ABU DHABI: New Zealand restricted to 209 by the Pakistani Bowlers in the 2nd ODI at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
After losing the first game, Pakistan have set a good tone for a comeback in the second game of the three match series.
Pakistani bowlers got the things under control early on in the innings when the first wicket fell for just 14 runs in the second over of the game. Shaheen Shah Afridi was the stand out performer of the day who took 4 wickets in his 9 overs for just 38 runs. Hassan Ali got 2 wickets while Hafeez and Shahdab shared 1 wicket each.
Ross Taylor was the only batsman who showed resistance and managed to score 86 not out on 120 balls. Henry Nicholls showed some struggle by scoring 33 of 63 balls but could not convert it into a big total.
Over all the show belonged to the men in green. Now it’s up to the batsman that how they chase down this small total.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat in the second and deciding one-day international (ODI) against Pakistan at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
The tourists are unchanged from the first ODI, in which they defeated Pakistan by 47 runs on Wednesday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
For Pakistan, all-rounder Faheem Ashraf has replaced fast bowler Junaid Khan, who is suffering from an infection in his right foot toe.
Junaid has also been ruled out of the third ODI against New Zealand on Sunday.
The two sides have faced each other six times in Abu Dhabi, with the Kiwis having the upper hand with a 5-1 winning ratio against the Green Shirts.
Trent Boult’s devastating bowling on Wednesday exposed Pakistan’s top order as he became the third New Zealand bowler to claim an ODI hat-trick.
The 29-year-old dismissed Fakhar Zaman (one), Babar Azam (nought) and Mohammad Hafeez (nought) in the third over. While skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim and Shoaib Malik tried to lift the innings with half-centuries, they could not fix the damage from the first 20 overs of the innings.
Playing XI
Pakistan
Sarfraz Ahmed (c),Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (c),George Worker, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult