Pakistan is an excellent team when it comes to twenty20 matches but the Kiwi side has managed to topple them and they have won the series 2-0 in an easy manner. Not even once in the second twenty20 match, the visiting side looked dangerous and the home side
stayed in command. The home side won by a margin of 39 runs which is very impressive in this format of the game. The final score card was New Zealand 185 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 146. The match took place at the very famous Seddon Park, Hamilton This ground is famous
for helping the pace bowlers.
Keeping this in mind, the Pakistani skipper Shahid Boom Boom Afridi decided to field first after winning the toss. A decision that seemed to have worked like a charm when the Pakistani all rounder Abdul Razzaq dismissed the Kiwi opener Jesse Ryder on the
very first delivery of the game.
Martin Guptill and the new batting sensation in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 James Franklin had plans of their own. The pair went after the Pakistani bowling and destroyed their every effort. They played all the bowlers to perfection and the spectators in the ground and
the viewers watching at home enjoyed the brilliant batting display. They shared a partnership of 91 runs. Martin Guptill made 44 runs and fell victim to the Pakistani spin wizard Saeed Ajmal. James Franklin fell to the Pakistani skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 after
making 40 runs.
After the quick dismissal of Martin Guptill and James Franklin, Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 and Scott Styris arrived at the crease and the suffering for Pakistani bowlers was not over. Scott Styris who is famous for punishing the cricket ball with his bat lived up to his
reputation. He played a quick fire innings of 34 runs from just 14 deliveries. Scott Styris struck 3 fours and 3 sixes in his innings and his strike rate was a jaw dropping 242.85. After Scott Styris was dismissed by Pakistan’s pace machine Shoaib Akhtar,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-McGlashan-c2178 arrived at the crease. Peter McGlashan is still an unknown name in the world cricket but he played a glorious innings and looked extremely dangerous. Peter McGlashan played for only 10 deliveries but scored 26 runs. His innings included three
boundaries and two sixes. Peter McGlashan had a strike rate of 260 and he was dismissed by Wahab Riaz. Ross Taylor stayed unbeaten on 30 and the home side finished on 185 after the end of their allotted quota of twenty overs. The pick of the bowlers for Pakistan
was its spin wizard Saeed Ajmal who took three wickets and gave away 35 runs in four overs.
The visiting side Pakistan was put up with a challenge of chasing the huge total. Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi who is knows for his hard hitting decided to open the batting along side Mohammed Hafeez. This was Shahid Afridi’s second decision of the evening
that went wrong. Shahid Afridi was bowled by Kyle http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mills-c76321 and he scored only 7 runs which included a six. Mohammed Hafeez played really well and scored 46 runs of 30 balls. Mohammed Hafeez hit five boundaries and two sixes. Mohammed Hafeez was run out by a good
effort by Martin Guptill and Peter McGlashan.
Rest of the Pakistani batting failed to perform and they never looked in a position to chase down that total. The chances were also reduced by the bowling of Nathan McCullum who took 4 wickets and only gave away 16 runs in the allotted four overs.
New Zealand won with ease and they lead the series 2-0.
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