Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    8.3 extra bounce! McCullum sweeps again, this time goes square, and the bounce takes the top edge that settles down the lap of deep square leg. Spinners exercising a choke hold here 55/3
    3.5 he has picked out deep square leg! Looked like a good shot, a flick-chip to a length ball, but he sort of forgot the fielder placed there. Not a mis-hit, it went where he wanted it, but a miscalculation there 34/1
    6.1 and the frustration shows and gets Pakistan a wicket! Comes down the track, is not quite to the pitch of it, and mis-hits it towards long-on where Umar Akmal takes a superb diving-forward catch. he tries for the two-handed catch, can't reach it, but gets the right hand under it. Top stuff 41/2
    9.2 don't let Afridi touch you today, you might turn to gold! After a horrible opening spell, Sami comes back and strikes second ball. It's back of a length, gives him width, Taylor goes hard at it, and is not close to it, and gets a fine outside edge 58/4
    19.5 hit to long-off, and Vettori sacrifices his wicket going for a non-existent second 127/7
    14.4 played on! Pakistan pull NZ back again. It's Afridi's pace again. No niceties such as flight and spin. Just fired it in around off, Styris looks to run it down, and gets the bottom edge onto the stumps 98/5
    16.4 lovely bowling, flights this one up, speed in the late 80s, Hopkins sees this is the only ball he can hit, and slog-sweeps, gets a top edge and holes out to deep midwicket 104/6
    not out
    12
    9
    15
    0
    1
    133.33
    not out
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    -
    Extras
    15 (lb 2, nb 1, w 12)
    TOTAL
    133/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.65)
    Did not bat: KD Mills, SE Bond
    Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Jesse Ryder, 3.5 ov), 2-41 (Martin Guptill, 6.1 ov), 3-55 (Brendon McCullum, 8.3 ov), 4-58 (Ross Taylor, 9.2 ov), 5-98 (Scott Styris, 14.4 ov), 6-104 (Gareth Hopkins, 16.4 ov), 7-127 (Daniel Vettori, 19.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Mohammad Amir302006.6681021
    Mohammad Sami302528.3393020
    Abdur Rehman301926.3382020
    Mohammad Hafeez301103.66101000
    Shahid Afridi402927.25101210
    Saeed Ajmal402706.75100210
  • BATSMEN
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    1.6 Mills comes back! slower ball, loopy, outside off, Akmal goes for the big drive, gets a big inside edge onto the stumps 15/1
    not out
    67
    54
    91
    8
    1
    124.07
    2.6 Bond comes back beautifully! An absolute peach. Back of a length, just outside off, holding its line and kicking at him, takes the edge as he looks to defend it. Top bowling 24/2
    3.2 New Zealand on fire here! Digs this one in short, no room there, Umar leans back to run this down to third man, and it bounces at him, and all Umar can manage is an edge to the keeper even as he is looking to withdraw from the shot 25/3
    7.1 and Gould's second mistake in two overs, after missing that Butt edge! The wrong man ends up paying, though. There is an inside edge on this and he is given lbw. Back of a length, around off, nips in sharply, gets the edge onto the back pad, over the knee flap. Too much doubt to give this one, even if it hit the back leg 42/4
    9.4 what a catch by Nathan McCullum. This evens out the screamer from Umar Akmal earlier in the day. Pulled towards deep midwicket, dying on him, McCullum charges in, dives full length, gets his hands under it. He also needs to adjust for the wind, because the ball suddenly seems to hold up on him: it was hit into the wind. Afridi should have stayed back and asked for the replay, this one was close to bouncing in front of him. But after two-three replays, I will venture and say it bounced in his fingers, and he then controlled it 58/5
    17.5 and Nathan McCullum delivers the big wicket at a crucial juncture again! Shortish delivery, Razzaq pulls, but the extra bounce does him in, the top edge settles down Taylor's throat at the edge of the midwicket boundary 111/6
    19.6 no we won't! Rehman gets a dream ball, length ball, angled into the pads, and he lofts it into the leg side. They run for dear life, but it has carried to deep square leg for a simple catch 132/7
    Extras
    7 (b 1, lb 1, nb 1, w 4)
    TOTAL
    132/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.6)
    Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Kamran Akmal, 1.6 ov), 2-24 (Mohammad Hafeez, 2.6 ov), 3-25 (Umar Akmal, 3.2 ov), 4-42 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 7.1 ov), 5-58 (Shahid Afridi, 9.4 ov), 6-111 (Abdul Razzaq, 17.5 ov), 7-132 (Abdur Rehman, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SE Bond402817.00123110
    KD Mills403328.2593121
    IG Butler411934.75143000
    DL Vettori403107.75112210
    NL McCullum401914.7591000

Match Notes

Pakistan 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15Kamran AkmalSalman Butt
2nd9Salman ButtMohammad Hafeez
3rd1Salman ButtUmar Akmal
4th17Salman ButtMisbah-ul-Haq
5th16Shahid AfridiSalman Butt
6th53Abdul RazzaqSalman Butt
7th21Abdur RehmanSalman Butt

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS22041.525
PAK2112-0.325
BAN2020-1.2
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ22040.428
SL21120.355
ZIM2020-1.595
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.495
SA21121.125
AFG2020-2.446
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI22042.78
ENG2011-0.452
IRE2011-3.5
Group E
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33060.962
PAK31220.041
NZ3122-0.373
SA3122-0.617
Group F
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS33062.733
SL3214-0.333
WI3122-1.281
IND3030-1.117