http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6427455.stm
World Cup players had to evacuate their Trinidad hotel when a tear gas canister exploded on the same floor as the rooms belonging to the Pakistan players.
Security staff at the Hilton hotel had to knock on doors of individual players to alert them to leave the building.
The South Africans left the vicinity in buses and limousines. The Pakistanis waited in the car-park, while Ireland and Canada were already out training.
At least three hotel staff were taken to hospital but no players were hurt.
Several fire engines and emergency vehicles were seen at the hotel as investigations continued.
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi told reporters: "I have no idea what happened. I had just woken up when the security man knocked on the door and said 'get out of the room'.
"But I went back to sleep" . Then he knocked again, and said 'get out of the room'. Then I did and went downstairs."
"I heard there was a fire on the eighth floor."
His story appeared to tally with the point of view of his team-mate Mohammad Sami.
The paceman said: "I was on the sixth floor when a security man came to my room and asked me to vacate the hotel.
"I saw a lot of smoke coming out from the corridor so I ran down."
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JohnnyJay wrote:DiLLaGii wrote:I still laugh when I see thisJohnnyJay wrote:Ok DiLL, I will root for India, but only if this guy says:
"Yo Adrian! I did it!"
I got em for all those guys in your sig!
:Say Halo to my little friend!
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Adrian was really classic
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Dil, are you still following this thread? 
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricketworl ... 14,00.html
How quickly fortune's wheel can turn. Last week, West Indies were humiliated by Pakistan, bowled out for 85. But yesterday at Sabina Park, which has been massively developed, they gained revenge when it mattered. They beat Pakistan by 54 runs and sent the crowd into raptures. Little encouragement is ever needed for noise in this neck of the woods but it would not have been a quiet night in Kingston.
They can be grateful for a battering innings of 63 from Marlon Samuels, 49 from Ramnaresh Sarwan and 37 from Brian Lara. There was an incisive new-ball spell, too, from Daren Powell, who made early incisions when it mattered.
But above all there was the resurgence of a talent which appeared to have gone adrift. Dwayne Smith announced himself to the cricket world three years ago with a run-a-ball hundred on his Test debut in South Africa. Then against England later that same winter, in a one-day series, he produced batting pyrotechnics and fielding which evoked memories of Clive Lloyd and Roger Harper. Somewhere along the way since, he lost confidence. His batting became a memory and only his canny medium-pace bowling remained.
Yesterday it all came back. Smith hit 32 brutal runs at the tail end of the West Indies' innings, using 15 deliveries to do so, clobbering three fours and two sixes in the process. It lifted West Indies to 241 for eight, by no means ideal on a good pitch but slenderly defensible. In the second phase his ground fielding tormented Pakistan and lifted his team-mates. Finally, with the ball he took three for 36, including those of the two players, Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam-ul-Haq, who appeared to be steering Pakistan home. But Yousuf's 37 and Inzamam's 36 were as good as it got when the contest was alive. Inzamam's dismissal, lbw as he played all around a straight one, reduced Pakistan to 116 for five in the 33rd over. Kamran Akmal followed next ball, stunningly held at backward point, and the game was up. Pakistan subsided to 187 despite Shoaib Malik's 62.
West Indies ought to have made a better fist of their innings than they did. But the loss of Chris Gayle early on and the inability of Shivnarine Chanderpaul to convert his early caution into big runs allowed the innings to stagnate until Samuels took up the challenge. Until then, good runs had come from Sarwan alone, who survived a first-ball rush of blood when Younis Khan put down a rapid but takeable chance at second slip. Thereafter he played with some panache, hitting nine fours in his 49 before driving too ambitiously at Iftikhar Anjum, giving Younis the catch.
It was in taking on Iftikhar and then the leg-spin of Danish Kaneria that Samuels endeavoured to alter the tempo of the innings, which had almost ground to a halt. Two languid swings of Samuels' bat, the first sending the tournament's opening six into the stand and the second scudding the ball through the covers, disrupted a fine spell from Iftikhar.
At the other end, Kaneria had found turn but Samuels simply blasted him into the new northern stand and then spanked him through extra cover. Lara joined in, drilling a low six over long off. Together the pair added 91, resurrecting the innings before the captain was caught behind attempting to sweep Mohammad Hafeez's off-spin.
From here, Samuels should have seen the innings through to the end. But Lara's dismissal merely served to make him more ambitious and his attempted straight six off the back foot brought his downfall and a wicket for Hafeez. It took Smith's strokeplay to lend West Indies hope.
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I know squat all about the statistics, only that Pakistan lost.
But it doesn't look like Sami played in this match.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricketworl ... 14,00.html
How quickly fortune's wheel can turn. Last week, West Indies were humiliated by Pakistan, bowled out for 85. But yesterday at Sabina Park, which has been massively developed, they gained revenge when it mattered. They beat Pakistan by 54 runs and sent the crowd into raptures. Little encouragement is ever needed for noise in this neck of the woods but it would not have been a quiet night in Kingston.
They can be grateful for a battering innings of 63 from Marlon Samuels, 49 from Ramnaresh Sarwan and 37 from Brian Lara. There was an incisive new-ball spell, too, from Daren Powell, who made early incisions when it mattered.
But above all there was the resurgence of a talent which appeared to have gone adrift. Dwayne Smith announced himself to the cricket world three years ago with a run-a-ball hundred on his Test debut in South Africa. Then against England later that same winter, in a one-day series, he produced batting pyrotechnics and fielding which evoked memories of Clive Lloyd and Roger Harper. Somewhere along the way since, he lost confidence. His batting became a memory and only his canny medium-pace bowling remained.
Yesterday it all came back. Smith hit 32 brutal runs at the tail end of the West Indies' innings, using 15 deliveries to do so, clobbering three fours and two sixes in the process. It lifted West Indies to 241 for eight, by no means ideal on a good pitch but slenderly defensible. In the second phase his ground fielding tormented Pakistan and lifted his team-mates. Finally, with the ball he took three for 36, including those of the two players, Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam-ul-Haq, who appeared to be steering Pakistan home. But Yousuf's 37 and Inzamam's 36 were as good as it got when the contest was alive. Inzamam's dismissal, lbw as he played all around a straight one, reduced Pakistan to 116 for five in the 33rd over. Kamran Akmal followed next ball, stunningly held at backward point, and the game was up. Pakistan subsided to 187 despite Shoaib Malik's 62.
West Indies ought to have made a better fist of their innings than they did. But the loss of Chris Gayle early on and the inability of Shivnarine Chanderpaul to convert his early caution into big runs allowed the innings to stagnate until Samuels took up the challenge. Until then, good runs had come from Sarwan alone, who survived a first-ball rush of blood when Younis Khan put down a rapid but takeable chance at second slip. Thereafter he played with some panache, hitting nine fours in his 49 before driving too ambitiously at Iftikhar Anjum, giving Younis the catch.
It was in taking on Iftikhar and then the leg-spin of Danish Kaneria that Samuels endeavoured to alter the tempo of the innings, which had almost ground to a halt. Two languid swings of Samuels' bat, the first sending the tournament's opening six into the stand and the second scudding the ball through the covers, disrupted a fine spell from Iftikhar.
At the other end, Kaneria had found turn but Samuels simply blasted him into the new northern stand and then spanked him through extra cover. Lara joined in, drilling a low six over long off. Together the pair added 91, resurrecting the innings before the captain was caught behind attempting to sweep Mohammad Hafeez's off-spin.
From here, Samuels should have seen the innings through to the end. But Lara's dismissal merely served to make him more ambitious and his attempted straight six off the back foot brought his downfall and a wicket for Hafeez. It took Smith's strokeplay to lend West Indies hope.
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I know squat all about the statistics, only that Pakistan lost.
But it doesn't look like Sami played in this match.
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Yes, Mary! Sorry I have been very busy and I am getting very little time for GRB. Sami didnt play that game which Paki lost. I am sure from now on he will play. They will take out Naved who has been playing horrible since past one year.Mary1966 wrote:Dil, are you still following this thread?
India's first game is tomorrow. I cant watch the game unfortunately because I gotta work tomorrow
But the good thing is I will get paid for overtime 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/6457689.stm
Pakistan were in serious danger of exiting the World Cup six weeks before the final after Ireland bowled them out for 132 in the big match in Jamaica.
The boisterous Irish fans could barely contain their joy on St Patrick's Day.
On an appropriately green wicket with bounce and seam movement, Ireland won the toss and took their first wicket with the last ball of the first over.
Tall paceman Boyd Rankin took three wickets, while Andre Botha and Kyle McCallan collected two each.
Ireland held every catch going, produced some inspired stops in the field and even shrugged off the denial of two excellent lbw appeals to set up a huge chance of causing one of the biggest upsets in cricket.
The first opportunity for Irish celebration came when Dave Langford-Smith bowled a peach of a delivery at Mohammad Hafeez.
He got a ball just outside off stump and holding its line, which he could only edge behind.
When Rankin then had Younis Khan caught in the slips for a duck, the Test nation had to rebuild from 15-2.
Imran Nazir (24) and Mohammad Yousuf (15) added 41, helped out by a generous offering of wides.
But when Rankin and Langford-Smith were replaced by Botha and skipper Trent Johnston, the two big wickets fell.
Yousuf drove a wide ball from Johnston straight to point before Inzamam edged his third ball to the solitary slip.
Given obvious confidence by that strike, Botha (2-5 from eight overs) began to extract huge inswing and made life intolerable for Nazir.
Eventually, the opener departed after a 51-ball effort, Eoin Morgan taking a low catch at slip.
In the 21st over, Pakistan lost their sixth wicket with the score on 72, the O'Brien brothers teaming up to dismiss Shoaib Malik.
Kevin's delivery was nicked by the right-hander, the ball rebounding off wicket-keeper Niall's body to be taken at the second attempt.
Finally, Pakistan produced their second partnership of note, with Kamran Akmal (27) and Azhar Mahmood (2) adding 31.
But Johnston's captaincy was spot on as he brought back Boyd for some extra pace.
The bowler dug a couple in, and each batsman spooned catches to Johnston at mid-wicket.
After Mohammad Sami and Rao Iftikhar had added a gutsy 25, spinner Kyle McCallan provided the ninth wicket thanks to a tumbling Jeremy Bray catch at fine leg.
Another optimistic swipe, this time from last man Umar Gul, resulted in a safely-pouched skied catch to leave Rao high and dry on eight off 43 balls.
Pakistan must win the game or face the prospect of an early return home, having already lost to West Indies.
They brought in all-rounder Mahmood and paceman Sami in place of Danish Kaneria and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.
Ireland made no changes to the side that forced a memorable tie against Zimbabwe in the Emerald Isle's first appearance in a World Cup match.
If they can win here they have a huge chance of making the Super Eights, an unimaginable prospect three days ago.
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Well, apparently Sami did well, but Pakistan is going in the toilet.
Pakistan were in serious danger of exiting the World Cup six weeks before the final after Ireland bowled them out for 132 in the big match in Jamaica.
The boisterous Irish fans could barely contain their joy on St Patrick's Day.
On an appropriately green wicket with bounce and seam movement, Ireland won the toss and took their first wicket with the last ball of the first over.
Tall paceman Boyd Rankin took three wickets, while Andre Botha and Kyle McCallan collected two each.
Ireland held every catch going, produced some inspired stops in the field and even shrugged off the denial of two excellent lbw appeals to set up a huge chance of causing one of the biggest upsets in cricket.
The first opportunity for Irish celebration came when Dave Langford-Smith bowled a peach of a delivery at Mohammad Hafeez.
He got a ball just outside off stump and holding its line, which he could only edge behind.
When Rankin then had Younis Khan caught in the slips for a duck, the Test nation had to rebuild from 15-2.
Imran Nazir (24) and Mohammad Yousuf (15) added 41, helped out by a generous offering of wides.
But when Rankin and Langford-Smith were replaced by Botha and skipper Trent Johnston, the two big wickets fell.
Yousuf drove a wide ball from Johnston straight to point before Inzamam edged his third ball to the solitary slip.
Given obvious confidence by that strike, Botha (2-5 from eight overs) began to extract huge inswing and made life intolerable for Nazir.
Eventually, the opener departed after a 51-ball effort, Eoin Morgan taking a low catch at slip.
In the 21st over, Pakistan lost their sixth wicket with the score on 72, the O'Brien brothers teaming up to dismiss Shoaib Malik.
Kevin's delivery was nicked by the right-hander, the ball rebounding off wicket-keeper Niall's body to be taken at the second attempt.
Finally, Pakistan produced their second partnership of note, with Kamran Akmal (27) and Azhar Mahmood (2) adding 31.
But Johnston's captaincy was spot on as he brought back Boyd for some extra pace.
The bowler dug a couple in, and each batsman spooned catches to Johnston at mid-wicket.
After Mohammad Sami and Rao Iftikhar had added a gutsy 25, spinner Kyle McCallan provided the ninth wicket thanks to a tumbling Jeremy Bray catch at fine leg.
Another optimistic swipe, this time from last man Umar Gul, resulted in a safely-pouched skied catch to leave Rao high and dry on eight off 43 balls.
Pakistan must win the game or face the prospect of an early return home, having already lost to West Indies.
They brought in all-rounder Mahmood and paceman Sami in place of Danish Kaneria and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.
Ireland made no changes to the side that forced a memorable tie against Zimbabwe in the Emerald Isle's first appearance in a World Cup match.
If they can win here they have a huge chance of making the Super Eights, an unimaginable prospect three days ago.
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Well, apparently Sami did well, but Pakistan is going in the toilet.