that's the end! Afrid's 14th wicket for the year. He tosses it up and the batsman misses his slog.. It hits the off
Pakistan vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI at Sharjah, Dec 14 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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3rd ODI (D/N), Sharjah, December 14, 2014, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates
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"Our strength is aggression," Shahid Afridi says. "The only way of defence should be aggression. Everyone imbibed that. Batsmen played their part, bowlers played theirs. We were in a good position, so I came up the order to take advantage of the powerplay. Every game is a new game, so you have to keep repeating performances like this because we know New Zealand will want to come back hard. I have almost grown up in Sharjah. So thanks to the organisers and the crowd here.
Ahmed Shehzad is named Man of the Match. He says, "I have been hitting the ball throughout but the finishing touch was missing. But watching Hafeez, I got a lot of confidence. The pitch here doesn't bounce much - last match was a bit surprising - but I worked hard with the coaches to work on those areas."
"You could look at different areas but Pakistan batted brilliantly from start to finish," says Kane Williamson. "They hit a lot of boundaries and got a lot of balls from the middle. Our performance wasn't upto par. We didn't execute our plans well. We didn't get quite the height on our short balls. We are now going on to a different surface so we need to improve."
Shahid Afridi has led Pakistan to a massive 147-run win here to help team take a 2-1 lead in the series. This has been a refined performance from Pakistan and the foundation was laid by the batsmen. Shehzad's century, Afridi's fifty from No. 5, Sarfraz's late cameo.. it all added up to Pakistan's third-best total of 364. The chase was never going to be straightforward and once Pakistan took early wickets, it was just a matter of time. Misbah embraces Afridi at the boundary.. wonder what his thoughts would be on Afridi's captaincy here..
Bilal Ahmad: "Black caps lost only 1 wicket in Batting PP while pakistan lost 2... #positivity "
38.2
W
Afridi to Ronchi, OUT
Luke Ronchi b Shahid Afridi 41 (40b 6x4 0x6 56m) SR: 102.5
38.1
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Afridi to Ronchi, no run
pushed through outside off, cracked off the front foot to short third man
end of over 382 runs
NZ: 217/9CRR: 5.71 • RRR: 12.33
Mitchell McClenaghan6 (9b 1x4)
Luke Ronchi41 (38b 6x4)
Wahab Riaz 8-0-62-1
Shahid Afridi 9-0-37-2
37.6
•
Wahab Riaz to McClenaghan, no run
looks to reverse-paddle the fast bowler! Makes no connection though.. He was meaning to play that off the backside of the bat..Interesting.. very interesting
37.5
•
Wahab Riaz to McClenaghan, no run
fires it in the blockhole, the batsman digs it out comfortably
37.4
1
Wahab Riaz to Ronchi, 1 run
slower delivery outside off, the batsman pushes it to extra cover for a quick single
37.3
1
Wahab Riaz to McClenaghan, 1 run
he manages to squeeze out the fuller delivery to third man
37.2
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Wahab Riaz to McClenaghan, no run
he makes a good connection in this drive but hits it straight to cover! Moved his front leg out and punched it off the middle
37.1
•
Wahab Riaz to McClenaghan, no run
comes down the pitch to Riaz but doesn't get hold of this big shot.. bunts it to midwicket
end of over 376 runs
NZ: 215/9CRR: 5.81 • RRR: 11.53
Luke Ronchi40 (37b 6x4)
Mitchell McClenaghan5 (4b 1x4)
Shahid Afridi 9-0-37-2
Wahab Riaz 7-0-60-1
36.6
•
Afridi to Ronchi, no run
quicker delivery on the stumps, catches the inside edge and runs to short fine leg
36.5
1
Afridi to McClenaghan, 1 run
whoaa! He goes for the switch-hit.. paddles it down to short third man
36.4
4
Afridi to McClenaghan, FOUR runs
whoaaa! He comes down the pitch, is beaten as this is wide and full, still manages to reach out and hammer it through wide mid-off
36.3
1
Afridi to Ronchi, 1 run
clears his front leg and squeezes it out to deep midwicket
36.2
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Afridi to Ronchi, no run
cuts this one from in front of off, played straight to the fielder at point
36.1
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Afridi to Ronchi, no run
comes forward and cuts this powerfully but can't beat point
RJ: "Afridi took 13 odi wkts in 2014 :)"
end of over 369 runs
NZ: 209/9CRR: 5.80 • RRR: 11.14
Luke Ronchi39 (33b 6x4)
Mitchell McClenaghan0 (2b)
Wahab Riaz 7-0-60-1
Shahid Afridi 8-0-31-2
bhushan: "can I safely say , Wahab Riaz is an Indianish kind of Pakistani bowler.." --- Not really.. he has pace.
35.6
1
Wahab Riaz to Ronchi, 1 run
moves to the leg side and punches this fuller delivery firmly to midwicket for a single
35.5
•
Wahab Riaz to Ronchi, no run
bowls a slower yorker, the batsman digs it out down the pitch
35.4
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Wahab Riaz to Ronchi, no run
superb slower delivery, it just misses the off stump after the batsman is beaten
35.3
4
Wahab Riaz to Ronchi, FOUR runs
now he moves his front leg out to hammer the length delivery over the non-striker for four more
35.2
4
Wahab Riaz to Ronchi, FOUR runs
whoa! That's some shot.. It's short of length and the batsman swivels to whack it over wide long-on.. Just a short-arm jab
35.1
•
Wahab Riaz to Ronchi, no run
length delivery outside off, steered straight to point
For whatever it's worth, it's Powerplay. Riaz comes in to up New Zealand's run rate to bowl
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