Pakistan win ODI final with joint-record chase
Cricinfo called it the joint-highest chase in ODI finals, while The Times of India framed it as a 23-year echo of India's win at Lord's.
Pakistan won an ODI final by completing the joint-highest successful run chase in the history of one-day international finals, according to Cricinfo. The cricket website reported the result as a statistics item and placed Pakistan's chase level with the biggest previously managed in an ODI final.
The Times of India reported the same match as a recreation of India's famous chase at Lord's 23 years earlier, describing Pakistan's target as record-equalling.
Neither report, as available to this newspaper at the time of filing, named the opponent, the venue, the target or the individual scores. Neither carried a statement from the Pakistan Cricket Board or from either side.
What both outlets agree on is the shape of the result. The final was won by the team batting second, and the target stands at the top of the list for ODI finals. Cricinfo put the chase at joint-highest. The Times of India put it at record-equalling, a description consistent with a target matched rather than passed.
The Times of India led its report on the comparison with India's win at Lord's, the ground where India completed the chase the paper treats as the benchmark Pakistan has now met. Cricinfo's report was built around the numbers rather than the match.
No reaction from the Pakistan Cricket Board appeared in either report, and no player from either team was named in the copy available.
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