Pakistan eased to a six-wicket win in the second one-day international against New Zealand to draw level at 1-1 in the three-match series.
Shaheen Afridi picked up four wickets as the New Zealand batsmen truggled at the Zayad Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on Friday, 9 November. They limped to 209/9 in their fifty overs, a target that seemed a breeze for Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam. The hosts completed the chase with plenty to spare in 40.3 overs.
Zaman breezed to a run-a-ball 88 in a 101-run stand with Azam. Pakistan were 155 when the opener fell, and Lockie Ferguson's double-wicket over caused a flutter, but it was simply a matter of the other batsmen keeping their heads for the rest of the chase.
SCOREBOARD
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Bating New Zealand
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G. Worker b Hafeez 28
C. Munro c Hafeez b Shaheen 13
K. Williamson run out 1
R. Taylor not out 86
T. Latham b Shaheen 1
H. Nicholls b Hasan 33
C. de Grandhomme c Hasan b Shadab 3
T. Southee c Imam b Shaheen 13
I. Sodhi b Shaheen 13
T. Boult b Hasan 1
L. Ferguson not out 1
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Extras: (lb 6, nb1, w 9) 16
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Total: (for nine wkts: 50 overs) 209
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Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Munro), 2-25 (Williamson), 3-71 (Worker), 4-73 (Latham), 5-148 (Nicholls), 6-157 (de Grandhomme), 7-177 (Southee), 8-198 (Sodhi), 9-199 (Boult)
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Ashraf 7-1-26-0 (1w)
Shaheen 9-1-38-4 (6w)
Hasan 9-0-59-2 (1nb)
Hafeez 10-0-31-1 (1w)
Shadab 10-1-25-1 (1w)
Wasim 5-0-24-0
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Bating Pakistan
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Imam-ul-Haq retired hurt 16
Fakhar Zaman c Sodhi b Ferguson 88
Babar Azam c Nocholls b Ferguson 46
Mohammad Hafeez not out 27
Shoaib Malik c Sodhi b Ferguson 10
Sarfraz Ahmed c Latham b Sodhi 13
Shadab Khan not out 2
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Extras: (lb1, w9) 10
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Total: (for four wkts; 40.3 overs) 212
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Did not bat: Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Fall of wickets: 1-155 (Zaman), 2-156 (Azam), 3-177 (Malik), 4-204 (Sarfraz)
Note: Imam-ul-Haq retired hurt after being hit by a short delivery from Lockie Ferguson with the score at 54-0
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Bowling: PAKISTAN
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Boult 10-0-60-0 (2w)
Southee 9.3-0-48-0 (1w)
Ferguson 10-0-60-3 (1w)
Williamson 1-0-7-0
Sodhi 6-2-21-1 (1w)
de Grandhomme 4-0-15-0
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Result: Pakistan won by six wickets
Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi
Toss: New Zealand
Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) and Shozab Raza (PAK)
Tv umpire: Joe Wilson (WIS)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)