New Zealand beat Pakistan by 10 wickets in second T20
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against NZ.
HAMILTON (Web Desk/AFP) - A world-record T20 partnership by Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson gave New Zealand a comprehensive 10-wicket win in the second Twenty20 against Pakistan in Hamilton on Sunday.
Set a target of 169, Guptill finished the match with a boundary to take the New Zealand total to 171 with 14 balls remaining and all wickets intact.
His stand with Williamson eclipsed the previous best Twenty20 partnership of 170 set by South Africans Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman against England in 2009.
New Zealand s dominance in Hamilton, after Pakistan won the first game in Auckland on Friday, means the three-match series will be decided in Wellington next Friday.
Guptill, who uncharacteristically trailed Williamson for much of the match, finished with a flourish to be 87 not out from 58 balls with nine fours and four sixes.
Williamson faced 48 balls for his 72, which included 11 fours.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first but there was no urgency about their run-gathering.
Halfway through their innings Pakistan were 60-2, while New Zealand passed the same 60 mark in the seventh over and were 82-0 after 10 overs.
Williamson and Guptill both brought up their half-centuries in the 13th over when they took 15 off Mohammad Amir, whose three overs cost 34 runs.
While Pakistan tried desperately for a wicket, the one chance they were offered went to ground when Shoaib Malik dropped a straightforward caught-and-bowled chance from Williamson on 61.
After the slow start to the Pakistan innings, Umar Akmal and Malik added backbone with a 63-run partnership off 34 balls to get the tourists up to 168-7.
Akmal was unbeaten on 56 off 27 deliveries at the close while Malik made 39 off 30.
New Zealand, with an eye on the World Twenty20 in India in March, experimented with left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner opening the bowling. New-ball spearheads Trent Boult and Matt Henry sat out the match.
It was a switch which suited Pakistan opener Mohammad Hafeez, who took 10 off the first over with a six and a four.
But when Santner was removed from the attack, Corey Anderson and Adam Milne put the brakes on the scoring before the Akmal-Malik onslaught.
While Pakistan only scored 60 runs in the first 10 overs, they added 108 in the second half of the innings.
Mitchell McClenaghan had the best figures for New Zealand with two for 23.
Teams:
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson (capt), Colin Munro, Corey Anderson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Todd Astle, Adam Milne, Mitchell McClenaghan.
Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (capt), Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Mohammad Amir
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL), Derek Walker (NZL)
TV umpire: Wayne Knights (NZL)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
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And the match was finally won by New Zealand
Record bh bana dia LOL Highest partnership in T20 History But in the end well played Newzeland #PakvsNZ
— Daaniyal (@Iamdaaniyal) January 17, 2016
Choro yaar Agla match jeet ly gy in shaa Allah #PakvsNZ pic.twitter.com/MzdxC3Soi4
— Neelam (@NeelamSays__) January 17, 2016
Overs 16.4: Wahab Riaz to Martin Guptil. SIX! short of length ball, outside off stump, goes back and pulls away over mid-wicket fence for a six
Overs 16.1: Wahab Riaz to Kane Williamson. FOUR! fuller in length ball, outside off stump, comes forward and drives it wide of mid-off for four runs
Williamson is the next ABD #PakvsNZ What a class player
— Waqqas Mir (@wordoflaw) January 17, 2016
Overs 15.3: Shoaib Malik to Kane Williamson. FOUR! tosses up, on middle and leg stump, comes down the wicket and chips it over mid-on for four runs
Overs 15: New Zealand 141/0, Kane Williamson: 61, Martin Guptill: 73
Overs 14.4: Shahid Afridi to Kane Williamson. FOUR! short and wide outside off stump, goes back and cuts it towards deep backward point for four runs
mood right now grin emoticon #PakvsNZ pic.twitter.com/mI7eyP4bmg
— saadullah (@Saadgooner40) January 17, 2016
Overs 14.2: Shahid Afridi to Martin Guptill. SIX! slower ball, outside off stump, Guptill goes back and pulls away over mid-wicket for six more
Overs 14.1: Shahid Afridi to Martin Guptill. SIX! flighted ball, on middle and leg stump, Guptill makes room and launches it over long-on fence for a huge six
Overs 13.3: Imad Wasim to Martin Guptil. FOUR! flighted ball, outside off stump, comes down the wicket and punches through extra cover for four runs
Openers hi match khatam kr dien gy #PakvsNZ #PAKvNZ
— Abbas Syed (@syed_zk) January 17, 2016
Overs 12.4: Mohammad Aamer to Martin Guptill. FOUR! Fifty comes up for Guptill now, low full toss, outside off stump, goes back and smashes it over extra cover four more
Overs 12.3: Mohammad Aamer to Martin Guptill. FOUR! fuller in length ball, on middle and leg stump, tucks away to backward square leg fence for four runs
Situation #PAKvNZ #PakvsNZ pic.twitter.com/LLPuVdGrri
— Shelfie King FC (@SharyAhmad19) January 17, 2016
Overs 12.1: Mohammad Aamer to Kane Williamson. FOUR! Fifty comes up for Williamson, good length ball, on middle and leg stump, moves across and flicks away towards backward square leg fence for four runs
Our Bowlers atm... #PakvsNZ pic.twitter.com/UfRIF2XoBf
— Isma Iqbal (@Misa___i) January 17, 2016
Overs 12: New Zealand 100/0, Kane Williamson: 49, Martin Guptill: 44
Overs 11.6: Shahid Afridi to Martin Guptill. FOUR! short and wide outside off stump, goes back and cuts it over backward point for four runs
Overs 10.4: Umar Gul to Kane Williamson. FOUR! good length ball, on middle and leg stump, moves across and flicks away to deep backward square leg for four runs
Good thing is we didn t let kiwis made fastest scoring records. We are still much better. #thinkpositive #PakvsNZ
— Umair Tariq (@YouTeeee) January 17, 2016
Overs 9: New Zealand 78/0, Kane Williamson: 39, Martin Guptill: 34
Overs 6.6: Wahab Riaz to Martin Guptill. FOUR! back of length ball, outside off stump, goes back and smashes it over mid-off for four runs
Overs 6: New Zealand 59/0, Kane Williamson: 29, Martin Guptill: 15
Marsun marsun wicket na le sun !! #PakvsNZ
— Isma Iqbal (@Misa___i) January 17, 2016
Overs 5.5: Shahid Afridi to Martin Guptill. FOUR! tosses up, on middle and leg stump, goes onto his knee and sweeps away towards backward square leg
Chor or batting form ane se phly dastak nh dty #PakvsNZ
— ShakesPear (@myself_NoBiTa) January 17, 2016
Overs 4.4: Mohammad Aamir to Kane Williamson. FOUR! fuller in length ball, sliding down to leg side, ball clip him on the pad and goes towards fine leg fence for four leg byes
Willaimson and Guptill are killing us! Someone get a wicket please. This is torturous! #PakvsNZ
— Queue (@kudcia) January 17, 2016
Overs 4.1: Mohammad Aamir to Martin Guptill. FOUR! good length ball, on middle and leg stump, Guptill makes room and hits it over mid-off for four runs
Overs 3.1: Shahid Afridi to Martin Guptill. FOUR! quicker ball, on middle and leg stump, makes room and hits it over mid-off for four runs
#PakvsNz my family right now one good over from lala can change match
— Shahrukh Khan (@say_meSrk) January 17, 2016
Overs 3: New Zealand 31/0, Kane Williamson: 20, Martin Guptill: 11
Dua time! #PakvsNZ pic.twitter.com/OuwUjDjtYN
— JUM! (@CallmeJaagii) January 17, 2016
Overs 2.6: Imad Wasim to Kane Williamson. FOUR! short ball, outside off stump, comes down the wicket and punches through covers for four runs
Pakistani Cricket fans right now #PakvsNZ #PAKvNZ pic.twitter.com/clG4d2Rtak
— Zeeshan Haider Magsi (@ZHaider514) January 17, 2016
Overs 2.2: Imad Wasim to Kane Williamson. FOUR! flatter ball, outside off stump, comes down the wicket and plays it towards deep backward point for four more
Kiwis preying on Shaheens Its a rare sight #PakvsNZ
— Moochar (@AsliBinLaden) January 17, 2016
Overs 2.1: Imad Wasim to Kane Williamson. FOUR! quicker ball, outside off stump, goes back and cuts it wide of short third-man fielder for four runs
Lets see #Afridi bowling... Hope for a change #PakvsNZ
— Abdul Manan (@Engr_AML) January 17, 2016
Overs 1.2: Mohammad Aamir to Kane Williamson. FOUR! slightly short of length ball, on middle and leg stump, moves across and hits it towards deep backward square leg for four runs
Overs 0.6: Umar Gul to Martin Guptill. SIX! short of length ball, outside off stump, goes back and pulls it over long-on fence for six
Don t underestimate Williamson, He proves class is equally important as hitting #PakvsNZ #IndvsAus
— Praneet Samaiya (@praneetsamaiya) January 17, 2016
New Zealand begin their innings. Guptill and Williamson are appearing as openers with 169 runs to chase. Umar Gul has ball in the hand.
First three wickets very crucial for #Greenshirts #PakvsNZ
— Faraz Javed Awan (@farazjavedawan) January 17, 2016
Pakistan have set target of 169 runs on the loss of seven wickets against New Zealand. They started the innings very well but the fall of wickets got started when Ahmed Shehzad got caught by Williamson off Anderson ball.
This time the most awaited Shahid Afridi also disappointed the team but the game was stunningly played by Umar Akmal who smashed fours and sixes to stand the Pakistani team firm.
Talking about NZ side, MJ McClenaghan claimed two wickets.
Overs 19.5: Adam Milne to Umar Akmal. FOUR! fuller in length ball, outside off stump, goes back and smashes it over extra cover for four runs
Cheers to Umer Akmal for spectacular 50 #PakvsNZ
— Rana kashif (@ranakashif308) January 17, 2016
Overs 19.4: Adam Milne to Sarfraz Ahmed. OUT! short of length ball, outside off stump, Sarfraz goes for a big shot and misses it through to keeper, Umar wants the strike and runs for a bye, Ronchi throws towards Milne who makes a direct throw
Combine score of Afridi and Shahzad is 16. Ye sb twitter ki Shahzadians ka kamal ha. #PakvsNZ
— Shahzeb Khan (@ShahG__) January 17, 2016
Overs 18.5: Mitchell McClenaghan to Imad Wasim. OUT! short of length ball, on middle and leg stump, Imad tries to pull that one but ball gets top edge and goes high in the air towards fine leg, Adam Milne takes a well judged catch
8 sixes and 13 boundaries in the #Pakistan innings #PakvsNZ
— hassan khan (@hassanyarkhan) January 17, 2016
Overs: 18.1: Mitchell McClenaghan to Umar Akmal . FOUR! low full toss, outside off stump, goes back and punches it over mid-off for four runs
60 in first 10 overs and 108 in next 10 overs this the beauty of pak cricket ,still pak is 15-20 runs short as boundry is small #PakvsNZ
— Ahsan Nazir Raja (@iOSDeveloper_SN) January 17, 2016
Overs 18: Pakistan 146/5, Akmal: 35, Wasim: 8
Overs 17.6: Adam Milne to Imad Wasim. SIX! fuller in length ball, outside off stump, Imad goes back and smashes it over extra cover for a six
Overs 17.2: Adam Milne to Shahid Afridi. OUT! fuller in length ball, on middle and leg stump, Afridi goes back and tries to clear the fielder of mid-on but couldn t time it well, Williamson takes an easy catch there
Overs 17.1: Adam Milne to Shahid Afridi. SIX! back of length ball, outside off stump, Afridi makes room and smashes it over long-off for a six
AFRIDI AFTER HITING THAT SIXER #PakvsNZ pic.twitter.com/3r4ePHYt1d
—(@zaifimalik) January 17, 2016
Overs 16.5: Mitchell McClenaghan to Shoaib Malik. OUT! fuller in length ball, just outside off stump, Malik goes back and tries to digs it out but drags it onto the stumps
Overs 15.5: Grant Elliott to Umar Akmal. SIX! player smashes 103 m long sixer, sends ball out of the ground
That s a huge blow! High and far over the deep midwicket boundary, it s the long boundary and that s out of the ground #PakvsNZ
— Ibne Aadam (@BornToBeBearded) January 17, 2016
Overs 14.1: Corey Anderson to Umar Akmal. FOUR! fuller in length ball, outside off stump, Umar goes for a drive, outside edge races away towards third-man for four runs
Overs 15: Pakistan 116/3, Akmal: 24, Malik: 36
Overs 13.2: Grant Elliott to Shoaib Malik. FOUR! short of length ball, outside off stump, goes back and cuts it towards deep backward point for four runs
Malik fourrrrrrrr... Beauty shot #PakvsNZ
— Bilal Nasir Khan (@BilalNasirKhan1) January 17, 2016
Overs 12.4: Mitchell Santner to Umar Akmal . SIX! short ball, outside off stump, Umar rocks back and pulls away over mid-wicket for another six
2 consecutive sixes welldone Umer #PakvsNZ
— Mohsin. (@MohsinRaz_) January 17, 2016
Overs 12.3: Mitchell Santner to Umar Akmal. SIX! tosses up, on middle and leg stump, Umar gets under the ball and hits it over mid-wicket for a six
Overs 12: Pakistan 75/3, Akmal: 2, Malik: 20
Overs 11.2: Grant Elliott to Shoaib Malik. FOUR! slower ball, outside off stump, goes back and cuts it towards deep backward point for four runs
#pakvsnz well played malik
— Sufi (@DeSquaredMolvi) January 17, 2016
Overs 11.1 Grant Elliott to Sohaib Maqsood. OUT! good length ball, outside off stump, Sohaib goes for a big shot and plays it high in the air towards long-off Santner settles under it and takes a simple catch
Overs 10.2: Adam Milne to Shoaib Malilk. FOUR! good length ball, outside off stump, outside edge races away towards third-man fence for four runs
Overs 9: Pakistan: 53/2, Malik: 4, Maqsood: 16
Overs 7.5: Todd Astle to Sohaib Maqsood. FOUR! again short ball, outside off stump, Sohaib goes back and pulls away towards deep mid-wicket for four runs
Pak has capibility to make t20 a test match #PakvsNZ
— Zahid Aziz (@1zahidaziz) January 17, 2016
Overs 7.3: Todd Astle to Sohaib Maqsood. SIX! short ball, outside off stump, goes back and pulls away over mid-wicket fence for a maximum
Overs 6.1: Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Hafeez. OUT! short ball, outside off stump, Hafeez rocks back and pulls away straight towards mid-wicket fielder for a simple catch
Mohammad Hafeez becomes the first Pakistani and 5th overall to score 1500+ runs in T20Is.
Overs 6: Pakistan: 34/2, Hafeez: 19, Maqsood: 2
Maqsood likes to play everything & anything over leg. Even slow bouncers outside the off. #PakvsNZ
— Aly (@alynaseer) January 17, 2016
Overs 3.6: Anderson to Ahmed Shehzad, OUT! slightly short of length ball, outside off stump, Ahmed tries to play it down towards mid-wicket but ball hit on upper part of the bat and goes towards mid-off, Williamson takes an easy catch there
Overs 3.1: Corey Anderson to Mohammad Hafeez. FOUR! good length ball, outside off stump, goes back and lofts it over mid-on fielder for four runs
Overs 3: Current partnership 22 runs, 3.0 overs, RR: 7.33
Come on lads ... Get some boundarieeesss in #PakvsNZ
— Dr Shuffina (@_PwincessShuffy) January 17, 2016
Overs 2.4: Adam Milne to Ahmed Shehzad . FOUR! good length ball, outside off stump, comes forward and punches straight down the ground for four runs
Overs 0.6: Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Hafeez. FOUR! flighted ball, outside off stump, comes down the wicket and drives through extra cover for four runs
Good luck team #Pakistan in 2nd T20I. #PakvsNZ
— Inzamam Ul haq (@InzamamLive) January 17, 2016
Over 0.2: Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Hafeez ! SIX. short ball, outside off stump, goes back and pulls it over long-on fence for a six
Mitchell Santner to Mohammad Hafeez ! SIX. #PakvsNZ pic.twitter.com/nH1J79caDc
— Dunya News (@DunyaNews) January 17, 2016
Match begins! MJ Santner has ball in hand. Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad are on crease.