Pakistan Vs. New Zealand - - Second Twenty20 at Seddon Park, Hamilton
Pakistan invited black caps for batting after winning the toss. First ball wicket of Jesse Ryder was a perfect start for Pakistan; which couldn't be capitalized due to a poor show in the bowling by almost every bowler.
Other than Jesse Ryder every batsman played freely and exhibited superb timing and power to show the ball boudoir line every now and then. Martin Guptill continued his extravagant batting form and hit impressive 48 off just 28 balls. He was well supported by James Franklin who also scored 40 off 43 balls. Scott Styris and wicketkeeper batsman Peter McGlashan played extraordinary innings and scored 34 and 26 within no time. In fact, they just took 14 and 10 balls respectively for their runs with an amazing strike rate of 243 and 260.
Skipper Ross Taylor again played a responsible innings of 30 runs off 21 balls; which helped New Zealand to achieve a huge target of 185/7.
Pakistan has to show few extraordinary skill to get top of this target of 186 with an average of 9.26 per over.
Saeed Ajmal took three wickets while Abdur Razzak, Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi and Wahab Riaz share one piece each. The most impressive was Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi by giving just 22 runs off his four overs. Wahab Riaz was also economical compares to the other bowler who were smashed by New Zea land batsmen all over the park.
Let's see the how Pakistan will react to save the series. Live Streaming available to have a live action straight from Seddon Park, Hamilton.
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