{"id":158696,"date":"2021-11-11T21:12:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T22:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=158696"},"modified":"2021-11-11T22:57:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T22:57:47","slug":"moment-pakistan-fielder-dropped-the-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=158696","title":{"rendered":"Moment Pakistan fielder 'dropped the World Cup'"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pakistan captain Babar Azam says a regulation dropped catch in the 19th over was the turning point in Australia's stunning semi-final win<\/a> at the T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

With 20 runs needed from the final 10 balls, the match hung in the balance with Matthew Wade<\/a> on strike to Shaheen Afridi.<\/p>\n

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The left-hander clipped a ball in the air to deep mid-wicket, where Hasan Ali had to move to his left to take what should have been a comfortable catch.<\/p>\n

It would have turned the match decisively in Pakistan's favour, but instead Hasan overran the ball, and barely looked like taking the catch.<\/p>\n

\"Hasan<\/p>\n

It capped a difficult five minutes for Hasan, who had bowled the previous over and conceded 15 runs as Australia clawed its way back into the match.<\/p>\n

At the 1999 World Cup, Steve Waugh allegedly told South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs that he'd "just dropped the World Cup" after Gibbs made a mess of a simple chance, and Wade might have been tempted to do likewise had Hasan been within hearing distance.<\/p>\n

Given an unexpected life, the left-hander finished the match with sixes off the next three balls.<\/p>\n

Wade (41 off 17 balls) and Marcus Stoinis (40 off 31) combined for an unbeaten partnership of 81 off 40 balls to see Australia home.<\/p>\n

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"When you give teams like Australia a chance they take the match away from you," Babar said after the game.<\/p>\n

"If that catch that Hasan Ali dropped had been taken, maybe the result would have been different. As a player, you have to be on your toes and avail any opportunity you get. We made a mistake and it cost us the match."<\/p>\n

\"Hasan<\/p>\n

It was Pakistan's only loss of the tournament, after winning all five of their group matches.<\/p>\n

"The way we played the tournament and gelled together as a team, I am very satisfied with my team's efforts as captain," Babar said.<\/p>\n

"We'll try and learn from our mistakes and come back stronger. When you play a big tournament so well, it's good but you have to perform on the day. You can't relax in any department."<\/p>\n

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