India v Pakistan: Pakistan elect to field first in Durban in their bid to deny rivals India a place in the Super Eights Mohammad Asif grasps a sharp return catch in his opening over to account for Gautum Ghambhir and have India at 0-1 An exit from the tournament for India looks possible as Asif plucks out the top order and claims figures of 4-18 Robin Uthappa comes to the rescue with a rapid 50 but India are 82-5 in the 13th over when he is caught behind Rain delays make life difficult for the batting side but 33 from MS Dhoni helps India compile 141-9 in their 20 overs India take regular wickets but Pakistan reach the final over six wickets down and needing 12 runs for the win Both sides go through to the next stage as the match ends in a tie with a run out on the last ball - India win the bowl-out England v Australia: Paul Collingwood chooses to bat first as Australia seek to bounce back from defeat by Zimbabwe But Matt Prior and Luke Wright depart cheaply and Darren Maddy falls for 20 to leave England 48-3 in the eighth over Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen start to build some momentum until England's captain is lbw to Brett Lee for 18 Pietersen is then bowled by Nathan Bracken in the 14th over, leaving England in need of quick runs at 97-5 Andrew Flintoff and Owais Shah take England to 127 before the next wicket falls in the 17th over But three wickets each for Bracken and Mitchell Johnson limit England to 135 all out as the lower order fails to fire Openers Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist get Australia off to the perfect start in reply to England's modest total Australia saunter to 78 in the ninth over before Gilchrist is caught by Flintoff off spinner Chris Schofield for 45 Hayden's undefeated 67 gives Australia a comfortable win, while England reach the next stage at Zimbabwe's expense Kenya v Sri Lanka: Kenya captain Steve Tikolo wins the toss and decides that his team will field Sanath Jayasuriya makes 88 runs for Sri Lanka, who register a Twenty20 international record of 260 from their 20 overs Chamara Silva gets just five runs before being run out by Kenya wicketkeeper Mauris Ouma Kenya manage only 88 runs in response and Sri Lanka are able to celebrate a resounding victory
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