Pakistan v NZ, 1st Twenty20 international, Dubai Feeble NZ sink to 49-run defeat
Pakistan innings (20 overs maximum)
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Imran Nazir c Redmond b Bond 58 38 5 4 152.63
11.2 an important wicket, lands on a good length outside off, makes room and slices it straight into the palms of Redmond at third man 92/3
Kamran Akmal† c Bond b Southee 13 15 2 0 86.66
5.5 Kamran's gone, tried to clear mid-on but didn't get it off the middle, chipped it to Bond who ran a few paces to his right and snapped a testing chance 34/1
Umar Akmal c †Watling b Styris 3 6 0 0 50.00
7.6 the slower one does the trick, Umar was going for everything out there and tried to slog-sweep that good-length delivery over midwicket, was deceived by the pace and got the top edge, Watling, running back, took a well-judged overhead catch. His debut catch, that 56/2
Shahid Afridi* c Southee b Redmond 24 16 2 1 150.00
12.4 brilliantly taken by Southee, Afridi's staying his ground. Tossed up outside off, he took it from a good length, coming down the track, and struck it hard and flat towards long-off where Southee, taking a couple of steps coming in, snaps it inches from the ground, an excellent low catch and replays confirm it was clean 101/4
Shoaib Malik c & b Redmond 6 7 0 0 85.71
14.5 Redmond imitates the Afridi celebration again! Tossed up again, lands on a length on middle and Malik drills it straight back to him and he accepts it gleefully, bending to his left 116/5
Fawad Alam c Butler b Bond 15 14 0 0 107.14
17.2 short, Butler, who's had a bad day today, ends up taking a sharp catch at third man, it was cut hard towards him but he managed to cup it in front of his face, slipped and crashed on his back but held on 134/6
Abdul Razzaq not out 26 15 3 1 173.33
Sohail Tanvir c NL McCullum b Southee 12 8 1 1 150.00
19.3 almost cleared the ropes again but got far more elevation than he would have wanted, in the slot on middle and he picked it well in his attempt to clear long-on but couldn't quite succeed, Nathan McCullum judged it to perfection 158/7
Mohammad Aamer c sub (JEC Franklin) b Southee 2 2 0 0 100.00
19.6 attempting the scoop over short-fine, it's a full toss on the off stump, gets the top edge and Franklin takes it well running to his back 161/8
Extras (w 1, nb 1) 2
Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 161 (8.05 runs per over)
Did not bat Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal
Fall of wickets1-34 (Kamran Akmal, 5.5 ov), 2-56 (Umar Akmal, 7.6 ov), 3-92 (Imran Nazir, 11.2 ov), 4-101 (Shahid Afridi, 12.4 ov), 5-116 (Shoaib Malik, 14.5 ov), 6-134 (Fawad Alam, 17.2 ov), 7-158 (Sohail Tanvir, 19.3 ov), 8-161 (Mohammad Aamer, 19.6 ov)
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SE Bond 4 1 17 2 4.25
11.2 to Imran Nazir, an important wicket, lands on a good length outside off, makes room and slices it straight into the palms of Redmond at third man 92/3
17.2 to Fawad Alam, short, Butler, who's had a bad day today, ends up taking a sharp catch at third man, it was cut hard towards him but he managed to cup it in front of his face, slipped and crashed on his back but held on 134/6
TG Southee
4 0 28 3 7.00
5.5 to Kamran Akmal, Kamran's gone, tried to clear mid-on but didn't get it off the middle, chipped it to Bond who ran a few paces to his right and snapped a testing chance 34/1
19.3 to Sohail Tanvir, almost cleared the ropes again but got far more elevation than he would have wanted, in the slot on middle and he picked it well in his attempt to clear long-on but couldn't quite succeed, Nathan McCullum judged it to perfection 158/7
19.6 to Mohammad Aamer, attempting the scoop over short-fine, it's a full toss on the off stump, gets the top edge and Franklin takes it well running to his back 161/8
IG Butler
3 0 42 0 14.00 (1nb)
SB Styris
4 0 32 1 8.00
7.6 to Umar Akmal, the slower one does the trick, Umar was going for everything out there and tried to slog-sweep that good-length delivery over midwicket, was deceived by the pace and got the top edge, Watling, running back, took a well-judged overhead catch. His debut catch, that 56/2
NL McCullum 2.1 0 18 0 8.30
AJ Redmond 2.5 0 24 2 8.47 (1w)
12.4 to Shahid Afridi, brilliantly taken by Southee, Afridi's staying his ground. Tossed up outside off, he took it from a good length, coming down the track, and struck it hard and flat towards long-off where Southee, taking a couple of steps coming in, snaps it inches from the ground, an excellent low catch and replays confirm it was clean 101/4
14.5 to Shoaib Malik, Redmond imitates the Afridi celebration again! Tossed up again, lands on a length on middle and Malik drills it straight back to him and he accepts it gleefully, bending to his left 116/5
New Zealand innings (target: 162 runs from 20 overs)
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BB McCullum* c Fawad Alam b Mohammad Aamer 19 13 3 0 146.15
2.6 catching practice, thank you very much, says Fawad Alam, he reaches out to a pitched up delivery outside off and the ball travels quickly off the face of the bat to backward point, Fawad didn't have to move much at all 33/2
MJ Guptill c †Kamran Akmal b Sohail Tanvir 8 4 2 0 200.00
1.5 excellent reflexes! Not the best of deliveries - full and wide outside off and asking to be smashed on the front foot, Guptill flays at it and the ball catches the thick outside edge and Kamran Akmal falls to his right and plucks it one handed 25/1
LRPL Taylor c †Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Aamer 5 8 1 0 62.50
4.2 thick edge! well that run-out chance didnt cost anything, he reaches out to a pitched up delivery outside off gets a thick edge on the drive to Akmal 34/3
SB Styris c Umar Akmal b Abdul Razzaq 4 5 1 0 80.00
6.2 another one bites the dust and New Zealand are in trouble, it was a friendly short delivery which sat up nicely and Styris went for the pull but perhaps didn't spot the fielder in the deep, straight down Umar Akmal's throat at deep square leg 41/4
BJ Watling† st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 22 36 1 0 61.11
15.5 he tries to go over the top by advancing down the pitch, Ajmal cleverly cuts back on the pace and beats the batsman in flight, easy stumping and Watling doesn't have time to drag his foot back 95/6
NT Broom c Umar Gul b Abdul Razzaq 14 16 0 1 87.50
10.2 catching practice again, Broom makes room to try something different and upset the bowler's rhythm, he gets on his knee and tries to slice it over third man but the ball dips and lands straight on Gul's palms 67/5
NL McCullum c Umar Gul b Saeed Ajmal 22 21 0 0 104.76
17.6 chips down the track to deposit it over long-on, he gets underneath the ball but doesn't get enough elevation, easy take for Gul 106/8
IG Butler b Shahid Afridi 1 4 0 0 25.00
16.6 he fires this one towards the pads on seeing the batsman make a bit of room, the ball clips his pads and hits the top of leg stump, Butler seemed to suggest that he wasn't ready, by the time he looked up Afridi was ready to deliver, perhaps he should have backed away 98/7
SE Bond not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
TG Southee c Shoaib Malik b Shahid Afridi 6 3 0 1 200.00
AJ Redmond absent hurt -
Extras (lb 8, w 2) 10
Total (all out; 18.3 overs) 112 (6.05 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-25 (Guptill, 1.5 ov), 2-33 (BB McCullum, 2.6 ov), 3-34 (Taylor, 4.2 ov), 4-41 (Styris, 6.2 ov), 5-67 (Broom, 10.2 ov), 6-95 (Watling, 15.5 ov), 7-98 (Butler, 16.6 ov), 8-106 (NL McCullum, 17.6 ov), 9-112 (Southee, 18.3 ov)
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Mohammad Aamer 3 1 21 2 7.00
2.6 to BB McCullum, catching practice, thank you very much, says Fawad Alam, he reaches out to a pitched up delivery outside off and the ball travels quickly off the face of the bat to backward point, Fawad didn't have to move much at all 33/2
4.2 to Taylor, thick edge! well that run-out chance didnt cost anything, he reaches out to a pitched up delivery outside off gets a thick edge on the drive to Akmal 34/3
Sohail Tanvir
4 0 22 1 5.50 (1w)
1.5 to Guptill, excellent reflexes! Not the best of deliveries - full and wide outside off and asking to be smashed on the front foot, Guptill flays at it and the ball catches the thick outside edge and Kamran Akmal falls to his right and plucks it one handed 25/1
Abdul Razzaq
3 0 9 2 3.00
6.2 to Styris, another one bites the dust and New Zealand are in trouble, it was a friendly short delivery which sat up nicely and Styris went for the pull but perhaps didn't spot the fielder in the deep, straight down Umar Akmal's throat at deep square leg 41/4
10.2 to Broom, catching practice again, Broom makes room to try something different and upset the bowler's rhythm, he gets on his knee and tries to slice it over third man but the ball dips and lands straight on Gul's palms 67/5
Umar Gul
2 0 13 0 6.50
Shahid Afridi 3.3 0 21 2 6.00
16.6 to Butler, he fires this one towards the pads on seeing the batsman make a bit of room, the ball clips his pads and hits the top of leg stump, Butler seemed to suggest that he wasn't ready, by the time he looked up Afridi was ready to deliver, perhaps he should have backed away 98/7
Saeed Ajmal
3 0 18 2 6.00 (1w)
15.5 to Watling, he tries to go over the top by advancing down the pitch, Ajmal cleverly cuts back on the pace and beats the batsman in flight, easy stumping and Watling doesn't have time to drag his foot back 95/6
17.6 to NL McCullum, chips down the track to deposit it over long-on, he gets underneath the ball but doesn't get enough elevation, easy take for Gul 106/8
Match details
Toss New Zealand, who chose to field
Series Pakistan led the 2-match series 1-0
T20I debut BJ Watling (New Zealand)
Player of the match Imran Nazir (Pakistan)
Umpires Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan) and Zameer Haider (Pakistan)
Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire Iftikhar Ali
Match notes
Pakistan innings
Pakistan: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (40 balls), Extras 1
Imran Nazir: 50 off 34 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
Pakistan: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (77 balls), Extras 2
Pakistan: 150 runs in 19.1 overs (117 balls), Extras 2
Innings Break: Pakistan - 161/8 in 20.0 overs (Abdul Razzaq 26)
New Zealand innings
New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.1 overs (50 balls), Extras 4
New Zealand: 100 runs in 17.1 overs (105 balls), Extras 10