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An opening stand of 90 between Saeed Anwar and Imran Nazir set Pakistan up for a semi-final berth in the ICC KnockOut tournament as last year's World Cup finalists cantered after a winning target of 195 on Sunday

Pakistan swept into the semi-finals of the ICC KnockOut tournament on the back of an assured century from Saeed Anwar as Sri Lanka were brushed aside by nine wickets at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Sunday

Saeed Anwar had a word with batting partner Yousuf Youhana moments before he hit the six which gave him a century and took Pakistan to a nine-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the ICC KnockOut 2000 quarter-final at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club on Sunday

India knocked the 1999 World Cup champions off their perch with a memorable 20-run victory over Australia in their ICC KnockOut quarterfinal on Saturday

Poor crowd response for ICC KnockOut Trophy The response to the eleven-nation ICC KnockOut tournament has been sparce because of either lack of knowledge to the game, exhobirant gate charges or outright apathy report Agence France Presse (AFP)

It was the 1630th One-Day International in cricket history

It was the 1631st ODI in cricket history

Whoever thought that Bangladesh would run away with the match after a brave showing with the bat saw them score 232 for 8 in 50 overs had to eat his words as England proved their superiority in the match by achieving the target with 6.1overs and

Sunday October 8, 2000 will be the D day and Nairobi Gymkhana Ground the battle field for a tough fight between two giants of Asia

A good many of the scribes at Nairobi used the word "cantered" to describe India's first round overhauling of Kenya

England are aiming to build on their superior knowledge of the Gymkhana Club when they meet South Africa in their ICC Knockout quarter-final

The hard-hitting opening batsmen Gunawardane scored his first one-day century as the favorites Sri Lanka, batting first, piled up 287 for 6 to beat the West Indies by a margin of 108 runs in the pre-quarterfinal of the ICC KnockOut

The once champions of the world test and one-day arena crashed out of the ICC Trophy Tournament in Kenya this past Wednesday as they were heavily defeated by the mighty Sri Lankan Lions

For India it was precisely the start they wanted; for Kenya there was little disgrace in defeat by eight wickets

Nairobi - First, the bad news from Nairobi, immediately adding the Kenyan capital to a long list that has encompassed most of the cricketing globe over the past few years

The ICC KnockOut tournament in Nairobi will provide an opportunity for all the teams to either reconfirm or regain their reputation in world cricket

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