- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR26.3 oh, dear! What a tame dismissal! He had no business getting out to that one. It was a nothing wide delivery and shortish as well. Guptill flashes outside off but simply hits it straight into the hands of backward point. This partnership was swelling and beginning to look dangerous. Timely strike for Pakistan 156/212.3 good length outside off and Munro goes poking at it. Tried to force this through the off side, but it's too close to his body, takes the outside edge and safely taken by the keeper. Hasan Ali is pumped! 83/147.2 goes for a big heave and makes no good connection. This is a back-of-the-hand slower ball and Williamson as a result skews it off the bottom of the bat to be caught at extra cover where Hasan Ali snaffles it with the sun in his eyes 288/532.3 sharp nip off the surface! Good length outside off but angling into the right hander, moves sharply into Taylor's body and he's beaten for pace. Off stump is dislodged and Taylor has to make his way back 192/333.6 soft! Lobbed to midwicket for the simplest of catches. The extra ball gets the wicket. Good length on middle stump and Latham tried to work this towards the leg side, leading edge taken by Babar 198/448.1 gets around for a scoop but Hasan smartly follows him. Fires a low full toss around his off-stump and Nicholls skews it off the splice to the keeper. Can't get any distance on that whatsoever 297/649.5 Santner hits this pull in the direction of the breeze but he has holed out to cow corner. Gets on top of the bounce nicely and even makes pretty good connection. But probably not as well-middled we he would have liked. Smart take by Raees 311/7Extras10 (lb 3, w 7)TOTAL315/7 (50 Overs, RR: 6.3)Fall of wickets: 1-83 (Colin Munro, 12.3 ov), 2-156 (Martin Guptill, 26.3 ov), 3-192 (Ross Taylor, 32.3 ov), 4-198 (Tom Latham, 33.6 ov), 5-288 (Kane Williamson, 47.2 ov), 6-297 (Henry Nicholls, 48.1 ov), 7-311 (Mitchell Santner, 49.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Amir 9 2 57 1 6.33 28 8 0 1 0 Rumman Raees 10 0 68 1 6.80 23 3 2 2 0 Hasan Ali 10 0 61 3 6.10 26 5 1 0 0 Shadab Khan 9 0 49 0 5.44 21 2 1 1 0 Faheem Ashraf 9 0 58 1 6.44 25 7 0 2 0 Fakhar Zaman 3 0 19 1 6.33 5 0 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.4 looks mighty close and given. That looked plumb. Azhar contemplates on a review. He takes it but I highly doubt this will help Pakistan. This was full and straight. Just came on with the angle and Azhar looks to flick across the line. No inside edge, HotSpot confirms, as does Snicko. This will come down to ball-tracking. Hitting the top of leg, so on-field call remains. Pakistan lose their review 6/10.5 another appeal and given. Azam falls for a two-ball duck, and there is no review available because Azhar used it up. FInally gets that shape into the batsman, but this one seems to be a harsh call. Kicks up from a back of a length and hits Babar above the knee roll. Height definitely makes this a dodgy call 7/23.5 in the air and taken. Loose shot from Hafeez. No control whatsoever. That's a terrible shot with a boundary rider at backward square leg. Hooks a short ball that gets big on him and Southee runs to his left to snaffle it 13/38.4 edged and gone. Cross-seamer, angled in at fourth-stump channel and straightens, forces Malik to poke at it and finds the edge that's snaffled by the keeper 37/415.4 Sarfraz has been sent back. He stays put for just a moment and it makes you wonder if it's another dodgy. But tell you what. That doesn't seem so bad. Seems plumb. He brings the front foot forward to a loopy length ball that straightens down the middle and leg channel and pins him in front 54/526.5 finally they have broken the stand. A 78-run one. And it's the short ball that does it. Shadab takes it on and tries to pull. Considerable bounce on this delivery, and just enough to take the top-edge as Latham runs back from behind the stumps and pouches it 132/6Extras11 (lb 1, w 10)TOTAL166/6 (30.1 Overs, RR: 5.5)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Azhar Ali, 0.4 ov), 2-7 (Babar Azam, 0.5 ov), 3-13 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.5 ov), 4-37 (Shoaib Malik, 8.4 ov), 5-54 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 15.4 ov), 6-132 (Shadab Khan, 26.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TG Southee 6.1 0 22 3 3.56 27 3 0 2 0 TA Boult 6 1 35 2 5.83 24 7 0 2 0 LH Ferguson 7 0 40 0 5.71 18 2 1 3 0 MJ Santner 6 1 39 0 6.50 22 2 3 3 0 TD Astle 5 0 29 1 5.80 14 2 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.30 Interval 14.30-15.15, Second Session 15.15-18.45
Match days
06 January 2018 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 62 runs, 0 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (MJ Guptill 15, C Munro 34, Ex 3)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 166 runs, 4 wickets)
- C Munro: 50 off 33 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 96/1 in 15.0 overs (MJ Guptill 26, KS Williamson 9)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (MJ Guptill 14, KS Williamson 36, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 26.1 overs (157 balls), Extras 4
- KS Williamson: 50 off 59 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 191/2 in 32.0 overs (KS Williamson 69, LRPL Taylor 12)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 34.3 overs (207 balls), Extras 5
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 87 runs, 3 wickets)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 42.5 overs (257 balls), Extras 8
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (KS Williamson 23, HM Nicholls 27, Ex 3)
- KS Williamson: 100 off 106 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- HM Nicholls: 50 off 42 balls (4 x 4)
- New Zealand: 300 runs in 48.4 overs (292 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 315/7 in 50.0 overs (TG Southee 12, TD Astle 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 0.4: Review by Pakistan (Batting), Umpire - RSA Palliyaguruge, Batsman - Azhar Ali (Struck down)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 166 runs, 4 wickets)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 49/4 in 15.0 overs (Fakhar Zaman 20, Sarfraz Ahmed 4)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 5
- Fakhar Zaman: 50 off 63 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 8
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (Fakhar Zaman 33, Shadab Khan 14, Ex 3)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 28.3 overs (171 balls), Extras 9
- Rain: Pakistan - 166/6 in 30.1 overs (Fakhar Zaman 82, Faheem Ashraf 17)
Match Coverage
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