- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.5 seaming from off to leg stump, Saeed playing across the line and missing, ball goes behind the legs and sends the leg stump cartwheeling, what a way to take a wicket 51/25.3 pushing across the right hander, pitched up, Afridi going for another slashing drive, regulation outside edge to the keeper, typical Afridi dismissal 40/128.3 ridiculous single taken, playing just on the on side, Astle collects and throws down the bowler's end from a range of above 5 metres 127/336.2 he does it again, he a guy, easily played to the backward point, comfortable single available, but Inzamam changes his mind, leaves Ijaz scrambling back, but Harris with an excellent direct hit of the bowler's end 163/438.5 and completely thru him, Malik is a mere shadow of the brillaint batsman he once was, yorker at the toes, middle stump knock out of the ground 180/543.4 swiping a pull shot, top edge, McMillan runs in from the deep to the mid on, safe catch taken 221/645.2 into the pads, slow ball, big appeal, Francis thinks good of the appeal 226/749 swung away straight to the mid wicket, easy catch for Twose 255/8Extras25 (b 4, lb 10, nb 3, w 8)TOTAL269/8 (50 Overs, RR: 5.38)Did not bat: Shoaib AkhtarFall of wickets: 1-40 (Shahid Afridi, 5.3 ov), 2-51 (Saeed Anwar, 9.5 ov), 3-127 (Abdul Razzaq, 28.3 ov), 4-163 (Ijaz Ahmed, 36.2 ov), 5-180 (Saleem Malik, 38.5 ov), 6-221 (Moin Khan, 43.4 ov), 7-226 (Wasim Akram, 45.2 ov), 8-255 (Azhar Mahmood, 48.6 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.1 pushing at it, just a defensive drive, another outside edge to Moin, NZ looking like a sad sorry lot indeed 12/21.5 and again, his horror run in the World Cup continues, defending outside the off stump, regulation outside edge to the keeper, 9 consecutive innings of single figure scores for Astle in the World Cup 2/110.4 more batting labelled "keep out of reach of children", dabbing the bat at it for some reason, ball flies off the top edge and is easily swallowed by the mid on 35/338.5 flicking onto the on side, direct to the captain at forward square leg or mid wicket 154/718.4 good firm sweep from outside the off stump, Inzamam takes a catch to his left at forward square leg, the inevitable for NZ is one step closer 70/419.4 seaming ever so slightly into the stumps, Cairns playing outside it, Rudy Koertzen had a little bit of hesitation in that decision for lbw 71/519.5 big inseamer, but hits on the rear pad, just in front of the middle stump, glory glory to New Zealand, Azhar on a hat trick 71/649 played to the square leg. Caught. By Abdul Razzaq. For a certain amount of runs. 200/8Extras38 (lb 15, nb 10, w 13)TOTAL207/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.14)Did not bat: GI AllottFall of wickets: 1-2 (Nathan Astle, 1.5 ov), 2-12 (Matt Horne, 5.1 ov), 3-35 (Craig McMillan, 10.4 ov), 4-70 (Roger Twose, 18.4 ov), 5-71 (Chris Cairns, 19.4 ov), 6-71 (Adam Parore, 19.5 ov), 7-154 (Stephen Fleming, 38.5 ov), 8-200 (Chris Harris, 48.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Wasim Akram 9 0 27 1 3.00 2 5 Shoaib Akhtar 7 1 31 2 4.42 1 4 Azhar Mahmood 10 0 38 3 3.80 2 0 Saqlain Mushtaq 10 1 34 2 3.40 1 1 Shahid Afridi 6 1 26 0 4.33 1 2 Abdul Razzaq 8 0 36 0 4.50 2 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
28 May 1999 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, New Zealand 0
Match Notes
- Inzamam-ul-Haq 50 off 50 balls, 3x4 0x6
- New Zealand innings: 1x7 ball over (26th over of the innings, 1st from Abdur Razzaq, called by RE Koertzen)
- SP Fleming 50 off 76 balls, 3x4 0x6
- The official scorers appear to have missed 2 no balls in the New Zealand innings (1 bowled by Wasim Akram, 1 bowled by Shahid Afridi). In order to make the balls faced balance, the analysis of Akram and Afridi includes the extra no balls (but not the runs)
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