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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
ABU DHABI: Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Khalid Latif hit half-centuries to help Pakistan reach 287-9 in the first day-night international against New Zealand at the Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Tuesday.
Dashing all-rounder Afridi hit a quickfire 50-ball 70 and opener Latif a snail-paced 64 to help Pakistan recover from a precarious 75-4 after Younis Khan won the toss and opted to bat on a flat pitch.
Akmal gave the innings final touches with a belligerent 43-ball 67 laced with four sixes and five boundaries as Pakistan ran rampage, collecting 107 in the last ten overs.
Afridi, vice captain of the side, was instrumental in initially stepping up the run-rate with his bold hitting as he smashed three sixes and four boundaries during his 30th half-century.
He added 101 runs for the fifth wicket with Latif after New Zealand paceman Shane Bond dismissed opener Salman Butt and Younis — both without scoring — in his incisive five-over spell.
Latif, who scored 19 in his only previous one-day in January last year, was also involved in a 57-run stand for the third wicket with Mohammad Yousuf, who shaped well for his 30 before being run out.
Afridi hit Vettori for a six before smashing two off successive deliveries off Nathan McCullum. He hit Bond for a straight drive to reach half-century off 36 deliveries, his first after 33 matches.
Afridi’s last ODI fifty came against Zimbabwe at Multan last year.
Paceman Jacob Oram finally got Afridi off a miscued shot, caught at short fine-leg in the 39th over to break a repair-damaging partnership. Latif followed, bowled by Vettori’s viscious arm ball two overs later.
Latif hit only two boundaries during his 112-ball knock.
Kamran’s innings was special as he made full use of the power-play, and added 86 off just 37 balls for the seventh wicket with Abdul Razzaq, who made 20-ball 26.
The three-match one-day series was relocated to Abu Dhabi after New Zealand refused to tour Pakistan over security fears.
Score board
Pakistan won toss
Pakistan
Salman Butt c B B McCullum b Bond 0
Khalid Latif b Vettori 64
*Younis Khan c B B McCullum b Bond 0
Mohammad Yousuf run out (Guptill) 30
Umar Akmal b Vettori 9
Shahid Afridi c Butler b Oram 70
†Kamran Akmal not out 67
Abdul Razzaq c Styris b Butler 26
Umar Gul run out (Vettori/Butler) 0
Mohammad Aamer c B McCullum b Southee 0
Saeed Ajmal not out 0
Extras (lb8, w11, nb2) 21
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 287
Fall: 1-0, 2-0, 3-57, 4-75, 5-176, 6-184, 7-270, 8-271, 9-277
Bowling: Bond 10-2-61-2 (3w); Southee 10-2-54-1; Butler 7-0-54-1 (2nb, 2w); Oram 10-0-47-1 (1w); Vettori 10-1-34-2; N L McCullum 3-0-29-0
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B N J Oxenford (Australia). TV umpire: Zameer Haider (Pakistan). Match referee: A J Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Gayle back as Windies captain to tour Australia
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Chris Gayle was reinstated as West Indies’ captain on Monday to lead a full-strength squad on a three-Test tour of Australia later this month.
The 30-year-old Jamaican was appointed after he and other leading players had withdrawn from a home series against Bangladesh in July and the Champions Trophy in September due to a long-standing contract conflict with the West Indies Cricket Board.
Only four players that made themselves available during the strike action, all-rounder Darren Sammy, batsman Travis Dowlin and fast bowlers Kemar Roach and Gavin Tonge, were selected to tour Australia from November 18.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and all-rounder Dwayne Bravo are also back from strike action.
Squad: Chris Gayle (captain), Adrian Barath, Sulieman Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Travis Dowlin, Brendan Nash, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor, Gavin Tonge.
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