LONDON: Umar Gul revealed that he had been working in bowling yorkers at the nets and that it paid off as he was able to take a five wicket haul to star in Pakistan’s superb victory over New Zealand in the ICC World Twenty20 Group F match at the Oval here on Saturday.
:It was a special day,” Gul said. “The main thing was bowling the first six overs very well. The captain told me to go for wickets so that's what I did. I've been practising yorkers and it paid off.”
Pakistan captain Younis Khan said "We knew it was a do-or-die situation. The message was to play your natural game – we are aggressive players,” he said. “It was a good toss to lose. The key thing is getting a wicket in the first six overs and we got three. In the last couple of years Umar has bowled very well in Twenty20 cricket, he knows how to play this format.”
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori praised Gul’s bowling after the game. “I've never seen someone reverse-swing the ball after 12 overs and he managed to do that, which made all the difference," he said.
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