Hafeez shines as Pakistan thrash West Indies

Mar 23, 2011

Chris Gayle began with a couple of boundaries before hitting on the up straight into the hands of Shahid Afridi•AFP

Ramnaresh Sarwan batted painfully slowly in an attempt to rebuild the innings with Shivnarine Chanderpaul•Associated Press

... and Devendra Bishoo in the same over, to leave West Indies tottering at 71 for 8•Getty Images

Shahid Afridi then quickly brought the innings to a close, bowling Ravi Rampaul to finish with figures of 4 for 30 ...•Associated Press

There was no let up for West Indies as Pakistan's opening batsmen were as dominant as their bowlers•Associated Press

Mohammad Hafeez then picked up two quick wickets to peg West Indies back early on in the quarter-final•Associated Press

Sarwan fell for 24 to Shahid Afridi, who then picked up the dangerous Kieron Pollard and wicketkeeper Devon Thomas off consecutive deliveries•Getty Images

Shivnarine Chanderpaul hung on as wickets tumbled at the other end•Associated Press

... as Shivnarine Chanderpaul was left stranded on 44 not out•Getty Images

Hafeez followed up his two wickets with his first half-century of the tournament•Associated Press

From the other end, Saeed Ajmal continued the damage, dismissing Darren Sammy ... •Getty Images

He was briefly kept company by Kemar Roach - only the third batsman to get to double digits with 16 - before Younis Khan took a catch to dismiss Roach•Getty Images

Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez raced towards the target •Getty Images

Pakistan cruised to a ten-wicket win and set up a semi-final clash with either India or Australia•AFP