Umar Akmal-Brad Haddin tiff in the middle revealed just how much stress is brewing between the two teams even in a match where both teams know they are through to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 quarterfinals.


After all the flak Kamran Akmal copped over his wicket keeping, Umar Akmal made his presence known in a verbal scuffle between himself and the Australian wicket keeper cum opener even as Australia thereafter struggled to justify their batting against the Pakistan bowlers, making it a tough match in the middle that will do no more than decide the places in the Group A points table.