NZ Beats Pak By 39 Runs In Second T20


Hamilton, Dec 28 : New Zealand beat Pakistan by 39 runs in the second Twenty20 cricket international played at Seddon Park here today.

New Zealand scored 185 for 7 with two good knocks of 44 runs by Martin Guptill and 40 runs by James Franklin with Saeed Ajmal taking 3 wickets for 35 runs.

In reply, Pakistan could make 146 for 9 in 20 overs as Nathan McCullum grabbed four wickets for 16 runs. Umar Akmal made 26.

The hosts are now up 2-0 in the current T20 series.

Scoreboard:

New Zealand Innings=

Jesse Ryder c Umar Akmal b Razzaq 0, Martin Guptill c Afridi b Ajmal 44, James Franklin c Umar Akmal b Afridi 40, Ross Taylor not out 30, Scott Styris c Shehzad b Shoaib 34, Peter McGlashan lbw Wahab 26,Nathan McCullum c Shafiq b Ajmal 1, Kyle Mills std Umar Akmal b Ajmal 0, Extras (1b,4lb,4w,1nb) 10

TOTAL (for 7 wkts) 185 Overs: 20.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-91, 3-94, 4-133, 5-175, 6-184, 7-185.

Did not bat: Luke Woodcock, Ian Butler, Tim Southee.

Bowling: Abdul Razzaq 2-0-12-1, Shoaib Akhtar 4-0-42-1 (1w,1nb), Umar Gul 3-0-47-0, Wahab Riaz 3-0-22-1 (3w), Shahid Afridi 4-0-22-1, Saeed Ajmal 4-0-35-3.

Pakistan Innings=

Mohammad Hafeez run out 46, Shahid Afridi b Mills 7, Ahmed Shehzad c Styris b Butler 15, Umar Akmal c McCullum b Southee 26, Younis Khan c McGlashan b McCullum 3, Asad Shafiq b McCullum 6, Abdul Razzaq c McGlashan b McCullum 14, Umar Gul c Guptill b McCullum 0, Wahab Riaz c McCullum b Southee 18, Shoaib Akhtar not out 5, Sajeed Ajmal not out 0 , Extras (5lb,1w) 6

TOTAL (for 9 wickets) 146 Overs: 20.

Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-68, 3-69, 4-76, 5-96, 6-114, 7-114, 8-141, 9-141.

Bowling: James Franklin 1-0-10-0, Kyle Mills 3-0-34-1 (1w), Tim Southee 4-0-26-2, Ian Butler 4-0-35-1, Luke Woodcock 4-0-20-0, Nathan McCullum 4-0-16-4.

Toss: won by Pakistan.

Series: New Zealand leads the three-match series 2-0.

Umpires: Gary Baxter and Chris Gaffaney, New Zealand.

TV umpire: Barry Frost, New Zealand. Match referee: Roshan Mahanama, Sri Lanka. AP

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