pakistan boosted their chances of reaching the cricket world cup quarter finals by defeating the united arab emirates by 129 runs in napier a second wicket partnership of 160 between ahmed shehzad (93) and haris sohail (70) and a quick fire 65 from captain misbah ul haq helped pakistan amass 339 for six in their 50 overs, and although the uae lost only eight wickets in their reply, they made just 210, leaving them well short of their target victory at mclean park moved pakistan up to fourth in pool b at the expense of ireland, with the two sides going head to head in adelaide on march 15 pakistan's ahmed shehzad hits out during his innings of 93 in their world cup victory over the uae  shehzad anchored the pakistan innings with 93 as his team posted a total of 339 for six in napier  haris sohail also made 70 runs as pakistan set a large total in napier, ultimately winning by 129 runs  pakistan captain misbah ul haq chipped in with a quickfire 65 as the runs racked up  pakistan's total would have been challenging for an established nation, let alone an associate, although they did not get off to the best of starts the match was only 33 overs old when nasir jamshed went looking to pull and succeeded only in skying manjula guruge's short delivery to mid on to depart for four sohail joined shehzad at the crease and it was not long before the scoreboard began to tick over, with the pakistan total passing 100 in the 23rd over shehzad, dropped in the seventh and eighth overs, lifted amjad javed over the ropes for the first six of the match at the end of the 16th over and was raising his bat to celebrate fifty   his 11th in odis   in the 24th over sohail joined his batting partner in passing the half century mark in the very next over off mohammad tauqir   which also pushed their partnership past the 100 run mark pakistan celebrate at the end of their 129 run victory in napier, which boosts their quarter final chances  pakistan moved up to fourth in pool b ahead of ireland, whom they play in adelaide on march 15  misbah ul haq pulls the ball away for four during pakistan's innings as the uae were batted out of the match  sohail clubbed krishna chandran to the mid wicket boundary as the partnership passed 150 at the start of the 32nd over but his time at the crease came to an end in the next over as he mis hit mohammad naveed to mid on to depart for 70 from 83 balls shehzad was run out for 93, from 105 balls, shorty afterwards but with captain misbah joining sohaib maqsood in the middle, pakistan were well set on 176 for three with 155 overs to play misbah and maqsood put on 75 runs in 85 overs for the fourth wicket, but their quick fire partnership ended in the 43rd over with pakistan on 251 as maqsood, having made 45 from 31 deliveries, clubbed to backward point where rohan mustafa juggled repeatedly before taking the catch misbah continued to score freely after maqsood's departure and brought up his 41st odi fifty at the end of the 46th over before he and umar akmal (19) fell to guruge in the penultimate over uae opener andri berenger walks off after being dismissed by sohail khan for two runs  sohail khan celebrates after taking one of his two wickets as the uae were reduced to 210 for eight  pakistan's rahat ali (left) celebrates with his team mates after removing amjad ali for 14 runs  shahid afridi clubbed 21 runs from seven balls in the closing stages to pass 8,000 runs in odi cricket as pakistan set uae an unlikely target of 340 to win the match rahat ali drew first blood for pakistan in the seventh over of uae's innings when amjad ali (14) chopped on to his own stumps to leave the associate nation on 19 for one the score had not changed when sohail khan tricked andri berenger into edging behind five balls later to leave uae two down and facing an uphill battle their challenge became even more difficult when krishna chandran offered a leading edge to give khan his second wicket and leave uae struggling on 25 for three after 10 overs shehzad's innings came to an end when he was run out by shaiman anwar  the uae players celebrate after taking the wicket of pakistan batsman sohaib maqsood  but khurram khan and shaiman anwar posted 83 to steady the ship, before the former was caught at backward square leg off maqsood, going for 43 anwar progressed for a third odi 50 off 75 balls, but when he holed out to afridi for 62, the score was left on 140 for five and the game was close to being up rohan mustafa did not help matters, caught at short fine leg off afridi for a second ball duck, but a 68 stand between amjad javed and swapnil patil at least added some credibility javed (40) took on one shot too many and was caught at long on off wahab riaz, while patil was cleaned up by the same bowler for 36, leaving the uae out of time and hope
pakistan napier ahmed shehzad haris sohail 70 second misbah ul haq the united arab emirates ireland fourth
pakistan posted a total of 339 for six from their 50 overs in napier . ahmed shehzad (93) and haris sohail (70) put on 160 for second wicket . captain misbah ul haq contributed a quickfire 65 . the united arab emirates then reached 210 for eight from their 50 overs . win puts pakistan above ireland into fourth in pool b 