- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR13.4 bowled him! Hafeez swung across the line at a length ball and just missed it. Franklin hit off stump 123/25.4 caught and bowled! Nazir's pushed the ball off the front foot right back to Southee, who takes the catch on his follow through. New Zealand have snapped a strong opening stand. Southee caught the ball at chest height to his left 47/115.4 caught at long on! Jamshed made room and lofted Vettori towards the boundary. Nathan McCullum had to run to his left and he got there quickly, tumbling to the ground after taking the catch. He seems to have hurt himself. New Zealand are clawing back now 134/414.4 Akmal's hacked at the ball and carved it high in the air towards the fielder who is several yards in on the cover boundary, the catch is taken safely this time by Nicol 129/318.4 this time he's been caught at long on! Akmal tried to clear the straight boundary again but couldn't get the ball over Nathan McCullum 159/519.6 Afridi throws his bat at a length ball outside off and hits it in the air towards deep cover, where Williamson moves in to take the catch 177/6Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL177/6 (20 Overs, RR: 8.85)Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Imran Nazir, 5.4 ov), 2-123 (Mohammad Hafeez, 13.4 ov), 3-129 (Kamran Akmal, 14.4 ov), 4-134 (Nasir Jamshed, 15.4 ov), 5-159 (Umar Akmal, 18.4 ov), 6-177 (Shahid Afridi, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KD Mills 4 0 35 0 8.75 11 5 1 0 0 DL Vettori 4 0 23 1 5.75 8 0 1 0 0 TG Southee 4 0 31 2 7.75 10 4 0 2 0 JDP Oram 4 0 44 2 11 7 6 1 1 0 NL McCullum 2 0 23 0 11.5 4 0 3 0 0 AF Milne 1 0 12 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 JEC Franklin 1 0 7 1 7 1 0 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.4 back of a length ball, skids on and bowled him trying to cut, always the most dangerous shot against Afridi and once again he gets a wicket with a quicker ball as the batsmans tries to hang back and wait for it, knocks out off stump 53/17.2 waited for the turn and tucked to short long leg, they go for the single but Williamson is struggling to the non-striker's end and doesn't get there, a sharp piece of work to get the throw in time back up the wicket, the bowler did well to gather and whips the bails off and it was before Williamson's dive 54/215.1 nope, full and straight, dug out but it trickles back onto the stumps. Well bowled, a good yorker that McCullum dug out but it ran off his back foot I think which deflected it only leg stump, hard enough to remove the bail, unfortunate that 108/414.1 step to leg and finds extra cover and Vettori's vigil is over, that wasn't very pleasant at all, and an ugly ending really, giving himself room, trying to go off side with a drive over the top but surprise surprise, it's not timed and flies straight to the fielder 102/316.2 step to leg and a swing and miss and out goes leg stump. The spinner have been too good for the NZ batsman today, just a straight ball really, zipped through a little quicker off the pitch, Oram was aiming for Colombo on one knee and missed totally, losing his middle and leg stumps 122/518.4 slapped down to long off, they have to come back for two and do but it's a great throw from the boundary and Taylor is run out good work from Akmal to gather the throw and get the bails off, end of game surely now, he was never in the frame, run out by miles 157/717.5 length ball, slower, and finds deep midwicket, relief for Pakistan as Franklin goes to pull and top edges it straight to the fielder on the leg side fence, it was a ball that could have gone out of the ground but Franklin didn't quite pick it 143/619.5 slow ball, long hop outside leg, fired into the leg side, has this found the stands? Nope only finds deep square leg, it was a good ball to hit but he simply didn't catch it properly, put it straight down the fielder's throat 164/919.3 outside off stump, swung outside off and an big edge to short third man took a step down, Ajmal sent it wider, Southee had to reach for it and got a huge top edge straight to the fielder on the 45 160/8Extras10 (lb 5, w 5)TOTAL164/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.2)Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Rob Nicol, 6.4 ov), 2-54 (Kane Williamson, 7.2 ov), 3-102 (Daniel Vettori, 14.1 ov), 4-108 (Brendon McCullum, 15.1 ov), 5-122 (Jacob Oram, 16.2 ov), 6-143 (James Franklin, 17.5 ov), 7-157 (Ross Taylor, 18.4 ov), 8-160 (Tim Southee, 19.3 ov), 9-164 (Nathan McCullum, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammad Hafeez 4 0 15 0 3.75 15 0 1 0 0 Sohail Tanvir 3 0 33 1 11 4 2 2 1 0 Umar Gul 4 0 39 1 9.75 7 6 0 1 0 Yasir Arafat 1 0 12 0 12 1 2 0 1 0 Shahid Afridi 4 0 30 1 7.5 7 3 0 2 0 Saeed Ajmal 4 0 30 4 7.5 11 4 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
15.30 start, First Session 15.30-16.50, Interval 16.50-17.10, Second Session 17.10-18.30
Match days
23 September 2012 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pakistan 2, New Zealand 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (36 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Mohammad Hafeez 17, Nasir Jamshed 34, Ex 0)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 3
- Nasir Jamshed: 50 off 27 balls (2 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Pakistan - 177/6 in 20.0 overs (Shoaib Malik 9)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 0 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (RJ Nicol 33, KS Williamson 14, Ex 5)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (84 balls), Extras 8
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 9
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.998 |
| WI | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.375 |
| ENG | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.397 |
| NZ | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.169 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.464 |
| PAK | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.273 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.274 |
| SA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.421 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.825 |
| ENG | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.65 |
| AFG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.475 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.184 |
| WI | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.855 |
| IRE | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.092 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3.598 |
| SL | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.852 |
| ZIM | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -3.624 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| PAK | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.706 |
| NZ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.15 |
| BAN | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1.868 |






