Pakistan beat New Zealand by six wickets

LONDON — Umar Gul became the first bowler to take five wickets in a Twenty20 international Saturday as Pakistan thrashed New Zealand by six wickets in the Twenty20 World Cup at The Oval.

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Published: Sun 14 Jun 2009, 1:26 AM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 8:48 AM

New Zealand were scuttled for 99 as Gul produced a superb spell of fast bowling to take 5-6, while Abdul Razzaq vindicated the decision to recall him to the side in place of Sohail Tanveer by taking 2-17.

Scott Styris was New Zealand’s top scorer with just 22.

Pakistan coasted home to finish on 100-4 with Shahzaib Hasan making 35 and Shahid Afridi 29 not out.

Daniel Vettori, back in the side after recovering from a shoulder injury that kept him out of the first three games, won the toss and decided to bat first.

His vice-captain Brendon McCullum smacked a quick 12, but was caught by Fawad Alam off the fourth ball of the second over, bowled by Abdul Razzaq.

Aaron Redmond made just 5 before he was caught by Gul off Mohammad Aamer in the fourth over, and Razzaq trapped Martin Guptill lbw in the fifth.

Shahid Afridi got rid of Jacob Oram, who miscued to Misbah-ul-Haq, and Afridi then produced a brilliant running catch to dismiss Styris, who had tried to hit Gul out of the ground.

Peter McGlashan was given out lbw, attempting to sweep Gul, leaving New Zealand in deep trouble on 73-6 in the 13th over.

Gul then ripped out Nathan McCullum’s leg stump in the 15th.

In his final over, the 17th, he bowled James Franklin’s middle stump, then had Kyle Mills caught by Shahzaib Hasan with his next ball to set a new record in Twenty20 internationals.

New Zealand failed to complete its 20 overs when Vettori was run out with eight balls to spare.

Pakistan’s chase wasn’t entirely free of risks, but they raced to 36 from four overs before Kamran Akmal was caught by Guptill off Mills.

There was a mild stutter when Vettori had Razzaq caught behind for 5 and Hasan was run out in the seventh over.

Vettori then had Shoaib Malik caught by Nathan McCullum in the ninth over but Afridi and Pakistan captain Younis Khan eased to the target with five overs to spare — Afridi hitting the winning runs as two New Zealand fielders collided with each other.

SCOREBOARD

New Zealand:

B. McCullum c Alam b Razzaq 12

A. Redmond c Gul b Aamer 15

M. Guptill lbw b Razzaq 8

S. Styris c Afridi b Gul 22

J. Oram c Misbah b Afridi 5

P. McGlashan lbw b Gul 8

N. McCullum b Gul 7

J. Franklin b Gul 7

D. Vettori run out 8

K. Mills c Shahzaib b Gul 0

I. Butler not out 1 Extras: (lb4, w2) 6 Total (all out, 18.3 overs) 99

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (B. McCullum), 2-33 (Redmond), 3-37 (Guptill), 4-55 (Oram), 5-73 (Styris), 6-73 (McGlashan), 7-88 (N. McCullum), 8-93 (Franklin), 9-93 (Mills).

Bowling: Aamer 3-0-23-1, Razzaq 3.3-1-17-2, Ajmal 4-0-24-0, Afridi 4-0-17-1 (w1), Malik 1-0-8-0, Gul 3-0-6-5 (w1)

Pakistan:

Kamran Akmal c Guptill b Mills 19

Shahzaib Hasan run out 35

Abdur Razzaq c McGlashan b Vettori 5

Shoaib Malik c B. McCullum b Vettori 4

Shahid Afridi not out 29

Younus Khan not out 6

Extras: (nb1, w1) 2

Total (for 4 wkts, 13.1 overs) 100

Did not bat: Misbah-ul-Haq, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamir, Saeed Ajmal.

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Akmal), 2-61 (Razzaq), 3-61 (Shahzaib), 4-71 (Malik).

Bowling: Mills 4-0-28-1 (nb1), Franklin 2-0-19-0, Vettori 4-0-20-2 (w1), Butler 2-0-22-0, N. McCullum 1.1-0-11-0

Result: Pakistan won by six wickets

Toss: New Zealand

Umpires: Rod Tucker (AUS) and Mark Benson (ENG)

TV umpire: Rudi Koertzen (RSA)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)


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