New Zealand vs Pakistan, 5th ODI at Hamilton, Feb 03 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Pakistan have won the series in style. Take a bow! Riaz has finished it off with one back of a length outside off, Bennett hangs back and looks to steer it square. Inside edge thuds into the stumps.

on the stumps this time, short of a length again and worked off the pads towards mid on for a single

angles across him at 140 kph and beats him for pace as he shapes for the carve over the covers

wicked, inswinging yorker at 140 kph, Bennett did well to get the toes out of the way and dig it out to square leg for one

back of a length outside off, Bennett keeps it out to the off side

length ball at 145 kph on off stump, Bennett blocks to mid on and gets a single

bouncer at 138 kph, pushes Mills back in the crease and he keeps it away on the hop to the leg side. Furious stuff.

short ball at 139 kph, onto Bennett a year before he tried to play it. Gets a single off the glove to backward point

full and fast, lands on leg stump and hits the pads as Bennett looks to flick. Appeal for lbw turned down.

Nathan's perambulations at the crease come to an end. Again moves across to outside off stump before getting the front foot across to play the lap shot. Gul responds with a slow offcutter at 122 kph. Nathan did not make good contact with it, he seemed to play it onto the stumps.

tough catch, dropped at midwicket by Afridi. Nathan McCullum is waltzing all over the crease, backs away, goes across, jumps back into place and then looks to whack the short ball. He's tried to hit it so hard, he lost the grip on the bat as he tried to connect. Afridi ran to his right from midwicket and dived to his right but could not reach it. Great effort.

Nathan goes across the stumps and looks for the shovel scoop, but Riaz follows him with a very full yorker on off stump. Nathan can't do much with it, but gets a single though he doesn't connect, as it dribbles to the off side

another tight single. Sirect hit may have got McCullum. Mills dabbed it away square and got across quickly for one

wide this time, Riaz needs to cut down on these here.

short ball, hurries into Nathan at good pace this time as he looks to pull, and gets a single

oh my, Nathan McCullum has hit this one out of New Zealand. Slower ball, he picked it early as he was moving around the crease, hanging well back in line with middle and off. It was in the slot, short and sitting up. He absolutely pulverised it over midwicket. Bang.

Mills turns the strike over with a tight single.

somethings in Pakistan cricket never change. Like the fact that inevitably, Kamran Akmal will drop a catch. He's done it again. Short ball, Nathan gets a top edge behind his head and it was a dolly for Kamran who was moving back. And he put it down.

another yorker from Gul, at 146 kph and there's nothing Nathan can do with it. Digs it out to long on for a single. NZ need a lot more now.

Oram's gone, and the screws are tightening here. Unlucky in a sense, he picked long on with inch-perfect precision. Backs away to the leg side again, Gul tries to york him but it is just off the mark, so Oram gets under it and times the lofted swing pretty well. Just not good enough to clear the ropes