- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 pandemonium! Amir has delivered first ball and the crowd has erupted. Full ball pushed across off stump. Guptill has played it onto his stumps. Did he expect it to swing back in? It didn't and by the end of this sequence, his hands are so far away from the body as he tries to drive through the off side. Amir wheels away into the leg side. What a start 5/16.2 taken! Haris holds on at first slip! Shaheen's extra bounce and Munro's casual swipe have resulted in the second wicket. Length and outside off, angled bat does him no good on this occasion 24/226.2 has he got him? He's got him! Shadab Khan has done it! Length ball, dipping outside off and drawing Williamson forward. he stabs at it away from the body as it turns and gets big off the surface. A faint edge on it and keeper holds on. Lovely bowling but also uncharacteristically loose from Williamson, who was getting a bit weary outside off in the last 15-20 minutes. Still, it takes some doing to get him out there and Shadab has produced the perfect delivery. Just a lovely pace on that 83/58.6 he's held on to a blinder! Sarfraz with a gigantic leap to his right, one-handed! This is HUGE for Pakistan. This is the partnership they needed to break. Shaheen with that discipline again. Gets it a length in the corridor, gets the extra lift and Taylor's nervous forward prod has picked up an edge that flies towards first slip. Pakistan's captain doesn't let it get that far 38/312.3 gone, this is much too good for Latham. Shaheen's on fire. Pitched on a length just outside off stump, and shapes away ever so slightly, taking the outside edge of Latham's bat as he attempts yet another defensive stroke. Never quite looked like getting a move on, and now New Zealand are four down. It might really be on! 46/447.4 this looks out. Run-out appeal sent upstairs. CDG walking off already. Guided a slower short ball to third man's left. Came back for a second that wasn't there. At least not for him. Sarfraz is in a poor position, right in front of the stumps, when he gathers this. But there's so much time to turn around, parry it onto the stumps and catch CDG short. A tame end to a very important innings 215/6Extras9 (b 2, lb 3, w 4)TOTAL237/6 (50 Overs, RR: 4.74)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Martin Guptill, 1.1 ov), 2-24 (Colin Munro, 6.2 ov), 3-38 (Ross Taylor, 8.6 ov), 4-46 (Tom Latham, 12.3 ov), 5-83 (Kane Williamson, 26.2 ov), 6-215 (Colin de Grandhomme, 47.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Hafeez 7 0 22 0 3.14 25 1 0 0 0 Mohammad Amir 10 0 67 1 6.70 31 9 1 2 0 Shaheen Shah Afridi 10 3 28 3 2.80 43 2 0 0 0 Imad Wasim 3 0 17 0 5.66 7 1 0 0 0 Shadab Khan 10 0 43 1 4.30 32 1 2 0 0 Wahab Riaz 10 0 55 0 5.50 30 4 1 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.2 Guptill you absolute monster! Big strides forward, big limbs reaching out, but the grace of a much smaller man as he dives and gets his fingers under this at point! And this following an absolute scorcher of a bouncer from Lockie, jumping up at Imam's grille from middle stump. Remember, he'd caused him problems in the UAE, even hit him on the head not so long ago. Goes straight for the bouncer option. Imam just fends at it with no clue and it pings off the shoulder of the bat. Just brutal fast bowling 44/22.6 and caps the over with a wicket! Wasn't the best delivery, in truth. Dragged it down to the legside and didn't get the swing he was hoping. But Fakhar, who wanted to loft it over midwicket, found the leading edge and saw, with horror, the ball going to point instead, where Guptill's bucket-like hands sent him on his way 19/124.5 and that's the most Hafeez way to get out! The man who holed out to Aaron Finch and lost his wicket to Aiden Markram now charges down the pitch to Williamson, and smashes it right down cow corner's throat. In the xact spot he gave it away against Australia 110/348.3 is that gone? The third umpire is involved! Slower ball that Babar deadbatted but Haris absolutely hared through for one. He's short of his ground! Haris falls for a well-made 68 236/4Extras7 (w 7)TOTAL241/4 (49.1 Overs, RR: 4.9)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Fakhar Zaman, 2.6 ov), 2-44 (Imam-ul-Haq, 10.2 ov), 3-110 (Mohammad Hafeez, 24.5 ov), 4-236 (Haris Sohail, 48.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 10 0 48 1 4.80 42 7 1 0 0 MJ Henry 7 0 25 0 3.57 27 2 0 0 0 LH Ferguson 8.1 0 50 1 6.12 26 7 0 4 0 C de Grandhomme 2 0 12 0 6.00 6 1 0 0 0 MJ Santner 10 0 38 0 3.80 37 2 1 0 0 JDS Neesham 3 0 20 0 6.66 9 3 0 1 0 KS Williamson 8 0 39 1 4.87 24 4 0 1 0 C Munro 1 0 9 0 9.00 1 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.30 start, First Session 10.30-14.00 Interval 14.00-14.30, Second Session 14.30-18.00
Match days
26 June 2019 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, New Zealand 0
Match Notes
- Wet Ground: New Zealand - 0/0
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 3 wickets)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 108 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 46/4 in 12.3 overs (KS Williamson 23)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 2
- Drinks: New Zealand - 97/5 in 31.0 overs (JDS Neesham 24, C de Grandhomme 9)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 31.3 overs (189 balls), Extras 2
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (JDS Neesham 20, C de Grandhomme 30, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 38.6 overs (234 balls), Extras 2
- JDS Neesham: 50 off 77 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 85 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 43.3: Review by Pakistan (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - C de Grandhomme (Struck down)
- C de Grandhomme: 50 off 63 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 111 balls (JDS Neesham 50, C de Grandhomme 50, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 46.3 overs (279 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 237/6 in 50.0 overs (JDS Neesham 97, MJ Santner 5)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 1 wicket)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 140 runs, 2 wickets)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: Pakistan - 71/2 in 16.0 overs (Babar Azam 23, Mohammad Hafeez 20)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 72 balls (Babar Azam 24, Mohammad Hafeez 25, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (137 balls), Extras 2
- Babar Azam: 50 off 65 balls (5 x 4)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 139/3 in 33.0 overs (Babar Azam 55, Haris Sohail 20)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 35.2 overs (212 balls), Extras 4
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (Babar Azam 23, Haris Sohail 26, Ex 3)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 58 runs, 1 wicket)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 41.5 overs (251 balls), Extras 5
- Haris Sohail: 50 off 61 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Haris Sohail: 50 off 63 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 119 balls (Babar Azam 45, Haris Sohail 53, Ex 3)
- Babar Azam: 100 off 124 balls (11 x 4)
Match Coverage
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