Cricket Update: Black Caps Demolish Pakistan To Seal Series Win
The Pakistani team’s miseries on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 tour continued as the Kiwis defeated Pakistan by 39 runs in the second of the 3-match T20 series. With this win, New Zealand has sealed the series 2-0 with one match left. The series win against the green
shirts should boost the morale of the depleted New Zealand team which is still fresh from miserable defeats against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
On the other hand, Pakistani team is also looking for some respite at the end of the worst year of its cricketing history. However, Shahid Afridi and company might have to wait a little longer to taste success.
At the Seddon Park, Hamilton, Shahid Afridi won the toss and elected to bowl first on a flat track. Initially it looked like a great decision as Abdul Razzaq sent Jesse Ryder back to the pavilion on the very first ball of the match but Martin Guptill shined
once again for the Black Caps and helped his team post a formidable score of 185 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Guptill remained the top-scorer for the Kiwis with a quick-fire 44 off just 28 balls with the help of 3 fours and as many
sixes. He along with James Franklin accumulated 91 runs for the 2nd wicket partnership and gave an early advantage to the home side. Franklin was more sedate as he scored 40 runs off 44 balls including 2 fours and a six. Captain Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, Scott
Styris and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-McGlashan-c2178 also contributed with little cameos and demoralized the Pakistani bowling attack.
Saeed Ajmal picked up 3 wickets for Pakistan but not before conceding 35 runs in his 4 overs. Pick of the bowlers for Pakistan were Wahab Riaz and Shahid Afridi who bowled economically and picked up a wicket each. The most disappointing factor for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755
would be the performance of its experienced fast bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar and Umar Gul who gave away 89 runs between their 7 overs for just 1 wicket.
Chasing a huge target, Pakistan faced a blow at the start of its innings as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321 for only 7 in which he struck a massive six. Even though Mohammad Hafeez kept Pakistan in the match for the early period of the innings but
the middle order collapsed once again and as a result Pakistan only managed 146 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in its 20 overs. Mohammad Hafeez remained the top-scorer with a fighting 46 which came off just 30 balls and included 5 fours and a couple of towering
sixes. Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq fell in quick succession to have their team tottering in the middle overs.
The Kiwi spinners bowled superbly and broke the back of Pakistan’s batting line-up. Nathan McCullum picked up 4 wickets for the Black Caps after giving away just 16 runs in his 4 overs and varied his pace quite beautifully. Left arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Woodcock-c1860
also bowled tightly for the New Zealanders but remained wicket-less. Tim Southee took 2 wickets whereas Kyle Mills and Ian http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Butler-c48850 picked up a wicket each to demolish Pakistan.
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