11 May 2010

Pakistan eliminate South Africa from Twenty20 World Cup

7:26 am on 11 May 2010

Pakistan still have a chance of making the semi-finals at the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup after upsetting South Africa by 11 runs in their final Super eight match this morning in St Lucia.

Umar Akmal inspired Pakistan's recovery from a bad start with 51 from 33 balls taking them through to 148 for 7, and South Africa lost wickets and scored slowly in the first half of their run chase, finishing up on 137 for 7.

Pakistan are hoping for a big winning margin by England over New Zealand which could see the Pakistanis into the semi-finals.