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Pakistan totals 233-9 against New Zealand

JOHANNESBURG — New Zealand seamer Ian Butler took four wickets Saturday to help restrict Pakistan to 233-9 in the second semifinal of the Champions Trophy.

Butler’s first two overs at Wanderers Stadium went for 20 runs without success, but he struck in his third and fourth overs, having Shoaib Malik caught for 2 by Ross Taylor at first slip and Kamran Akmal held by Aaron Redmond on the cover boundary.

Butler later took the wickets of Shahid Afridi for 4 and Umar Gul for 6 to finish with 4-44 and reduce Pakistan to 192-8.

The only batsmen to show any application were Umar Akmal, who hit 55 off 62 balls with seven fours, and Mohammad Yousuf, who hit three fours to score 45 off 78 balls.

Umar Akmal and Yousuf added 80 for the fifth wicket before Yousuf was bowled off the inside edge by Kyle Mills in trying to run the ball down to third man.

Four more wickets fell for 32 runs to leave Pakistan on 198-9, but Mohammed Aamer and Saeed Ajmal then added 35 off 5.4 overs. Aamer’s 19 not out came off 20 balls, with four bundaries. Ajmal contributed 14 not out off 17 balls, with two fours.

New Zealand’s fast bowlers came in for some punishment at the end of the innings. Shane Bond, who had applied good pressure with the new ball, conceded 22 runs in his final two overs to finish with 1-54.

Vettori dismissed Pakistan captain Younis Khan for 15, Umar Akmal and Naved-ul-Hasan for 8 to finish with 3-43.