RESULT
2nd T20I (N), Hamilton, December 28, 2010, Pakistan tour of New Zealand
(20 ov, T:186) 146/9

New Zealand won by 39 runs

Player Of The Match
4/16 & 2 catches
nathan-mccullum
New
PAK
Full commentary
end of over 206 runs • 2 wickets
PAK: 146/9CRR: 7.30 
Shoaib Akhtar5 (3b 1x4)
Saeed Ajmal0 (0b)
Tim Southee 4-0-26-2
Kyle Mills 3-0-34-1

Afridi: "We didn't bowl well. Peter McGlashan played well, and they were positive. We didn't bowl to our strength, didn't bowl the yorkers and didn't bowl in the right areas. Hafeez started well but we lost some quick wickets. We lost some wickets in the previous game, didn't bowl well here so we need to work on our game ahead of Christchurch."

Taylor: "Guptill and Franklin lay the foundation for the rest of the innings. Woodcock adds another spinning option to our ranks. It's a small ground but we fielded well, especially Nathan, Jessie and Guptill. We've had a few go against us in the recent past so we would like to go for the whitewash. The death bowling today was outstanding."

McCullum is the Man of the Match: "The track just skidded a little under lights and it was good to get a few wickets. Our boys caught pretty well tonight."

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It was the late surge in the batting that set it up for them, and the bowlers, despite getting tonked around in the first six overs, did well to contain the visitors during the chase. Both Woodcock and McCullum restrained the batting after Hafeez's run-out, and with wickets falling at regular intervals, three in three overs at one point in time, there was little Umar Akmal could do to revive his team. A relieving series win for New Zealand after a torrid time over the last couple of months. They've back home and they're regaining their touch.

19.6
1
Southee to Shoaib Akhtar, 1 run

full and it's driven wide of extra cover for a single, New Zealand have won comprehensively and take the series

19.5
4
Southee to Shoaib Akhtar, FOUR runs

full toss, an inswinging full toss, Shoaib made room to cut and got a thick outside edge past the keeper

19.4
Southee to Shoaib Akhtar, no run

struck on the pads but was going down, full but outside leg stump and Shoaib doesn't get a bat to it

Three slips and a leg slip

Can he grab two hat-tricks in consecutive games?

19.3
W
Southee to Wahab Riaz, OUT

another one, Southee's on a hat-trick again, length ball and it's smacked straight into the palms of McCullum at long-on,a repeat of the previous ball

Wahab Riaz c McCullum b Southee 18 (13b 1x4 1x6 17m) SR: 138.46
19.2
W
Southee to Umar Akmal, OUT

gone, holes out to long-on, pitched up on middle and it's lofted straight to the fielder in the deep, comfortable catch to McCullum, an off day for Akmal with the bat though he kept really well

Umar Akmal c McCullum b Southee 26 (32b 0x4 1x6 44m) SR: 81.25
19.1
1
Southee to Wahab Riaz, 1 run

played down towards deep midwicket for a single

The game's been decided but we have to wait for a nominal last over. Was that run-out of Hafeez the turning point? Probably was.

end of over 1911 runs
PAK: 140/7CRR: 7.36 RRR: 46.00
Wahab Riaz17 (11b 1x4 1x6)
Umar Akmal26 (31b 1x6)
Kyle Mills 3-0-34-1
Tim Southee 3-0-20-0
18.6
1
Mills to Wahab Riaz, 1 run

low full toss again, a single to long-off to keep the strike

18.5
6
Mills to Wahab Riaz, SIX runs

flat six, length ball and it's come off the meat, in fact it's a low full toss and he smacks it hard, Southee's in a position to catch it at long-off but drops it, palming it over the ropes

18.4
1
Mills to Umar Akmal, 1 run

full and he tries to drag it past midwicket, it's way outside off and he ends up slicing it over extra cover

18.4
1w
Mills to Umar Akmal, 1 wide

wide called this time, too full and too wide, Akmal still can't get to it but it's called a wide this time

18.3
Mills to Umar Akmal, no run

full and wide, a bit of swing there, tries to reach for it, can't get there

18.2
1
Mills to Wahab Riaz, 1 run

nicely struck, chased a wide one and creamed it towards deep cover

18.1
1
Mills to Umar Akmal, 1 run

full outside off, drilled towards mid-off, only a single there

Mills back on

end of over 188 runs
PAK: 129/7CRR: 7.16 RRR: 28.50
Umar Akmal24 (28b 1x6)
Wahab Riaz9 (8b 1x4)
Tim Southee 3-0-20-0
Ian Butler 4-0-35-1
17.6
1
Southee to Umar Akmal, 1 run

makes room and Southee chases him, hits the blockhole and Umar can only dig it out into the leg side and settle for a single

17.5
1
Southee to Wahab Riaz, 1 run

pushed away past midwicket for a single

17.4
Southee to Wahab Riaz, no run

yorker length from the bowler, tries to squeeze it into the leg side does Riaz but can't get his bat down in time

17.3
2lb
Southee to Wahab Riaz, 2 leg byes

struck on the helmet, bangs it short, goes for a pull but misses, struck on the grill as he takes his eyes off it, a run-out chance at the bowler's end as he doesn't land his bat in time

17.2
4
Southee to Wahab Riaz, FOUR runs

short on the off, swatted back over the bowler's head, swatted so well the ball actually curves in the air and lands just short of the ropes

17.1
Southee to Wahab Riaz, no run

slower one bowled short outside off and he tries to swing it over midwicket but doesn't quite pick the change in pace, misses

Southee to bowl

end of over 177 runs
PAK: 121/7CRR: 7.11 RRR: 21.66
Umar Akmal23 (27b 1x6)
Wahab Riaz4 (3b)
Ian Butler 4-0-35-1
Nathan McCullum 4-0-16-4
16.6
2
Butler to Umar Akmal, 2 runs

aiming for the blockhole, squeezes it past midwicket for a couple of runs