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Pakistan beat New Zealand
SHARJAH: Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 51 runs in their second match of Sharjah Cup here at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Pakistan now play Sri Lanka today (Friday).
April 11, 2002 - 1500 GMT
Pakistan hammer 288-6 against New Zealand
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Inzamam-ul Haq and Younis Khan put on 105 for the fifth wicket to lift Pakistan to 288-6 from 50 overs against New Zealand in the Sharjah Cup here on Thursday.
Inzamam made 68 and Younis 56 to build on an explosive start by Shahid Afridi and Imran Nazir who smashed 98 off 86 balls for the first wicket.
Kiwi seamer Scott Styris caused a slump in the middle overs with a career-best 4-30, but Pakistan batted well to set their rivals a target of 5.8 in the day-night international.
In the previous two matches in the 250,000-dollar event, Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka while New Zealand triumped against the Lankans.
The teams play each other twice in the preliminary leag with the top two advancing to next Wednesday's final.New Zealand, already without six top players including star all-rounder Chris Cairns, suffered another blow when captain Stephen Fleming missed the match due to a finger injury sustained in the previous match.
Stand-in captain Craig McMillan lost the toss and then saw Afridi and Nazir give Pakistan a rousing start.
Afridi struck seven boundaries and three sixes in a whirlwind 56 off 53 balls, while Nazir contributed 47 off 46.
Styris, who came on as the fifth bowler in the 14th over, finally stopped the mayhem with two wickets with his fourth and sixth deliveries.
Styris bowled Afridi as the batsman went for a big shot and then had new man Abdul Razzaq caught behind two balls later.
Styris also had Nazir and Yousuf Youhana caught behind by Nevin as
Pakistan slipped from 98-0 to 146-4 in the 26th over.
But Inzamam and Younis prevented further trouble with their century stand, before veteran Wasim Akram smashed an unbeaten 28 off 16 balls to set the Kiwis a challenging target.
April 11, 2002 - 1130 GMT
Pakistan elect to bat v New Zealand
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Pakistan captain Waqar Younis won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the Sharjah Cup one-day international here on Thursday.
Sri Lanka, the other team in the 250,000-dollar event, beat Pakistan but lost to New Zealand in the first two matches of the double-leg preliminary league.
New Zealand: Craig McMillan (capt), Nathan Astle, Matthew Sinclair, Matt Horne, Chris Harris, Chris Nevin, James Franklin, Scott Styris, Daryl Tuffy, Jacob Oram, Ian Butler. 12th man: Brooke Walker.
Pakistan: Waqar Younis (capt), Imran Nazir, Shahid Afridi, Inzamam-ul Haq, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana, Abdul Razzaq, Rashid Latif, Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar, Saqlain Mushtaq. 12th man: Shoaib Malik
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng), Srinivas Venkataraghvan (Ind).
Third umpire: Russel Tiffin (Zim)
Match referee: Gundappa Vishwanath (Ind)
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