Summary UAE were restricted to 210-8 in their 50 overs with Shaiman Anwar hitting a solid 62.
SYDNEY (AFP) - Pakistan s World Cup revival continued on Wednesday when they clinched a 129-run win against the United Arab Emirates in Napier as Australia were eyeing a crushing score against Afghanistan in Perth.
Opener Ahmed Shehzad fell seven short of his maiden World Cup hundred while Haris Sohail (70) and skipper Misbah-ul-Haq chipped in with 65 which helped Pakistan to post 339-6 on a flat McLean Park pitch.
They then restricted the UAE to 210-8 in their 50 overs with Shaiman Anwar continuing his brilliant form with the bat by scoring 62, his third half century of the tournament.
The win gives Pakistan four points in as many games as they continued their fight for a place in the quarter-finals.
"That was a much needed win for us. We won by a margin so we can relax now. We have a good net run rate now also," said Misbah.
UAE captain Mohammad Tauqir admitted chasing such a huge score was always going to be beyond them.
"340 was a big total for us, but we batted 50 overs and we are happy with this effort. Anwar is very confident and in great form," said Tauqir.
Shehzad and Sohail restored Pakistan with a second wicket stand of 160 after they lost out-of-form opener Nasir Jamshed for four in the fourth over.
Man of the match Shehzad hit eight boundaries and a six off 105 balls but ran himself out while taking a sharp single. Sohail clubbed five boundaries and a six.
Sohaib Maqsood helped Misbah add another rapid 75 for the fourth wicket, hitting four boundaries and two towering sixes during his 31-ball 45.
Misbah reached his 41st ODI half-century off just 39 balls. He hit four boundaries and two sixes before holing out off Guruge.
Shahid Afridi hit two sixes and a four in a seven-ball 21 not out and when on two became the fourth Pakistani, and 27th batsman in the world, to cross 8,000 runs.
Manjula Guruge was the pick of UAE bowlers with a career best 4-56 in an innings which saw Pakistan score 124 off the last 10 overs.
Pakistan next play South Africa in Auckland (March 7) and Ireland in Adelaide (March 15) while UAE face South Africa in Wellington (March 12) and the West Indies in Napier (March 15).
In Perth, David Warner smashed 178 off 133 balls to put Australia on course for a huge total against Afghanistan at the WACA.
Warner scored his first World Cup century and his fourth ODI ton. He hit 19 fours and five sixes before he was out in the 38th over, skying a catch to Mohammad Nabi off Shapoor Zadran.
Warner also beat Australia s previous highest individual World Cup score of 158 by Matthew Hayden against West Indies in 2007.
His 260-run second wicket partnership with Steve Smith, who went on to 95, was an Australian record beating the 252 of Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson against England at Centurion in 2009.
Australia went into the game on the back of a one-wicket loss to fellow event co-hosts New Zealand in Auckland last weekend which followed an opening win over England and a no-result washout against Bangladesh in Brisbane.
Afghanistan lost their first two games to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka before edging Scotland by one wicket for their first World Cup win.
Australia made two changes for the match, with all-rounder Shane Watson left out, along with paceman Pat Cummins. All-rounder James Faulkner was recalled after injury, with Josh Hazlewood also back into the team.
Afghanistan promoted opener Usman Ghani at the expense of Gulbadin Naib.
