September 21, 2007

Semi-Final & Final Twenty20 (T20): Pakistan Skipper wants T20 Trophy

Pakistan is number one team reached Tweny20 (T20) semi-final with full points by beating the three strong teams. In the semi-final match they will play along with New Zealand in Cape Town. Observing all the matches in Tweny20 (T20), Pakistan Captain keens to reach final and to win the trophy of Twenty20. In the qualified and super-8 round Pakistan beat some of super strong team like, Australia and Sri Lanka. Basically, Pakistan won the entire match except the match against India in qualified round. First time Pakistan drawn the match but was beaten by bowl out.

In a international online newspaper The News reported a news with the heading “Skipper wants T20 crown”. Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said his team was looking beyond tomorrow’s semifinals after they laboured to a four-wicket win over Bangladesh in their final World Twenty20 Super Eights match here at the Newlands on Thursday.

“We had hiccups today,” Malik admitted. “We are much focused to improve on this performance,” he added

Malik said he wasn’t concerned about who Pakistan play on Saturday. “We have our sights set higher than the semifinals,” he said. “We are looking at winning the trophy,” he added.

He said he was told to play his natural game. “I went out to play as I do in domestic cricket and not worry about the opposition,” he said.

Yes, Pakistan captain could dream so because now they are the unbeaten team from super eight that reached Semi-final. Pakistan has a strong batting, bowling and fielding line-up. If they achieve more confidence in this one day gap by more practices then their dream will come true.