the googly cleans up him after a bunch of flighted legspinners, batsman looks to sends this up, up and away and has stumps re-arranged, clinical from Pakistan, 103-run win for Pakistan, that's the biggest margin of victory in a T20 between two Test sides
New Zealand vs Pakistan, 3rd T20I at Christchurch, Dec 30 2010 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
3rd T20I (N), Christchurch, December 30, 2010, Pakistan tour of New Zealand
New
NZ
Full commentary
Afridi finishes with 4 for 14, but the star was undoubtedly Abdul Razzaq, who hammered 34 off 11 deliveries before taking three top-order wickets for 13.
Here's the largest margins of victory in T20s. On Twitter, Iain O'Brien sums up the match from New Zealand's perspective in one word 'Ouch'.
Post-match presentation:
Taylor: "Pakistan batted very well and put up a competitive score, and when your top four batters get out for ducks it was very difficult. The total was chase-able but they bowled very well, Razzaq and Afridi were outstanding. Every team around the world has a fast bowler, Milne is young and has learnt a lot this week. Bit disappointing to lose the momentum we had built up."
Afridi: "At least on my way home, I will be happy. It will be a good journey. The openers gave a great start, Razzaq is the match-winner, in the past several games, when we thought we wouldn't win he has won it for us. This is the talent of Pakistan, we have to build a good unit for the World Cup. I know we lost the series, but this win will help us in the Tests also."
Razzaq is the Man of the Match: "I love the tracks in New Zealand and Australia. It was disappointing to lose the series, but everyone played well today in our side to win the match."
Whoah, that was a dominant performance from Pakistan. What does one make of New Zealand's form, so clinical on one day before caving in abjectly today. The first Test starts on Jan 7, join us then. Till then, this is Siddarth Ravindran and Abhishek Purohit saying bye.
15.5
W
Afridi to Mills, OUT
Kyle Mills b Shahid Afridi 7 (9b 1x4 0x6 14m) SR: 77.77
15.4
•
Afridi to Mills, no run
defends this one towards the leg side
15.3
•
Afridi to Mills, no run
and a repeat of the previous delivery, just a a touch closer to offstump, another heave connects only with thin air
15.2
•
Afridi to Mills, no run
spins away sharply after pitching outside off, swing and a miss but his backfoot is in the crease so he's not stumped
15.1
1
Afridi to Milne, 1 run
on the pads, worked to fine leg for a single
end of over 155 runs
NZ: 79/9CRR: 5.26 • RRR: 21.00
Kyle Mills7 (5b 1x4)
Adam Milne2 (6b)
Abdur Rehman 4-0-22-1
Shahid Afridi 2-0-13-3
14.6
4
Abdur to Mills, FOUR runs
charges down the ground and scythes that towards extra cover, where Fawad Alam is very very lazy, doesn't bother bending and is nutmegged by the ball, lets it go for four
14.5
1
Abdur to Milne, 1 run
fuller ball sliding onto the pads, clipped towards square leg
14.4
•
Abdur to Milne, no run
crowd cheer as they think the match is over, but it was a bump ball that was caught by the bowler
14.3
•
Abdur to Milne, no run
big stride forward as he defends
14.2
•
Abdur to Milne, no run
gets behind the line and blocks this one
14.1
•
Abdur to Milne, no run
worked towards short fine
end of over 148 runs • 2 wickets
NZ: 74/9CRR: 5.28 • RRR: 18.33
Adam Milne1 (1b)
Kyle Mills3 (4b)
Shahid Afridi 2-0-13-3
Abdur Rehman 3-0-17-1
13.6
1
Afridi to Milne, 1 run
nicely done, fired in a quick one on middle and leg, flicked away to deep square leg for a single, survives
Milne is in the hot seat, Afridi's on a hat-trick
13.5
W
Afridi to Southee, OUT
ripper, that was a quick one, fired in at 134 kmph and Southee simply wasn't expecting it, went through his defences as he tried to block it off the back foot, missed and we know the rest, that was 134kmh from Afridi
Tim Southee b Shahid Afridi 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
13.4
W
Afridi to Styris, OUT
bowled'im! Made room to smack that into the stands, left his stumps exposed, was aiming towards wide long-on, missed and timber!
Scott Styris b Shahid Afridi 45 (34b 6x4 1x6 48m) SR: 132.35
13.3
4
Afridi to Styris, FOUR runs
13.2
2
Afridi to Styris, 2 runs
Replays shows that Shehzad touched the rope as he dived to stop the ball on the last ball of the previous over
13.1
1
Afridi to Mills, 1 run
a full toss is swiped down the ground towards long-on
As loads of you have mentioned Afridi has just become the first man to take 50 T20 wickets
end of over 138 runs
NZ: 66/7CRR: 5.07 • RRR: 16.85
Scott Styris39 (31b 5x4 1x6)
Kyle Mills2 (3b)
Abdur Rehman 3-0-17-1
Shahid Afridi 1-0-5-1
12.6
4
Abdur to Styris, FOUR runs
goes outside leg stump, Rehman follows him, Umar goes down the leg side too, but the slash eludes him as it rushes away fine on the off side
12.5
1
Abdur to Mills, 1 run
Rehman dives and gets one hand to a punch from Styris, but cannot prevent the single
12.4
1
Abdur to Styris, 1 run
slows it up, he rocks back but mistimes the pull off the bottom half of the bat to deep midwicket along the ground
Match Coverage
Instant answers to T20 questions
New Zealand Innings
<1 / 3>