06/01Result
1st Test, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Jan 7-9 2011
Pakistan won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Abdur Rehman
Abdur RehmanPakistan
06/01Result
1st Test, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Jan 7-9 2011
Pakistan won by 10 wkts
Player of the Match
Abdur Rehman
Abdur RehmanPakistan

Post-match Presentations

Daniel Vettori: A really sad performance by us today, we needed to bat for a long time today but a dismal batting effort. I think 350 was par for the first innings so we were relatively happy when we walked off the field. I just think the decision making was poor. Wellington hasn't been a great venue for us but we need to hit the nets there and train hard. My blood tests have come back and they were all negative so i'm feeling a lot better but today was pretty terrible.

Misbah ul-Haq: It's a really good win for us, the team played well against South Africa so we wanted to go one step further and win a Test here. Everyone took responsibility and our lower order can bat well which is great. Wahab and Rehman bowled really fantastic lines when we were under pressure and all of a sudden the game is over. We haven't won a Test series for 5-6 years so we want to go to Wellington and do even better.

Man of the Match is Abdur Rehman: The pitch was good for me on the first day, and I was told by my coaches to use my pace more. My team needed me to bat well and I got a 50 v South Africa in Abu Dhabi, so I just went out there and tried my best.

Well no one expected the game to be over today after stumps on day 2. But New Zealand came out to bat in their second innings only 92 behind after they had ended the Pakistan innings, which had some good lower-order resistance, and would have expected to have had the lead by tonight with the expectation of building it tomorrow. They did have the lead, but only after they were eight down. A simple summary of the innings says that when Chris Martin outscores four players, you are going to be in trouble and so it proved for New Zealand. Pakistan deserve credit today though for their relentless pressure with line and length, meaning that when the ball began to reverse it was only a matter of time.

That concludes our live coverage of this match, but do check out Sid's bulletin which he will be rustling up now while Andrew Fernando will have the Plays of the Day and quotes from the press conference for you to have a peek at later on.

Do cross over to our live coverage of the IPL auction with George Binoy, Sharda Ugra and Akhila Ranganna as the bidding enters its second day.

Thanks for joining us, hope you enjoyed the coverage and that you will join us for the South Africa-India Twenty20 International later tonight. From me though, on behalf of scorer Sanjay Murari and our commentators for the first two days Siddharth Ravindran and Sriram Veera, this is Avi Singh signing off. Sayonara!

3.4
4
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, FOUR, that's it! All over! A truly frantic day sees the game finished as Taufeeq drills a full ball outside off past mid-off to seal a 10-wicket victory
3.3
0
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, no run, out! No! Taufeeq tried to drive away from his body and got a thick inside edge through to the keeper, they all went up but Harper declined their appeal, Taufeeq survives even if it is of little consequence for the match result
3.2
0
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, no run, tentative prod to a ball on off
3.1
0
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, no run, defends on the front foot and he has to use his bat to prevent it rolling onto the stumps

END OF OVER:
3 | 8 Runs | PAK: 17/0

  • Mohammad Hafeez9 (7b)
  • Taufeeq Umar8 (11b)
  • Chris Martin2-0-11-0
  • Tim Southee1-0-6-0
2.6
0
Martin to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, strayed on the pads but he misses the flick, Taufeeq will have the chance to hit the winning runs
2.5
4
Martin to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, Hafeez latches onto a short ball, pulls it away and it lands just short of the rope at deep backward square, only two to get
2.4
0
Martin to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, gets Hafeez to edge into the slips but it doesn't carry, on the bounce, the ball was outside off and Hafeez got across but still got the edge
2.3
4
Martin to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR, nothing more than a defensive push from Hafeez to a ball on middle, the ball rockets past mid-off and down to the boundary, just one hit away now
2.2
0
Martin to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, comes forward and pushes it back to the bowler
2.1
0
Martin to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, leaves a wide one outside off alone

END OF OVER:
2 | 6 Runs | PAK: 9/0

  • Taufeeq Umar8 (11b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez1 (1b)
  • Tim Southee1-0-6-0
  • Chris Martin1-0-3-0
1.6
0
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, no run, defends this off the back foot into the covers
1.5
0
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, no run, defended on the front foot back down the track
1.4
2
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, 2 runs, squares Taufeeq up with a delivery that straightens on middle, gets the outside edge which runs through the slips, McCullum hares away and chases it down
1.3
0
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, no run, lets this one go outside off stump
1.2
4
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, FOUR, tripe there, juicy long hop sits up outside off and Taufeeq absolutely thwacks it through the covers
1.1
0
Southee to Taufeeq Umar, no run, straight ball which is defended

Southee, despite a slight hobble, is the other opening bowler

END OF OVER:
1 | 3 Runs | PAK: 3/0

  • Taufeeq Umar2 (5b)
  • Mohammad Hafeez1 (1b)
  • Chris Martin1-0-3-0
0.6
1
Martin to Taufeeq Umar, 1 run, short on middle and another inside edge trots down to fine leg
0.5
0
Martin to Taufeeq Umar, no run, plays a wristy on-drive to a delivery on middle and leg but straight to mid-on
0.4
0
Martin to Taufeeq Umar, no run, struck on the pad as he misses the flick, all the New Zealanders go up but it pitched way outside leg
0.3
0
Martin to Taufeeq Umar, no run, short on off, flicked to midwicket
0.2
1
Martin to Mohammad Hafeez, 1 run, Hafeez comes forward and sets off after pushing into the covers to avoid a pair
0.1
1
Martin to Taufeeq Umar, 1 run, inside edges down to fine leg, 1 down, 18 to go for the visitors

Martin to open up as Pakistan seek to complete the formalities

Pakistan tour of New Zealand 2010-11 News

  • 'We may have got lazy' - Waqar

    Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has said his side may have found it hard to motivate themselves for the sixth ODI against New Zealand having already won the series

  • Taylor wants World Cup momentum

    Stand-in captain Ross Taylor expressed satisfaction at having won the final ODI in Auckland, to end 3-2 after Pakistan wrapped the series up in Hamilton

  • Ryder's blazing ton sets up consolation win

    Jesse Ryder put behind his recent running woes and twitter travails to rattle a 82-ball hundred, and set up a consolation win for New Zealand

  • 'We played dumb cricket' - Oram

    Jacob Oram, the New Zealand allrounder, has termed his side's performance in the fifth ODI against Pakistan at Hamilton as "dumb cricket", and said captain Daniel Vettori gave the team an appropriately harsh talk after the match

  • Taylor blames batsmen's poor conversion rates for loss

    Ross Taylor, the New Zealand batsman, has said the failure of New Zealand's batsmen to convert starts is what has hurt them in their ODI series loss to Pakistan