ball at gully and Dean Jones did the rest.
06:37Because they've come in close for the single, could hardly get down to save the ball.
06:43And Dean Jones does really well.
06:47And batsmen in favour.
06:52Steve War into his rhythm now. He had a little bit of trouble earlier bowling a few wides at these Pakistani batsmen.
06:57But he's back on line now.
06:59Amir Sohail works him round the corner to leg for one more run.
07:0416 added to the 746.
07:10So you can see it's a prolific scorer.
07:16Great shot from Amir Sohail.
07:18He's timed this wonderfully through extra cover.
07:22And the sparing dive not good enough to cut this.
07:24So he's going to race to the boundary.
07:27Pakistan now none for 76.
07:30He wants to be married.
07:35Sometime after his delivery.
07:47As it quite often does when he has an injury, Bruce Reid.
07:54He hasn't got a lot of muscle on him.
07:57So he's struggling to get into form.
08:03But he's looking at Bruce Reid. He hasn't been able to come back after his first spell.
08:09He hasn't come back very well.
08:11And he's taken a bit of stick from the batsmen when he's come back for his second spell.
08:16And as a result, you just wonder whether Alan Borda
08:19hadn't possibly used him best by bowling him out in his first spell.
08:35Sohail's looking for that pull shot.
08:38It's a good ground to play the pull shot.
08:41Here the whacker pitch because the bounce is so true.
08:48Yes, there you have all the runs scored.
08:51Peter Kirsten, the leading run getter.
08:53But Amir Sohail, 279.
08:57Very interested in passing Kirsten, Crow, Lara.
09:01Two from Sri Lanka there.
09:05That's nicely hit.
09:07He's hit plenty of boundaries in this competition too.
09:10And up goes the bat as he hit it.
09:12He had the bat in the air waving for the 50.
09:15And he knew where it was headed.
09:17And Javid, I would be certain, would be telling him,
09:21your job is only half done, son. Keep it going.
09:29Here comes his 50.
09:32Just picks it up over McGregor and Madon.
09:37The field is in short, saving that single.
09:40Very safe hit.
09:42And he's got his 50 of 85 balls.
09:48That will be another boundary.
09:51So that's 28 in all for Sohail in the tournament.
09:54He's hit five today.
09:56And that has him in third place in the World Cup.
09:59Brian Lara has hit 32.
10:01Martin Crow, 31.
10:03And then Amir Sohail has 28 boundaries in the World Cup.
10:09Sohail times the ball superbly here.
10:11Gives himself just a bit of room for the extra bounce.
10:14And clips it right in the hip.
10:18Huck War to replace Bruce Reid.
10:22Bruce Reid taking a bit of stick in the last over.
10:25And Sohail is going on with the job here.
10:28That's three boundaries in the last couple of overs from the members' end.
10:33Sohail's got his 50.
10:35He's looking to score pretty freely.
10:38There you see his first ball.
10:40Not too sure of the length.
10:42And Sohail just jumps on the half-volley.
10:44Four runs.
10:51And once again, he's hit it into the gap.
10:54So the boundary is coming thick and fast for Amir Sohail.
10:59Yes, he's been looking to hit short-pitch deliveries on the leg side.
11:05And here War comes in and drops one short here.
11:10And that's exactly what he's been looking for.
11:13Times it perfectly, straight in the gap.
11:15And there's no chance of a despair.
11:17But it's also a very good play if your eye is in.
11:20That's a good shot.
11:23And he's found the boundary again.
11:25His placement is excellent.
11:27Placement is excellent.
11:30Sohail's very confident at the moment.
11:35Yeah, the ball's over-pitched slightly.
11:40The form that he's in, that's just where he wants it.
11:43Places it absolutely perfectly.
11:46Keen to give the strike to you.
11:48Graham Gooch has got a slight hamstring strain.
11:51Won't be playing in tomorrow's match against South Africa.
11:55...for Australia to get later this evening.
12:10Ian Healey.
12:13And he's taken the catch.
12:15So Tom Moody gets his second breakthrough.
12:18And it's a good one for Australia, getting rid of Amir Sohail.
12:24This is the in-form batsman.
12:28He's going to bid to try and score a lot quicker.
12:36Gets this ball. He's trying to pull over mid-wicket.
12:39Gets the top edge.
12:41In fact, it looks like the bat was open-faced.
12:43And Healey takes a great catch over his head.
12:47Pakistan, 103 for 153.