timber! New Zealand take the series in emphatic fasion! It was full, it was straight, it had Zulfiqar jumping outside the line and swinging from the hips. He misses, Milne hits and smiles all-round in the New Zealand dressing room
New Zealand vs Pakistan, 5th ODI at Abu Dhabi, Dec 19 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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5th ODI (D/N), Abu Dhabi, December 19, 2014, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates
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In the last two years, New Zealand have won in South Africa, England, drew in Sri Lanka , beat India 4-0 and have capped it off with his win in the UAE. They're on the up and up and how. But things are winding down here. Thank you for your company tonight and through the tour as well. This is Alagappan Muthu saying sayonara
Kane Williamson is the Man of the Series "It was nice to receive the award, but in a series that went up and down, it was fantastic to learn from the Pakistan side and ultimately to come out to win in such an evenly fought series has been great. It was important to keep adapting our plans, personnel changed quite a lot, had a lot of injuries and it was important to go for the big shots late. We didn't have Corey today and all. Outstanding, it was great to see them improve in small steps from the huge total Pakistan racking up in Sharjah. The middle order has shown how powerful they are and to not let them get on top of us has been brilliant. Has been a great series, an emotional series for many reasons and both teams have put together some fantastic cricket"
Matt Henry is the Man of the Match "It's a great way to start to come out here and get a series win in these conditions and against a strong Pakistan side, we're all stoked. We built on our performances every game, we stuck to our plans and tonight it shows. No real prize scalps, just happy to get em"
Shahid Afridi congratulates New Zealand, but says there are a lot of positives. Overall, the cricket in the last 2-3 months they have played is great. They have lost the series but there have been a lot of positives. We knew this was an important game. There were small things that we need to cover before the World Cup - fielding and partnerships. [Losing the deciding game in a series] This is not an excuse. If you think that you won't win, you won't win. Overall, everyone played very well. Some of the things, the management knows, what mistakes we made. So we have to improve on them. [Turning points] Bowlers bowled well but we still gave away 15-20 runs more. We lacked partnerships. Ahmed Shehzad's wicket was crucial and Haris Sohail's. he was playing well Their dismissals put us on the backfoot. I was trying to send a message to take the Powerplay. But we went on the backfoot after Shehzad's wicket. There is no 35 overs in my book, whenever we need to improve our average, we have to take the Powerplay, but that didn't happy today.
10.10 pm The better team has won, you reckon? At least on the day, New Zealand have been miles ahead of Pakistan. They batted better on a pitch that was slow and not perfectly conducive for strokeplay thanks to Kane Williamson's class and Ross Taylor's determination. Then their new-ball bowlers got the ball to swing around, 23-year old Matt Henry took out five of Pakistan's top three and set them back big time. Yet another poor start meant Shahid Afridi's men fell behind the eight ball again and the final jinx came back to bite them.
TejaMainHoon: "NZ are now really serious contenders for the WC. Not that I didn't expect that earlier.. But beating Pak in UAE, with a couple of their senior players missing.. they are certainly going to do great at full strength in their own backyard.. I am rooting for NZ to win the WC.."
rehan: "Really like the look of this NZ bowling attack. Young and Fast! Wish Pakistan can have few of them"
43.3
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Milne to Babar, OUT
Zulfiqar Babar b Milne 2 (3b 0x4 0x6 9m) SR: 66.66
43.2
2
Milne to Babar, 2 runs
full on middle and off, Zulfiqar slashes it through the covers
43.1
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Milne to Babar, no run
full and a shade outside off, the batsman backs away to slide the ball and misses
MIlne is back to knock over No. 10 and Jack
end of over 4311 runs • 1 wicket
PAK: 205/9CRR: 4.76 • RRR: 10.14
Mohammad Irfan0 (1b)
Zulfiqar Babar0 (0b)
Matt Henry 9-1-30-5
Nathan McCullum 9-0-59-2
42.6
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Henry to Irfan, no run
back of a length and outside off, Irfan offers a nothing poke and is beaten
42.5
W
Henry to Afridi, OUT
good length, back of the hand slower ball has been carted to deep midwicket and Henry has a maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs, and he's only played six matches. The crowd has begun departing, almost the second the catch was taken.
Shahid Afridi c Taylor b Henry 13 (9b 2x4 0x6 24m) SR: 144.44
42.4
4
Henry to Afridi, FOUR runs
outside edge flies away to deep third man. It was full on the base of off stump, Afridi unveils a slog and gets lucky
Afridi's strike rate v Henry in this series has been 222.2
42.4
1w
Henry to Afridi, 1 wide
banged in way too short at 140 kph, Afridi knows that's a wide.
42.3
2
Henry to Afridi, 2 runs
this is off the splice as he tries to pull a short ball on middle and leg. N Mac was hunting it down over his shoulder, threw himself at the ball, but it beats his outstretched hands. Landed on his right knee quite hard
42.2
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Henry to Afridi, no run
another slower bouncer, which Afridi allows to pass past his chest to the keeper
42.1
4
Henry to Afridi, FOUR runs
124kph, bludgeons a slower short ball to the wide long-on boundary
Zulfiqar Babar is at No. 10, but Lala is on strike
end of over 4212 runs • 1 wicket
PAK: 194/8CRR: 4.61 • RRR: 10.25
Shahid Afridi3 (4b)
Nathan McCullum 9-0-59-2
Mitchell McClenaghan 8-0-45-1
41.6
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McCullum to Anwar Ali, OUT
oh, N Mac enjoyed that! The batsman was charging down the pitch again, but this time the fuller delivery was slid through quicker and wider outside off. Anwar cannot reach, and he can't get back to safety either. Top work from Ronchi
Anwar Ali st †Ronchi b McCullum 18 (14b 3x4 0x6 13m) SR: 128.57
41.5
4
McCullum to Anwar Ali, FOUR runs
what power from Anwar! Great footwork to get himself beside the ball, which was way down leg in the first place, and then lets his wrists go mad
41.4
2
McCullum to Anwar Ali, 2 runs
tucked away through square leg and they've raced across for a couple. The throw comes at Afridi's end and he makes it easily
41.3
4
McCullum to Anwar Ali, FOUR runs
fuller delivery outside leg, but Anwar leaped down the track and made room for himself to carve the ball over point. Phew, brilliant stroke
41.2
1
McCullum to Afridi, 1 run
catch, they yell. But it falls short of Guptill at long-on. Tries to stymie Afridi for room, but he still goes for the boom down the ground
41.1
1
McCullum to Anwar Ali, 1 run
keeps to his crease against a fuller ball and turns it through square leg
Nathan McCullum is back
end of over 417 runs
PAK: 182/7CRR: 4.43 • RRR: 10.44
Anwar Ali7 (9b 1x4)
Shahid Afridi2 (3b)
Mitchell McClenaghan 8-0-45-1
Matt Henry 8-1-19-4
40.6
1
McClenaghan to Anwar Ali, 1 run
good length ball on middle and leg, turned away through midwicket
40.5
1
McClenaghan to Afridi, 1 run
goes around the wicket and delivers a slower ball on middle and leg, Afridi moves outside leg and steers the ball to deep third man, who had been moved finer before that ball
eshwar: "The question is, 'can the captain hang in??'"
40.4
1
McClenaghan to Anwar Ali, 1 run
full on leg stump, clipped into the midwicket region for a quick single
40.3
4
McClenaghan to Anwar Ali, FOUR runs
slams an overpitched slower delivery to the long-off boundary. Pakistan are certainly not giving up. Target under 100 now
40.2
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McClenaghan to Anwar Ali, no run
goes short on middle, brilliant accuracy, and forces Anwar to use soft hands to block it down the pitch
40.1
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McClenaghan to Anwar Ali, no run
short of a length on off stump, defended
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