We Do Well Whenever Pushed To The Corner: Sarfaraz Ahmed

Birmingham: Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed seemed to a happy man after his team registered a comfortable win over New Zealand and kept their hopes alive of making it to the semifinals of the ongoing World Cup.

Pakistan had to face a lot of criticism, both from fans and former cricketers, post their 89-run defeat to arch-rivals India on June 16. However, they came back strongly to first register a convincing 49-run win over South Africa and on Wednesday, they produced another clinical performance to beat the Black Caps —who were till then unbeaten in the tournament - by six wickets at Edgbaston.

“Good to see the results today. Whenever Pakistan team is pushed to the corner, we do well,” said Sarfaraz at the post-match presentation ceremony.

He also said that it was a complete team effort from his side that saw them cross the line against the Kane Williamson-led side.

It were pacers Shaheen Afridi and Mohammed Amir who made early inroads in the New Zealand batting line-up and helped Pakistan restrict the Black Caps for 237/6. James Neesham (97*) and Colin de Grandhomme (64) played brilliant knocks under pressure else the Kiwis would have been bowled for a much lower total. IANS

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