On Feb 3rd, 2011--
Pakistan wins the match and series against
New Zealand after 2 years.Pakistan wins the match by 41 runs and series against New Zealand on the land after 17 years.
Ahmed Shehzad declared man of the match. In Hamilton, Ahmad Shehzad and Muhammad Hafeez start innings, Hafeez out on 14, after him
Kamran Akmal and
Younis Khan went back to pillion on 17 and 21 simultaneously. On the other hand Ahmed Shehzad played superb innings and made 115runs on 109 balls.
Misbah-ul-Haq 25,
Umar Akmal 32, and
Shahid Afridi made 24 runs; overall team score in 50overs is 268runs. Chile Mills, Jacob Orem and Scott Stirs took 2, 2 wickets each. In response to that, New Zealand start was not good, 2 players Guptil and Taylor out on 65 and 69 respectively. After winning while talking Pakistani Captain Shahid Afridi said that after a long time Pakistan won
ODI series which is a positive, Ahmed Shehzad played superb, Muhammad Hafeez is best all rounder in team. He said that we are strongly working on fielding whose results were also coming. He also appreciates bowler’s performance. Man of the match Ahmed Shehzad said that he is happy on making century before World Cup. On other hand New Zealand Captain
Ross Taylor said that due to earlier loss of wickets pressure increased.
