Pakistan versus New Zealand 2010-11

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Pakistan Tour of New Zealand 2010-11
Tour Schedule and Match Timings.

Twenty20 Internationals
1st T20 Int’ – Pakistan vs New Zealand
26 December 2010 – Eden Park, Auckland
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

2nd T20 Int’ – Pakistan vs New Zealand
28 December 2010 – Seddon Park, Hamilton
New Zealand won by 39 runs

3rd T20 Int’ – Pakistan vs New Zealand
30 December 2010 – AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Pakistan won by 103 runs

Test Match Series
1st Test – Pakistan vs New Zealand
07-11 January 2011 – Seddon Park, Hamilton
Pakistan won by 10 wickets

2nd Test – Pakistan vs New Zealand
15-19 January – Basin Reserve, Wellington
Match drawn

6 Match ODI Series
1st ODI – Pakistan vs New Zealand
22 January 2011 – WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington
New Zealand won by 9 wickets (with 196 balls remaining)

2nd ODI – Pakistan vs New Zealand
26 January 2011 – Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown
No result (match abandoned due to rain)

3rd ODI – Pakistan vs New Zealand
29 January 2011 – AMI Stadium, Christchurch
Pakistan won by 43 runs

4th ODI – Pakistan vs New Zealand
01 Faburary 2011 – McLean Park, Napier
Pakistan won by 2 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

5th ODI – Pakistan vs New Zealand (6 AM PST)
03 February 2011 – Seddon Park, Hamilton

6th ODI – Pakistan vs New Zealand (3 AM PST)
05 February 2011 – Eden Park, Auckland


Best of Luck Team Pakistan

[Sadaf Gondal]

Focus is on improving, not series sweep: Misbah
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WELLINGTON: Taking a 2-0 sweep of the Test series against New Zealand was not on the mind of Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq as his side made their final preparations for the second test at the Basin Reserve on Friday.

The tourists won the first Test in Hamilton by 10 wickets.

The second test begins on Saturday with the sides then embarking on a six match one-day series as they complete their preparations for the World Cup that starts on February 19.

Misbah, however, said they had not even discussed a series victory let alone a sweep, instead preferring to concentrate on improving from their performance at Seddon Park.

"Actually we are just determined to perform well and want to improve our performance and then we will see what the result is," Misbah told reporters as he zipped up his
tracksuit to keep warm in the lengthening shadows of the venue's main grandstand.

"All we want is to perform at 100 percent and then let's see.

"Confidence is the key in cricket, especially if you have good results then you tend to perform well and when you perform well, your confidence level is up.

"It's really good for us that our team's confidence level is up."

Misbah also said he expected New Zealand to perform better than they had in Hamilton, where the lifeless pitch offered little to the bowlers, but frustrated New Zealand's batsmen enough for them to make mistakes.

The Basin Reserve wicket was also quite green on Friday and expected to have more bounce and pace than Seddon Park.

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[DexteR]

Bouncy wicket ho gi but lets see. Pakistani bowlers ko bhi faida ho ga na

[Sadaf Gondal]

jeet jayian, or kiya chaiya

[DexteR]

Pakistan fielded an unchanged side in the second Test Match. New Zealand however made one chabge and brought in James Franklin for the out of form opener Tim McIntosh.

New Zealand made a bad start losing B McCullum in the very first over. New Zealand kept losing wickets with some reasonable partnerships in the middle as well.

At the end of play New Zealand were 246/6 with Vettori - Young partnership going strong. Pakistan bowlers were organized for most of the day but looked out of sorts during the post tea session. Despite the fact that New Zealand have lost six wickets I would say the day belonged more to the New Zealand than Pakistan.

Here is a look at the Match situation so far.

New Zealand (1st innings)
Ross Taylor 78
D Vettori 38*
J Franklin 33

Umer Gul 2/53
Tanvir Ahmed 2/63
Wahab Riaz 1/46
Abdur Rahman 1/53

[Sadaf Gondal]

246/6
mushkil lagta hai

[Sadaf Gondal]

Pakistan hold advantage in second Test against NZ
WELLINGTON: Pakistan wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal took five catches as New Zealand's top order failed to capitalise on sound starts and battled to 246 for six at the close of play on the first day of the second Test at a windswept Basin Reserve on Saturday.

The hosts' wicketkeeper Reece Young, playing his second test match, was on 28 and captain Daniel Vettori on 38 having forged an unbroken 66-run partnership that ensured the visitors had not taken total control of the match.

Strong northerly winds, with gusts in excess of 80kph, played havoc with the Pakistani bowlers, who were forced on several occasions to pull out of their approach to the wicket
as they were blown off course.

Ross Taylor was the standout in the New Zealand innings, ending a barren run to notch his 11th Test half century, before he was dismissed for 78 just when it appeared his sixth
test century was on offer.

The 26-year-old's previous eight innings had brought a total of just 172 runs at an average of 21.5 with one score in excess of 50. Saturday's innings was his best test score since
he scored a century against Australia last year.

Taylor shared in a 68-run fifth-wicket partnership with James Franklin before both fell in short order in the final session.

Franklin had battled to 33 before he tickled an Abdul Rehman leg-side delivery to Akmal that broke the promising partnership and left New Zealand floundering at 166 for five.

Taylor followed with the score on 180 when he slashed at a full, wide delivery from Wahab Riaz, which was his first of a new spell, and Akmal took a diving catch to his right.

The pair had been forced to resurrect New Zealand's innings after an all too familiar mini-collapse had threatened to totally derail their innings after lunch.

New Zealand had been comfortably placed at 98 for two then Martin Guptill (29), who had left the majority of wide deliveries go through to Akmal, had a rash swipe at a wide Tanvir Ahmed ball that only caught the edge of his bat to carry through to the wicketkeeper.

Jesse Ryder then followed when he nicked to Akmal on the next ball. It was Ryder's second successive golden duck after he was dismissed first ball in New Zealand's second innings in the 10-wicket loss in the first test in Hamilton.

Tanvir was unable to achieve the hat-trick, however, when Franklin kept out a full, swinging delivery and he and Taylor set about trying to rebuild the New Zealand innings.

New Zealand had chosen to bat after Vettori won the toss to make first use of a good pitch on a sun-drenched day.

The hosts, however, began disastrously with Brendon McCullum given out lbw to Umar Gul on the final ball of the first over for two.

Kane Williamson was the only other wicket to fall in the first session and had looked comfortable moving to 21 before he was caught by Akmal off Gul.

[DexteR]

I don't think Pakistan hold advantage. This pitch supports Kiwi bowlers and cloudyy forecast is expected. Pakistan will have to bat out of their skins to survive here.

Pakistani bowlers rely on reverse swing which will not happen in these sort of conditions.

[LoViNg IrFaN]

inshALLAH hojayegi

[Sadaf Gondal]

barah mushkil lag raha hai

[DexteR]

Reverse swing k liye dry conditions chahiye. Lush green grounds mei reverse nahi hoti