Kiwis win but Pakistan clinches series
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February 6, 2011, Sunday
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JESSE Ryder hit six sixes in an innings of 107 and Hamish Bennett took 4-46 to spur New Zealand to a 57-run win in the sixth one-day international in Wellington yesterday.
Pakistan won the series 3-2 - the second match was washed out - but New Zealand gained valuable confidence ahead of this month's World Cup with only it's second win in its past 16 completed one-dayers.
New Zealand made 311-7 batting first, helped by Ryder's second century in one-day internationals and a blazing 120-run stand between half century-makers Scott Styris and Nathan McCullum.
Pakistan lost early wickets in its run chase and was all out for 254 in 44.1 overs with Kamran Akmal top-scoring with 89.
Ryder, batting No. 3 after Brendon McCullum was promoted to open, reached his century from 82 balls, holding together the New Zealand innings after Pakistan had won the toss and bowled.
New Zealand's innings briefly flagged after Ryder was out in the 36th over, producing only 50 runs in the next 10 overs.
Styris and McCullum regained the lost momentum in an outstanding partnership for the sixth wicket which ended when McCullum was out to the second-to-last ball of the innings.
McCullum made 65 from 50 balls with seven fours and three sixes and Styris was left 58 not out from 44 balls after running out Kyle Mills from the final ball.
New Zealand was 240-5 when the powerplay began, looking unlikely to reach 300, but McCullum and Styris transformed the innings, battering 11 runs from the first powerplay over, 13 from the second, 19 from the third and 14 from the fourth and fifth.
Shahid Afridi employed unusual bowling and fielding combinations during the powerplay. Abdul Razzaq, who took 2-23 as his most economical bowler, was not used, nor was veteran Shoaib Akhtar. Instead, Afridi used left-armer Sohail Tanvir who had been heavily punished by the New Zealanders earlier in the innings and who conceded 78 runs from his eight overs.
Pakistan won the series 3-2 - the second match was washed out - but New Zealand gained valuable confidence ahead of this month's World Cup with only it's second win in its past 16 completed one-dayers.
New Zealand made 311-7 batting first, helped by Ryder's second century in one-day internationals and a blazing 120-run stand between half century-makers Scott Styris and Nathan McCullum.
Pakistan lost early wickets in its run chase and was all out for 254 in 44.1 overs with Kamran Akmal top-scoring with 89.
Ryder, batting No. 3 after Brendon McCullum was promoted to open, reached his century from 82 balls, holding together the New Zealand innings after Pakistan had won the toss and bowled.
New Zealand's innings briefly flagged after Ryder was out in the 36th over, producing only 50 runs in the next 10 overs.
Styris and McCullum regained the lost momentum in an outstanding partnership for the sixth wicket which ended when McCullum was out to the second-to-last ball of the innings.
McCullum made 65 from 50 balls with seven fours and three sixes and Styris was left 58 not out from 44 balls after running out Kyle Mills from the final ball.
New Zealand was 240-5 when the powerplay began, looking unlikely to reach 300, but McCullum and Styris transformed the innings, battering 11 runs from the first powerplay over, 13 from the second, 19 from the third and 14 from the fourth and fifth.
Shahid Afridi employed unusual bowling and fielding combinations during the powerplay. Abdul Razzaq, who took 2-23 as his most economical bowler, was not used, nor was veteran Shoaib Akhtar. Instead, Afridi used left-armer Sohail Tanvir who had been heavily punished by the New Zealanders earlier in the innings and who conceded 78 runs from his eight overs.
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