Ryder's blazing ton sets up consolation win
Jesse Ryder put behind his recent running woes and twitter travails to rattle a 82-ball hundred, and set up a consolation win for New Zealand
05/02Result
6th ODI, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Feb 5 2011
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
254 (44.1/50 ov)
Player of the Match
05/02Result
6th ODI, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Feb 5 2011
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![Pakistan]( "Pakistan")
254 (44.1/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
JD Ryder
107(93) 7x4 - 6x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 39 runs
- 4x4 - 2x6
Kamran Akmal
89(84) 5x4 - 3x6
Control %87%
- Productive Shot
- on side drive on front foot
- 28 runs
- 1x4 - 3x6
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Pakistan won the 6-match series 3-2
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
12.00 start, First Session 12.00-15.30, Interval 15.30-16.15, Second Session 16.15-19.45
Match days
5 February 2011 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 311/7 (50 OVERS)
- Nathan McCullum65 (50)
- Jesse Ryder107 (93)
- Abdul Razzaq2/23 (7)
- Mohammad Hafeez2/57 (9)
PAKISTAN 254 (44.1 OVERS)
- Kamran Akmal89 (84)
- Shahid Afridi44 (35)
- James Franklin3/50 (8)
- Hamish Bennett4/46 (8.1)
For the moment, this is Abhishek signing off for now, along with my colleagues Sanjay and Sahil. Have a look at Nitin's bulletin, which should capture all the action from the game for you. Keep the feedback coming. Cheers!
That brings us to the end of what has been a thrilling series. Don't forget to join us for the big one, the World Cup. England and West Indies have some unfinished business in Australia and Sri Lanka, and you can tune in for all the action from those series tomorrow.
Shahid Afridi receives the series trophy. Umar Akmal takes it and they all huddle down for the team photos, flashing victory signs. It looks a pretty happy Pakistan unit in the middle, and that is so heartening to see.
Afridi: 'We enjoyed our tour. All the best to NZ for the World Cup."
Taylor: "We have enjoyed having Pakistan in the country. Look forward to playing you in the World Cup. Thanks to the crowd for the support. We hvae got some momentum with this win."
Jesse Ryder, the Man of the Match: "Good to get a few in the middle of the bat. Feel No 3 is a good position for me to get some runs."
Hang on for the presentation.
It finally took a dead rubber for everything to click for New Zealand. Ryder, Styris and Nathan led a batting onslaught either side of the middle-order stutter, and then the fast bowlers struck at vital moments to give their side a victory with a comfortable margin.
44.1
W
Bennett to Umar Gul, OUT, Jamie shows How it is done, Gul went for the hoick over midwicket, got it off the toe end of the bat, and the ball went miles in the air, against the backdrop of the evening sky at Auckland, but it had to come down, and How took a well-judged catch, and New Zealand have another win, only their second in 16 games
Umar Gul c sub (JM How) b Bennett 1 (12m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
END OF OVER:44 | 2 Runs | PAK: 254/9 (58 runs required from 36 balls, RR: 5.77, RRR: 9.66)
- Shoaib Akhtar2 (6b)
- Umar Gul1 (1b)
- Tim Southee8-0-47-0
- Hamish Bennett8-0-46-3
43.6
0
Southee to Shoaib Akhtar, no run, now he backs away and has a go once more, but this is the slower one, of course it misses the wickets as well
43.5
0
Southee to Shoaib Akhtar, no run, throws his might at it, but does not make contact as the ball again misses the stumps
43.4
1
Southee to Umar Gul, 1 run, spirited down the ground for a single
43.3
1
Southee to Shoaib Akhtar, 1 run, thumped down to mid on, Southee is keeping them full and up to the stumps
43.2
0
Southee to Shoaib Akhtar, no run, Shoaib goes miles outside leg stump, and then looks to swipe at a full delivery that somehow contrives to miss leg stump
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Ryder's blazing ton sets up consolation win
Jesse Ryder put behind his recent running woes and twitter travails to rattle a 82-ball hundred, and set up a consolation win for New Zealand
