Toss – Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

Result - New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

Teams
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (W), Aaron Redmond, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Daniel Vettori (C), Neil Broom, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Shane Bond

Pakistan: Kamran Akmal (W), Imran Nazir, Younus Khan (C), Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal

Pakistan Innings

• Pakistan lost 1st wicket in 10th over – 1-46 (Imran Nazir, 9.4 ov)
• S Bond to I Nazir, OUT! Nazir does well to stand tall and play that short delivery. Howvere, he got an outside egde and went high up in the air. It’s been taken comfortably in the slips by Taylor. Pakistan have lost their first wicket. Bond strikes!
• Power Play 2 (bowling): Overs 10.1 – 15.0
• Pakistan: 50 runs in 10.4 overs (67 balls), Extras 7
• Pakistan lost 2nd wicket in 13th over – 2-61 (Shoaib Malik, 12.5 ov)
• Ian Butler to S Malik, OUT! The ball has found the edge of the bat. It’s been taken in the slips by Taylor. Pakistan have lost their second wicket.
• Pakistan lost 3rd wicket in 15th over – 3-69 (Kamran Akmal, 14.2 ov)
• Ian Butler to K Akmal, OUT! Butler strikes again! Akmal has lofted it over covers. Redmond pouches the catch on the boundary line. Pakistan have lost their third wicket.
• Drinks: Pakistan – 69/3 in 14.2 overs (Younis Khan 6)
• Pakistan lost 4th wicket in 21st over – 4-86 (Younis Khan, 20.5 ov)
• D Vettori to Y Khan, OUT! Khan gets a leading edge on that one. That is easy pickings for Taylor who pouches his third catch. Pakistan have lost their fourth wicket.
• Pakistan: 100 runs in 24.6 overs (154 balls), Extras 9
• Drinks: Pakistan – 133/4 in 33.0 overs (Mohammad Yousuf 26, Umar Akmal 29)
• 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (Mohammad Yousuf 19, Umar Akmal 30, Ex 1)
• Pakistan: 150 runs in 36.4 overs (225 balls), Extras 10
• Umar Akmal: 50 off 58 balls (6 x 4)
• Pakistan lost 5th wicket in 39th over – 5-166 (Mohammad Yousuf, 38.6 ov)
• K Mills to M Yousuf, OUT! Yousuf gets an inside edge on that one and it crashes into the stumps. Pakistan have lost their fifth wicket as the important 80-run partnership is broken.
• Pakistan lost 6th wicket in 41st over - 6-181 (Umar Akmal, 40.5 ov)
• D Vettori to U Akmal, OUT! Akmal has been hit on the pads as he tried to sweep that one. The fielding side are asking the question. Umpire Taufel raises his finger. Pakistan have lost their sixth wicket.
• Pakistan lost 7th wicket in 42nd over - 7-183 (Shahid Afridi, 41.2 ov)
• Ian Butler to S Afridi, OUT! Afridi has knicked that one to McCullum. McCullum takes a straight forward catch. Pakistan have scalped the dangerous ‘Boom Boom Afridi’. They now need an uphill task from their tail.
• Pakistan lost 8th wicket in 44th over - 8-192 (Umar Gul, 43.3 ov)
• Ian Butler to U Gul, OUT! Top edge and its high in the air. Broom has enough of time to get under it and pouch it safely. Pakistan have lost their eighth wicket.
• Power Play 3 (batting): Overs 44.1 – 49.0
• Pakistan lost 9th wicket in 45th over - 9-198 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 44.2 ov)
• D Vettori to Naved, OUT! Naved tries to sweep, gets a top edge on that one. It’s high in the air and taken by Guptill. Pakistan have lost their ninth wicket.
• Pakistan: 200 runs in 45.3 overs (279 balls), Extras 12
• Innings Break: Pakistan – 233/9 in 50.0 overs (Mohammad Aamer 19, Saeed Ajmal 14)

New Zealand Innings

• New Zealand lost 1st wicket in 5th over – 1-22 (McCullum, 4.3 ov)
• M Aamer to B McCullum, OUT! McCullum has taken the aerial route and played that over the covers. It did not get the momentum behind it to clear the ropes and instead it’s high in the air. Afridi comes under it to pouch the catch. New Zealand have lost their first wicket as Aamer strikes.
• Power Play 2 (bowling): Overs 10.1 – 15.0
• New Zealand: 50 runs in 11.0 overs (68 balls), Extras 2
• Drinks: New Zealand – 64/2 in 15.0 overs (AJ Redmond 28, LRPL Taylor 6)
• New Zealand: 100 runs in 24.4 overs (152 balls), Extras 7
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (LRPL Taylor 30, GD Elliott 20, Ex 5)
• Drinks: New Zealand – 136/4 in 32.0 overs (GD Elliott 26, DL Vettori 3)
• New Zealand: 150 runs in 35.4 overs (220 balls), Extras 12
• Power Play 3 (batting): Overs 42.1 – 47.0
• 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 77 balls (GD Elliott 28, DL Vettori 16, Ex 6)
• GD Elliott: 50 off 90 balls (2 x 4)
• New Zealand: 200 runs in 44.2 overs (276 balls), Extras 17
• 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 104 balls (GD Elliott 53, DL Vettori 40, Ex

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