Summary The eyes of the cricket world were on Pakistan's Mohammad Amir
(Web Desk) – Pakistan has won the first T20I against New Zealand in Auckland while skipper Afridi was termed man of the match, Dunya News reported Friday.
The eyes of the cricket world were on Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir who returned to international cricket after serving a jail term and five-year ban for spot-fixing.
Teams :
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohaib Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Anwar Ali, Aamer Yamin, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Mohammad Rizwan, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Amir.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (capt), Corey Anderson, Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ross Taylor.
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(At the time)
Pakistan win the first T20I against New Zealand
Watch Kiwis fall of wickets:
Overs 20.0 Scorecard NZ manage 155/10 against Pakistan’s 172
19.6 OUT! Boult goes back on the last ball
19.5 Dot in the last over
19.3 Sarfraz throws back, Riaz races with Boult to hit the wickets, third umpire says not not
Kiwis need 20 off six
19.1 OUT! Wahab Riaz sends Williamson back after 95 minutes on the pitch, Boult in
Overs 19.0 Scorecard 152/8
18.6 OUT! Finally! Amir strikes, Henry taken by Afridi
18.5 WIDE! Amir puts an extra in NZ s total
18.4 FOUR! Henry touches ball for the second time.. both boundaries
Kiwis to face Amir now
Overs 18.0 Scorecard 142/7 (30 required from two overs)
17.5 FOUR! Henry sends Gul to boundary
Williamson 67* going strong
17.4 OUT! Gul strikes in his last over, Astle goes back
17.2 FOUR! Williamson is not budging, be Gul or Amir
Gul to deliver his last over, will he strike gold?
Overs 17.0 Scorecard 133/6, eleven runs from Amir s over (39 required from 18 balls)
16.5 FOUR! Williamson again..
16.4 FOUR! Amir hit.. Williamson strikes, Amir consults skipper Afridi for a moment
Overs 16.0 Scorecard 122/6, a six, four, two dots, a single and a double add 13 from the over
15.4 FOUR! Williamson completes fifty, Munro is the other fifty-plus player of the match
15.3 SIX! Williamson hits Riaz, approaches fifty
15.2 Williamson manages a double on Wahab Riaz’s ball
Overs 15.0 Scorecard 109/6, only two from the over
Astle takes Santner’s place
14.4 OUT! Santner sent back, this time Afridi is not going to drop!
14.2 Maqsood ties Santner to crease as he tries to make a single on Gul s delivery
Overs 14.0 Afridi comes up with a wicket maiden over! Scorecard 107/5
13.5 OUT! Afridi strikes again! Ronchi caught by Ahmed Shehzad
13.1 OUT! Shahid Afridi attempts to mend the Williamson-drop
Overs 13.0 Scorecard 107/3, two doubles, two dots, a single and a four finish the over (balls left: 42, runs required: 65)
12.5 FOUR!
Wasim takes start to deliver
Overs 12.0 Scorecard 98/3, two singles and a four add six to NZ total
11.5 FOUR! Afridi hit by Williamson
Overs 11.0 Scorecard 92/3, three runs added
Elliott comes in
10.3 OUT! Imad Wasim DELIVERS, Anderson off the ground
Overs 10.0 Scorecard 89/2, nine more runs in New Zealand s bag
9.6 OUT! Munro magic wraps up after half-century
Kiwis require 85 to win
9.3 SIX! Colin Munro completes 50 with a bang! Playing at 55 (This is Munro s third T20I fifty)
Wahab Riaz to deliver
Overs 9.0 Scorecard 80/1, six runs added off Afridi s over (Required Run Rate: 8.36, Run Rate: 8.88)
8.3 Hafeez saves a boundary on Afridi’s ball
Overs 8.0 Scorecard 74/1
7.6 Munro sweeps the ball off to square leg for a single
7.4 SIX! Munro takes his total to 42 with a six to Wahab Riaz
Overs 7.0 Scorecard 63/1, 15 runs from the over with three doubles, a leg bye, a six, a wide, a single
6.5 SIX! Munro takes on Pakistan s skipper
6.3 Munro-Williamson move between the wickets for a quick single
Afridi opens the over with a wide
Overs 6.0 Scorecard 48/1, 23 runs off deliveries by Gul
5.6 SIX! Munro owns the over
5.4 and 5.5 Munro punishes Gul, a FOUR and a Six
5.3 SIX! Munro hits Gul
5.2 Gul delivers Munro at 116Km/hr, goes straight to Sarfraz behind the wickets
Overs 5.0 Scorecard 25/1, Williamson-Munro add five to the total
Five singles and a dot from Imad Wasim’s over
Overs 4.0 Scorecard 20/1, seven runs off the over
3.4 Catch dropped! Williamson lives.. Afridi drops a sitter
3.3 FOUR! Munro hits Amir
Amir runs for his second over
Overs 3.0 Scorecard 13/1, another boundary-less over for the Kiwis
Umar Gul comes into the play, Williamson and Munro to face
Overs 2.0 Scorecard 9/1, single from the over
1.5 OUT! Imad Wasim delivers, MJ Guptill run-out on 2
Overs 1.0 Guptill, Williamson open, scorecard 8/0
0.1 Amir delivers wide
Amir retains attacker position from green side in international cricket scene after five-year ban, New Zealand takes the pitch
Pakistan vacate the pitch, take the field
Watch Ahmed Shehzad’s sixes compilation:
Overs 20.0 Scorecard 171/8 Pakistan set target of 172 for New Zealand to win the first T20I, three singles, a dot, a bye and a wicket conclude the over
19.3 Slow bouncer, Riaz misses
Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul to play four deliveries
19.2 OUT! Henry delivers, Boult takes Wasim s catch
Overs 19.0 Scorecard 167/7 two singles, a dot, two doubles and a wicket from the over
18.6 OUT! Williamson takes Ahmed s catch
Milne to take the ball
Overs 18.0 Scorecard 161/6, a double, two singles, a four and a wicket sum up the over adding 14 runs
17.4 FOUR! Wasim scores a boundary, Boult hit
17.1 OUT! Boult sends Shahid Afridi back, Sarfraz Ahmed comes in
Watch Afridi’s sixes:
Overs 17.0 147/5 Afridi playing at 23, Imad Wasim 0, 13 added in the over
16.5 OUT! Milne strikes in the intense moments, Akmal goes back
16.2 SIX! Akmal hits Milne for a boundary
Overs 16.0 Scorecard 134/4, explosive-23 runs added
15.4 SIX! Afridi lets be known what T20 is
15.2 and 15.3 FOURs! Afridi remodels the match real T20 style
15.1 SIX! Afridi owns the pitch upon arrival
Overs 15.0 Afridi comes in, takes a single on 14.6, scorecard 111/4
14.5 OUT! Milne s counterblow: Hafeez goes back to pavilion, Astle takes catch
14.4 FOUR! Hafeez hits Milne s ball for a boundary
Overs 14.0 FOUR! Umar Akmal attends Boult’s ball with aggression, scorecard 104/3, ten runs added
13.4 FOUR! Hafeez hits a boundary right after an apparent bouncer, scorecard 100/3
Boult takes the ball for Over-14
Overs 13.0 Four singles, two dots from the over, scorecard 94/3
Overs 12.0 Scorecard 90/3, Hafeez and Umar Akmal add ten runs in the over
11.2 SIX! Hafeez throws the Astle’s ball off the boundary
Overs 11.0 Scorecard 80/3
10.4 OUT! Elliot takes Malik’s catch on Santner s ball
Overs 10.0 Pakistan stands at 77/2
9.3 FOUR! Malik hits a boundary on Astle’s ball
9.2 SIX!
Overs 9.0 Scorecard 63/2
8.5 Malik hits the ball for a double
8.4 Hafeez comes up with a single on Santner s ball
Overs 8.0 Scorecard 58/2
Astle takes the ball, Hafeez stands at 36 while Malik at 2 at the time
Overs 7.0 Scorecard 54/2, Malik and Hafeez struggle in the over, manage only two runs
6.1 OUT! Sohaib goes back, Malik comes in, Pakistan stands at 52/2
Watch fall of Sohaib’s wicket:
Overs 6.0 FOUR! Hafeez drives the ball for a boundary, Scorecard 52/1
5.4 FOUR! Hafeez takes the over to another level
5.2 FOUR! Anderson learns a lesson again
5.1 FOUR! Hafeez punishes Anderson
Overs 5.0 Scorecard 34/1
4.4 OUT! Shehzad gives a catch
Watch fall of Shehzad’s wicket:
4.3 SIX! Milne s ball goes out of the boundary
4.2 FOUR! Shehzad strikes Milne, ball ends up at the boundary
Overs 4.0: Scorecard 23/0, Adam Milne takes the ball
3.4: FOUR! Hafeez hits the ball all the way to the boundary
Overs 3.0: Scorecard 12/0
2.5: FOUR! Shehzad takes on Henry
Overs 2.0: FOUR! Scorecard 6/0, Hafeez hits four on last ball of the over
1.1: WIDE! Trent Boult throws a wide
Overs 1.0: Scorecard 0/0, Henry doesn’t let Hafeez, Shehzad touch a single delivery
11:00 AM Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad open, Matt Henry takes the ball
10:30 AM New Zealand win toss, elect to field first
