KANDY - Pakistan has not very good memories associated with the venue ‘Pallekele’, where they lost their first match of the World Cup 2011 against New Zealand by a huge margin of 110 runs on last Tuesday (March 8).
Today they are set to play their 5th match of the World Cup against Zimbabwe on the same venue. Before today’s match both teams have been face to face 40 times and Pakistan has emerged victorious in 36 while one match has been tied and one fetched no result.
Pakistan can make their way to quarterfinals with today’s victory as after that they will have to meet only defending champion Australia in their last group match on March 19 at Colombo.
Weather report: There was a light shower in the morning and heavy showers are expected later in the day. The ground was covered on half an hour ago; but the covers have been removed now. The sun is out. Hopefully, it stays the same way.
Pitch report: The wicket is hard, the grass is not even. There are patchy sections of grass, there will be some uneven bounce and sideways movement. The overcast conditions may force the captain to bowl first.
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