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Summary After the much-hyped spot-fixing controversy, Pakistan and England were face-to-face today in Fatullah, Dhaka for the last warm-up match before the start of ICC World Cup 2011 on February 19. England defeated Pakistan by 67 runs on Friday.
Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq won the toss and elected to field in their second warm-up match. The decision of fielding first could not prove to be right one as English team remained successful to give 274 runs target to Pakistan. Pietersen and Collingwood remained prominent batsmen with 65 and 66 runs respectively. Debutant Junaid Khan and Wahab Riaz took 3 wickets each. Chasing the target, Pakistan lost 3 early wickets of Kamran Akmal, Muhammad Hafeez and Umar Akmal at the early stages of the run-chase. Only Younis Khan showed resilience and scored 80 runs to gain form before the start of World Cup. Pakistan bowled out at 206 runs in 46.1 overs.First match of the world cup would be played between co-hosts India and Bangladesh on February 19. Pakistan will face Kenya in the first World Cup match on February 23.
