New Zealand vs Pakistan, 6th ODI at Auckland, Feb 05 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary

Jamie shows How it is done, Gul went for the hoick over midwicket, got it off the toe end of the bat, and the ball went miles in the air, against the backdrop of the evening sky at Auckland, but it had to come down, and How took a well-judged catch, and New Zealand have another win, only their second in 16 games

now he backs away and has a go once more, but this is the slower one, of course it misses the wickets as well

throws his might at it, but does not make contact as the ball again misses the stumps

spirited down the ground for a single

thumped down to mid on, Southee is keeping them full and up to the stumps

Shoaib goes miles outside leg stump, and then looks to swipe at a full delivery that somehow contrives to miss leg stump

pacy full delivery but down the leg side, he gets into a tangle as he tries to flick it fine

stays on the crease to a full pitched ball and thick-edges it down to squarish third man

Nathan has held on to a scorcher here, how has he survived this one? Afridi had mowed it brutally down the ground, Nathan was in the way at deepish mid off, and put his body behind the line of the ball, and went down with the booty, he now has a toothy grin, but he wouldn't want to be in the way of these missiles often, Pakistan;s chances end with Afridi's departure

135 kph bouncer, Afridi had again made room outside leg stump, and was surprised with the short one as it sailed past him

take that! Afridi brings up 250 with a loft over long on's head, just cleared the front leg, backed away outside leg, and even though Bennett followed him, the momentum deposited the ball into stratosphere

this one has gone wrong too, Afridi was ready for it, saw it early and hammered it over extra cover for a boundary

Bennett continues to get his slower ones on target, it bounces gently over Afridi as he misses out the heave

has Southee pulled off a stunner? He has, Afridi got one in the blockhole and dug it out close to the stumps, Tanvir was pretty slow to get going, and what's more he did not slide his bat in, in fact it got stuck inches short of the crease, and Southee removed the bails with a horizontal leap, super stuff from the quick man, Pakistan sink further

Shahid gets the boundary for the over, Southee helps him with a nice easy full toss on the leg stump, and Afridi thwacks it backward of square leg, one foot in the air as he plays the shot

almost makes it three in three, but Tanvir stretches it out to extra cover and they take a single

another low full pitched delivery outside off stump, he cannot get the bat down in time and another precious dot ball results

right in the blockhole, Tanvir cannot do much about those, is beaten as he tries to squeeze it to point, Afridi frets at the other end

turns this full toss down to fine leg, wants a second, the throw is off target too, but Tanvir does not want to take the risk

teasing one full and wide outside off, Tanvir has a go and misses, don't know whose good fortune it is