short ball, pulled comfortably to deep midwicket for the winning run
New Zealand vs Pakistan, 4th ODI at Hamilton, Jan 16 2018 - Match Result
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)
Eleven successive wins across formats for New Zealand. That's a new national record. Given the way the juggernaut has marched, will we see a 5-0 sweep? Or can Pakistan come hard for one final time and end up on the right side of the result? We will find out in due course. For now, this is all we have. Thanks for joining us. We hope you'll all be back for the final ODI on Friday. Goodbye from Alagappan and myself.
Ahmed Hayat: "Other than the abysmal performance by the batsman this series, what Pakistan has truly lacked are real fast bowlers than bowl upwards of 145KP, along with the selection of test batsman over the likes of haris sohail and a genuine all-rounder. Going forward Sarfaraz should ponder over his batting position and try open the batting or atleast come 1 down instead of facing the pressure when 5 wickets are down."
9.05pm Might is right. Colin de Grandhomme swears by that notion. That was some of the most brutal hitting you'll ever see. He walked in with the chips down and Pakistan scenting a victory. He's walking off having ensured his team has cantered to a five-wicket win. Don't forget Henry Nicholls' contribution. He was overshadowed by de Grandhomme's dominance, but he's played a match-winning knock as well. He struggled for fluency for large parts. When de Grandhomme walked in, another wicket at that stage could have truly put Pakistan on top. But Nicholls never gave up and ground it out. By the end of it all, he had made up for enough ground to notch up a half-century of his own. Disappointment again for Pakistan, but they have some positives they can take from this defeat. Not least a high-class display of legspin bowling from Shadab Khan. Their batsmen showed much better game awareness at least for the early parts of their innings and did not let Tim Southee's early strikes stagnate the scoreboard. But at the end of it all, they were probably a good 30-40 runs short.
"I felt like I'd been hitting well in the nets," de Grandhomme says. "Crucial for Henry to be there till the end. Everything seemed to be coming off the middle."
"Pakistan played very well. They soaked up some pressure with the bat early on and posted a comfortable score," says Kane Williamson. "We did not put up the smartest of batting performances until Colin came out. To see him play like that was special. We didn't think the surface took as much turn as we thought it would. A lot of credit goes to the top of the order as well. They got us off to a good start in the chase. And then Colin just came in and finished it off. We were under pressure for large parts of the batting innings, so feels nice to get across the line."
"Very disappointing but a few positives," says Sarfraz. "Fakhar batted well. But we're not finishing well. The way we finished (with the bat), we had lost of confidence, but de Grandhomme played like a great batsman. It was a great innings."
Sarah: "I'm telling myself I wont watch the last match but catch me sleep deprived and cursing on that day too. Cricket is truly like a drug"
zafarjaveds: "CDG played this innings in Highlights mode."
beautiful placement. And that's Nicholls' fifty What a vital knock from him. Sees width and plays late to punch through backward of point
a more controlled pull shot down to deep fine leg
short ball, sitting up nicely around off. Hammers a pull to the left of the square leg umpire. If you're a fielder in the deep, don't bother moving, however close to you the ball is. This is brutal hitting
Aashish Calla: "This knock by CDG can easily be put in the "brutal" category; walked in with 109 needed off 15 overs against a quality attack, and has done it at a canter!"
short of a length, defended from the crease
short of a length on off, punched towards long-off who runs forward and nails a direct hit. The batsmen are well in and they take an extra run off the deflection. Even the good work they're doing is working against Pakistan now
Raj Pisharody: "I want to say "Mazaa aa gaya!... super knock by Grandhomme! Thank you Sir!"
PRC: "Pak's CT triumph looks increasingly more like a flash in the pan"
dipping low full toss, pushed down to long-on
low full toss, angled across. De Grandhomme deliberately pushes hard away from his body and sends a thick outside edge down to third man boundary
bouncer, pulls it right off the head through square leg. Looking ominous for Pakistan now
dipping fuller ball and that's a clumsy effort at the deep midwicket boundary. A low full toss, he lets it come on and just times a flick through midwicket. The fielder at the boundary again dives with the heel forward looking to stop it with his boot. Always problematic that way
Saad: "Where the hell "YORKERS" have gone from this world"
short ball, sways his head out of the way even as he pulls behind square on the leg side
back of a length on off, drops into the covers for a very quick single
short of a length, punched to mid-off
comes down the track and flicks past midwicket
close. De Grandhomme tries to swat away a back of a length ball with a cross bat. Doesn't bounce as much but just enough to miss off-stump by inches as he gets beaten
short ball, goes over middle and leg. Considerable bounce and called a wide
back of a length, tucked off the pads to deep midwicket
Thirty required off 42 balls with five wickets in hand. Barring a wicket, this should be a stroll from here.
full toss, angled across, driven away to sweeper cover
slower back of a length ball, waits for it before helping it with the angle to deep backward square leg
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Seddon Park, Hamilton | |
Toss | Pakistan, elected to bat first |
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Season | 2017/18 |
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Series result | New Zealand led the 5-match series 4-0 |
Match number | ODI no. 3953 |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30 Interval 17.30-18.15, Second Session 18.15-21.45 |
Match days | 16 January 2018 - daynight (50-over match) |
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