IN THE last warm-up match before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Pakistan will take on England at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah in Bangladesh this afternoon. In their first warm-up matches, both Pakistan and England won their ties against Bangladesh and Canada respectively.
In the first warm-up match against Bangladesh, Pakistan won by a huge margin of 89 runs on Tuesday, February 15. With the help of brilliant hundreds by opener Ahmed Shehzad and middle-order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan scored 285 runs for the loss of nine wickets. In reply Bangladesh were all out for 196 runs in 41.4 overs. Pak all-rounder Abdul Razzaq claimed three wickets, just for 31 runs.
In another warm-up match between England and Canada at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah, England won the match by 16 runs. The English team was all-out for 243 runs against one of the weakest teams in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. In reply, after the top-order collapse, Canada's Rizwan Cheema gave a massive scare to the English team as he scored 93 runs in 71 balls with 10 fours and five sixes. England's pacer Stuart Broad picked five Canadian wickets at the cost of 37 runs in 8.1 overs.
Live score of the last warm-up match between Pakistan and England will be available here.
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