Showing outstanding display of bowling and fielding, Canada restrict Pakistan to 184 in 43 overs in a group A match of the cricket World Cup at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday.

Earlier, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bat first.

Pakistan rested fast bowler Shoaib Akthar while Canada left out all-rounder John Davison in the last minute due to injury.

Canada suffered heavy defeats in both their games losing to Sri Lanka by 210 runs at Hambantota and Zimbabwe by 175 runs.

Pakistan beat Kenya by 205 runs and won a close game against Sri Lanka by 11 runs.

Teams:
Pakistan (From): Shahid Afridi (Captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal (Wicketkeeper), Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz and Younis Khan.

Canada (From): Ashish Bagai (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Rizwan Cheema, Harvir Baidwan, Nitish Kumar, Tyson Gordon, Henry Osinde, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari and Balaji Rao.

Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng)

Third Umpire: Tony Hill (NZ)
Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng).