{"id":7492,"date":"2023-10-21T13:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T08:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=364773"},"modified":"2023-10-21T13:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T08:07:56","slug":"cricket-world-cup-pakistan-yet-to-hit-a-six-in-powerplay-overs-despite-playing-over-1100-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/cricket-world-cup-pakistan-yet-to-hit-a-six-in-powerplay-overs-despite-playing-over-1100-deliveries\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket World Cup: Pakistan yet to hit a six in PowerPlay overs despite playing over 1100 deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ICC World Cup 2023:<\/strong> Pakistan\u2019s performance has attracted attention due to a distinct feature \u2013 the absence of powerplay sixes. Despite this absence of aggressive shots in the initial overs, Pakistan has displayed remarkable resilience and determination, emphasizing that early sixes don\u2019t always translate to One-Day International (ODI) victories.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of the 2023 World Cup, Pakistan found themselves in an unusual situation. After 1100 deliveries in the tournament, they hadn\u2019t managed to clear the boundary rope in the powerplay (0-10 overs). This statistic raised eyebrows, particularly when compared to formidable teams like England and India, renowned for their aggressive starts.<\/p>\n<p>This balanced approach was evident in Pakistan\u2019s recent clash against Australia at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In a thrilling match, Australia emerged victorious by 62 runs. Australia\u2019s innings featured an exceptional century by David Warner, scoring 163 runs from 124 balls, and a stellar performance by Mitchell Marsh, contributing 121 runs from 108 deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Pakistan displayed their fighting spirit, with Abdullah Shafique (64) and Imam-ul-Haq (70) leading the charge. Despite their valiant efforts, Pakistan\u2019s top-order batsmen struggled to match the required run rate, mainly due to Adam Zampa\u2019s impressive bowling display, where he secured four crucial wickets.<\/p>\n<p>A standout performance came from Shaheen Afridi, Pakistan\u2019s bowler, who claimed five wickets for 54 runs, showcasing his bowling prowess and determination. Despite resistance from the lower order, Pakistan was eventually bowled out for 305 in 45.3 overs. Australia\u2019s comprehensive victory underscored their disciplined bowling, with Pat Cummins and Marcus Stoinis also making vital contributions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan\u2019s performance has attracted attention due to a distinct feature \u2013 the absence of powerplay sixes\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":30393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3688,3424,1015],"class_list":["post-7492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-cwc-23","tag-pakistan","tag-pcb"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}