Well, after staying up all night and watching the Kiwi's game I am proud to say that we won! I didn't expect us to have come this far so I am thrilled.
Scorecard:
Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
Imran Nazir c Taylor b Bond 28 40 6 0 70.00
Kamran Akmal†c Redmond b Butler 24 35 2 0 68.57
Shoaib Malik c Taylor b Butler 2 7 0 0 28.57
Younis Khan* c Taylor b Vettori 15 23 1 0 65.21
Mohammad Yousuf b Mills 45 78 3 0 57.69
Umar Akmal lbw b Vettori 55 62 7 0 88.70
Shahid Afridi c †McCullum b Butler 4 4 0 0 100.00
Naved-ul-Hasan c Guptill b Vettori 8 8 0 1 100.00
Umar Gul c Broom b Butler 6 8 1 0 75.00
Mohammad Aamer not out 19 20 4 0 95.00
Saeed Ajmal not out 14 17 2 0 82.35
Extras (lb 6, w 5, nb 2) 13
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 233 (4.66 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-46 (Imran Nazir, 9.4 ov), 2-61 (Shoaib Malik, 12.5 ov), 3-69 (Kamran Akmal, 14.2 ov), 4-86 (Younis Khan, 20.5 ov), 5-166 (Mohammad Yousuf, 38.6 ov), 6-181 (Umar Akmal, 40.5 ov), 7-183 (Shahid Afridi, 41.2 ov), 8-192 (Umar Gul, 43.3 ov), 9-198 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 44.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
KD Mills 10 0 46 1 4.60 (2w)
SE Bond 10 1 54 1 5.40 (1nb, 1w)
IG Butler 10 0 44 4 4.40 (2w)
JEC Franklin 8 0 33 0 4.12 (1nb)
DL Vettori 10 2 43 3 4.30
GD Elliott 2 0 7 0 3.50
New Zealand innings (target: 234 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
BB McCullum†c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Aamer 17 16 1 1 106.25
AJ Redmond c & b Saeed Ajmal 31 55 5 0 56.36
MJ Guptill c Naved-ul-Hasan b Umar Gul 11 10 1 1 110.00
LRPL Taylor b Shahid Afridi 38 61 1 2 62.29
GD Elliott not out 75 103 5 1 72.81
DL Vettori* st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 41 42 3 0 97.61
NT Broom not out 3 4 0 0 75.00
Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 6, nb 4) 18
Total (5 wickets; 47.5 overs) 234 (4.89 runs per over)
Did not bat JEC Franklin, KD Mills, IG Butler, SE Bond
Fall of wickets1-22 (McCullum, 4.3 ov), 2-43 (Guptill, 9.1 ov), 3-71 (Redmond, 16.4 ov), 4-126 (Taylor, 29.5 ov), 5-230 (Vettori, 46.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Mohammad Aamer 10 2 32 1 3.20 (2w)
Naved-ul-Hasan 8 0 57 0 7.12 (3nb)
Umar Gul 8.5 0 48 1 5.43 (1nb, 1w)
Saeed Ajmal 8 0 39 2 4.87 (1w)
Shahid Afridi 10 0 41 1 4.10 (1w)
Shoaib Malik 3 0 9 0 3.00 (1w)
Match details
Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat
Series New Zealand advanced
ODI debut AJ Redmond (New Zealand)
Player of the match DL Vettori (New Zealand)
Umpires IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire DJ Harper (Australia)
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire SJ Davis (Australia)
But the Big Final is tomorrow and I am interested in the thoughts.
Don't just say the typical "Auzzie's will pump 'em" line because that isn't always the case.
I think, we (NZ) have every chance of winning, we just need our opening partnership to fire and a score of over 300 if we bat first.
If we field then we need a few early wickets. We MUST get Ponting out before he gets in.
I believe if we had Ryder, Oram, Tuffey and Styris then we would win!
Overall, I think the Auzzie's should win but I won't give up hope.
Mon Oct 5
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
20:30 WST | 23:00 CST | 23:30 EST Final - Australia v New Zealand
SuperSport Park, Centurion 12 - 23° C
Scorecard:
Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR
Imran Nazir c Taylor b Bond 28 40 6 0 70.00
Kamran Akmal†c Redmond b Butler 24 35 2 0 68.57
Shoaib Malik c Taylor b Butler 2 7 0 0 28.57
Younis Khan* c Taylor b Vettori 15 23 1 0 65.21
Mohammad Yousuf b Mills 45 78 3 0 57.69
Umar Akmal lbw b Vettori 55 62 7 0 88.70
Shahid Afridi c †McCullum b Butler 4 4 0 0 100.00
Naved-ul-Hasan c Guptill b Vettori 8 8 0 1 100.00
Umar Gul c Broom b Butler 6 8 1 0 75.00
Mohammad Aamer not out 19 20 4 0 95.00
Saeed Ajmal not out 14 17 2 0 82.35
Extras (lb 6, w 5, nb 2) 13
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 233 (4.66 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-46 (Imran Nazir, 9.4 ov), 2-61 (Shoaib Malik, 12.5 ov), 3-69 (Kamran Akmal, 14.2 ov), 4-86 (Younis Khan, 20.5 ov), 5-166 (Mohammad Yousuf, 38.6 ov), 6-181 (Umar Akmal, 40.5 ov), 7-183 (Shahid Afridi, 41.2 ov), 8-192 (Umar Gul, 43.3 ov), 9-198 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 44.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
KD Mills 10 0 46 1 4.60 (2w)
SE Bond 10 1 54 1 5.40 (1nb, 1w)
IG Butler 10 0 44 4 4.40 (2w)
JEC Franklin 8 0 33 0 4.12 (1nb)
DL Vettori 10 2 43 3 4.30
GD Elliott 2 0 7 0 3.50
New Zealand innings (target: 234 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
BB McCullum†c Shahid Afridi b Mohammad Aamer 17 16 1 1 106.25
AJ Redmond c & b Saeed Ajmal 31 55 5 0 56.36
MJ Guptill c Naved-ul-Hasan b Umar Gul 11 10 1 1 110.00
LRPL Taylor b Shahid Afridi 38 61 1 2 62.29
GD Elliott not out 75 103 5 1 72.81
DL Vettori* st †Kamran Akmal b Saeed Ajmal 41 42 3 0 97.61
NT Broom not out 3 4 0 0 75.00
Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 6, nb 4) 18
Total (5 wickets; 47.5 overs) 234 (4.89 runs per over)
Did not bat JEC Franklin, KD Mills, IG Butler, SE Bond
Fall of wickets1-22 (McCullum, 4.3 ov), 2-43 (Guptill, 9.1 ov), 3-71 (Redmond, 16.4 ov), 4-126 (Taylor, 29.5 ov), 5-230 (Vettori, 46.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Mohammad Aamer 10 2 32 1 3.20 (2w)
Naved-ul-Hasan 8 0 57 0 7.12 (3nb)
Umar Gul 8.5 0 48 1 5.43 (1nb, 1w)
Saeed Ajmal 8 0 39 2 4.87 (1w)
Shahid Afridi 10 0 41 1 4.10 (1w)
Shoaib Malik 3 0 9 0 3.00 (1w)
Match details
Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat
Series New Zealand advanced
ODI debut AJ Redmond (New Zealand)
Player of the match DL Vettori (New Zealand)
Umpires IJ Gould (England) and SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire DJ Harper (Australia)
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire SJ Davis (Australia)
But the Big Final is tomorrow and I am interested in the thoughts.
Don't just say the typical "Auzzie's will pump 'em" line because that isn't always the case.
I think, we (NZ) have every chance of winning, we just need our opening partnership to fire and a score of over 300 if we bat first.
If we field then we need a few early wickets. We MUST get Ponting out before he gets in.
I believe if we had Ryder, Oram, Tuffey and Styris then we would win!
Overall, I think the Auzzie's should win but I won't give up hope.
Mon Oct 5
14:30 local | 12:30 GMT
20:30 WST | 23:00 CST | 23:30 EST Final - Australia v New Zealand
SuperSport Park, Centurion 12 - 23° C
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Aussies are gonna win this one!!!!
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