- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR23.6 succumbs to the left-armer's angle! Not enough room for the slice behind point and Guptill has to walk back, dare I say, a tad disappointed. Good bowling from Tanvir though as he hit a good length and pushed the ball across. The batsman tried to do too much with it and pays for his greed 125/216.4 caught at short midwicket! a soft dismissal for Brownlie as he went back back to a shortish ball and whipped it. Only he forgot to keep it down and Akmal dive forward and to his right to cling on to a good catch. Barely any celebration from Afridi. And drinks are on the field 81/149.6 bowled off the last ball of the innings. Good yorker from Irfan, and Williamson helped it out by exposing his stumps. in an effort to clip the ball to fine leg 299/536.3 nicks off! No feet from Taylor as he threw his hands at a fuller delivery outside off and the outside edge is fine enough for the wicketkeeper to control it 188/342.1 taken at long-on! It was overpitched enough for him to go through with the loft down the ground, but it almost seemed like he'd checked the stroke. Only managed to pick out Akmal 227/4Extras13 (lb 4, w 9)TOTAL299/5 (50 Overs, RR: 5.98)Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Dean Brownlie, 16.4 ov), 2-125 (Martin Guptill, 23.6 ov), 3-188 (Ross Taylor, 36.3 ov), 4-227 (Corey Anderson, 42.1 ov), 5-299 (Kane Williamson, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sohail Tanvir 10 0 75 1 7.50 24 9 0 3 0 Mohammad Irfan 10 1 53 2 5.30 36 6 0 2 0 Anwar Ali 9 0 50 1 5.55 24 5 0 1 0 Shahid Afridi 10 0 46 1 4.60 29 3 0 1 0 Haris Sohail 8 0 47 0 5.87 21 3 1 2 0 Ahmed Shehzad 3 0 24 0 8.00 4 2 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.4 his footwork has been suspect all through the innings. He was relying solely on his balance and timing so far but this time he's misread an offcutter and has found himself plumb in front. Anderson knew straight away, had a giant grin all through the appeal as the ball gripped in the pitch and veered in at Jamshed to beat the inside edge and hit the back pad in front of all three stumps 52/20.4 what a delivery! Off stump cartwheels as Henry opens Shehzad up! Speared the ball in at a very full length and it curls away late. Shehzad can't quite be blamed for being stuck on the crease against a ball like that. Pushes with his hands and next second, he hears timber! 3/144.6 flat, full and straight. Vettori has toppled Younis and has coolly gone back to the umpire to collect his cap. Wild slog from Younis and he realised his mistake the moment he swung past the ball 254/715.1 takes him out first ball! Hafeez keeps back to a good length ball and plays inside the line. He was looking for a push into the off side with an angled face and ends up nicking to the keeper. Good work form Ronchi. That will be drinks as well 59/321.3 goes down the track and lifts it down long-on's throat! The pressure tells on Sohail as he strikes the ball off the inside edge and gets too much height. Latham had run in a bit too enthusiastically and has to backtrack to get under the ball 82/436.1 that is so unfortunate! Younis has caned a straight drive and Mitch Mc manages to get enough of a deflection back onto the stumps, one of which cartwheels on impact, with Akmal backing up! Among the worst dismissals in cricket 172/543.1 Milne has done the trick! The old back-away slash through point ends up as an outside edge to the keeper. What a rollicking innings it has been. 238/646.1 taken by Ronchi! Just about! Sarfraz is gone and it's a Mitch that turns a match again. Cross-seamed short ball that followed Sarfraz as he moved outside leg to make room for himself. Goes for a pull on instinct and top-edges it straight up. The rest was taken care of by an alert Ronchi 261/8Extras16 (b 4, lb 6, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL292/8 (50 Overs, RR: 5.84)Did not bat: Mohammad IrfanFall of wickets: 1-3 (Ahmed Shehzad, 0.4 ov), 2-52 (Nasir Jamshed, 12.4 ov), 3-59 (Mohammad Hafeez, 15.1 ov), 4-82 (Haris Sohail, 21.3 ov), 5-172 (Umar Akmal, 36.1 ov), 6-238 (Shahid Afridi, 43.1 ov), 7-254 (Younis Khan, 44.6 ov), 8-261 (Sarfaraz Ahmed, 46.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ Henry 10 0 68 1 6.80 28 4 3 1 0 AF Milne 10 2 39 1 3.90 37 3 0 1 0 MJ McClenaghan 10 0 69 1 6.90 21 6 0 2 1 CJ Anderson 8 1 40 1 5.00 26 3 1 0 0 DL Vettori 10 0 53 3 5.30 30 3 1 1 0 KS Williamson 2 0 13 0 6.50 3 1 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 2-2
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.00 start, First Session 15.00-18.30, Interval 18.30-19.15, Second Session 19.15-22.45
Match days
17 December 2014 - day/night match (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 0 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (MJ Guptill 19, DG Brownlie 30, Ex 1)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 81/1 in 16.4 overs (MJ Guptill 37)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 3
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 66 balls (6 x 4)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: New Zealand - 174/2 in 35.0 overs (KS Williamson 41, LRPL Taylor 25)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 34 runs, 1 wicket)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (KS Williamson 24, LRPL Taylor 25, Ex 2)
- KS Williamson: 50 off 55 balls (4 x 4)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 38.6 overs (234 balls), Extras 9
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 45.2 overs (272 balls), Extras 10
- KS Williamson: 100 off 92 balls (9 x 4)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (KS Williamson 38, TWM Latham 11, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 299/5 in 50.0 overs (TWM Latham 14)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Pakistan - 59/3 in 15.1 overs (Younis Khan 20)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 27.5 overs (168 balls), Extras 7
- Younis Khan: 50 off 71 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 31.1 - 36.0 (Batting side - 45 runs, 0 wicket)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (Younis Khan 35, Umar Akmal 18, Ex 1)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 33.4 overs (203 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: Pakistan - 163/4 in 35.0 overs (Younis Khan 78, Umar Akmal 27)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 39.2 overs (237 balls), Extras 13
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (Younis Khan 11, Shahid Afridi 38, Ex 2)
- Younis Khan: 100 off 114 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 44.1 overs (266 balls), Extras 14
- Over 44.3: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - Shozab Raza, Batsman - Sarfraz Ahmed (Struck down)
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