02/02Result
5th ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Feb 3 2011
Pakistan won by 41 runs
Player of the Match
Ahmed Shehzad
Ahmed ShehzadPakistan
02/02Result
5th ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Hamilton, Feb 3 2011
Pakistan won by 41 runs
Player of the Match
Ahmed Shehzad
Ahmed ShehzadPakistan

That winds up our coverage for this game. Do join us for the final match of the series, NZ will be itching to finish on a high. On behalf of the team, this is Nitin Sundar signing off. So long and thanks for all the anagrams and Doppelgangers. Cheers!

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Shehzad is the Man of the Match: "Very confident now that I have a 100 before the World Cup, and thrilled to have a century before getting a fifty ."

Afridi: " We have won after a long time, and it is good coming before the World Cup. What a talent Shehzad is! I thought 300+ was on, but the wicket was slow in the middle with the old ball. Hafeez is the best allrounder in my team, he's done very well in recent times... All the fast bowlers did well. The first run out by Misbah was really good."

Taylor: "Ajmal Shehzad showed us how it is done by getting three figures. Martin and myself got going, but should have made it count ..."

The Pakistan team is in a huddle in the middle. "Pakistan Zindabad! [Long live Pakistan]" yells rent the air. This looks like a team with a good vibe. They have calm accumulators in the middle order, fierce hitters lower down, and in this series, they have discovered a young talented opener and another one who is finally living up to his talent. Add to that the incredible depth in the bowling attack. Can we please have the World Cup captain named now, please!

New Zealand, oh New Zealand. The troubles never cease, do they. Everything seems to be in disarray.

46.5
W
Wahab Riaz to Bennett, OUT, Pakistan have won the series in style. Take a bow! Riaz has finished it off with one back of a length outside off, Bennett hangs back and looks to steer it square. Inside edge thuds into the stumps.

HK Bennett b Wahab Riaz 3 (7m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

46.4
1
Wahab Riaz to Mills, 1 run, on the stumps this time, short of a length again and worked off the pads towards mid on for a single
46.3
0
Wahab Riaz to Mills, no run, angles across him at 140 kph and beats him for pace as he shapes for the carve over the covers
46.2
1
Wahab Riaz to Bennett, 1 run, wicked, inswinging yorker at 140 kph, Bennett did well to get the toes out of the way and dig it out to square leg for one
46.1
0
Wahab Riaz to Bennett, no run, back of a length outside off, Bennett keeps it out to the off side

END OF OVER:
46 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 225/9 (44 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.89, RRR: 11.00)

  • Hamish Bennett2 (3b)
  • Kyle Mills3 (3b)
  • Umar Gul7-0-28-2
  • Wahab Riaz8-0-49-2
45.6
1
Umar Gul to Bennett, 1 run, length ball at 145 kph on off stump, Bennett blocks to mid on and gets a single
45.5
1
Umar Gul to Mills, 1 run, bouncer at 138 kph, pushes Mills back in the crease and he keeps it away on the hop to the leg side. Furious stuff.
45.4
1
Umar Gul to Bennett, 1 run, short ball at 139 kph, onto Bennett a year before he tried to play it. Gets a single off the glove to backward point
45.3
0
Umar Gul to Bennett, no run, full and fast, lands on leg stump and hits the pads as Bennett looks to flick. Appeal for lbw turned down.

Last man Bennett in. Pakistan haven't won an ODI series since November 2008. Here we go.

45.2
W
Umar Gul to NL McCullum, OUT, Nathan's perambulations at the crease come to an end. Again moves across to outside off stump before getting the front foot across to play the lap shot. Gul responds with a slow offcutter at 122 kph. Nathan did not make good contact with it, he seemed to play it onto the stumps.

NL McCullum b Umar Gul 14 (33m 11b 0x4 1x6) SR: 127.27

45.1
2
Umar Gul to NL McCullum, 2 runs, tough catch, dropped at midwicket by Afridi. Nathan McCullum is waltzing all over the crease, backs away, goes across, jumps back into place and then looks to whack the short ball. He's tried to hit it so hard, he lost the grip on the bat as he tried to connect. Afridi ran to his right from midwicket and dived to his right but could not reach it. Great effort.

45 off 30. Still seems possible, but these two may have to do it for NZ.

END OF OVER:
45 | 12 Runs | NZ: 220/8 (49 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.88, RRR: 9.80)

  • Nathan McCullum12 (9b)
  • Kyle Mills2 (2b)
  • Wahab Riaz8-0-49-2
  • Umar Gul6-0-23-1
44.6
1lb
Wahab Riaz to NL McCullum, 1 leg bye, Nathan goes across the stumps and looks for the shovel scoop, but Riaz follows him with a very full yorker on off stump. Nathan can't do much with it, but gets a single though he doesn't connect, as it dribbles to the off side
44.5
1
Wahab Riaz to Mills, 1 run, another tight single. Sirect hit may have got McCullum. Mills dabbed it away square and got across quickly for one
44.5
1w
Wahab Riaz to Mills, 1 wide, wide this time, Riaz needs to cut down on these here.

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

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st0JD RyderMJ Guptill
2nd53JM HowMJ Guptill
3rd59LRPL TaylorMJ Guptill
4th19BB McCullumLRPL Taylor
5th19SB StyrisLRPL Taylor
6th42JEC FranklinLRPL Taylor
7th2JEC FranklinNL McCullum
8th13JDP OramNL McCullum
9th15KD MillsNL McCullum
10th5KD MillsHK Bennett