India on verge of last eight

Dave James

India virtually wrapped a World Cup quarter-final place on Wednesday as calamity keeper Kamran Akmal faced being deposed by his own brother as Pakistan's top gloveman.

Yuvraj Singh scored a match-winning 51 not out, his third successive half century, as India pulled off a five-wicket win against the Netherlands after making heavy weather of chasing a 190 target at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla. AFP