- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 that is an exquisite slower ball! That is a preposterously cheeky piece of bowling, an utter doozy of a back-of-the-hander, looping onto a teasing leg-stump line before hitting the seam and bunny hopping into middle-and-leg. Greatbatch is a beaten man before he's registered what's coming, falling forward into a groping defensive push and beaten all ends up! 35/112.4 tossed up once more, Wright is suckered into the lofted chip over the leg-side, and that's out from the moment it leaves the bat! Rameez is lurking in the deep to gobble a dolly, and that's the end of an innings that never really got going 39/224 got him! He'd been troubling Jones considerably, and this was on the cards. Another legbreak, quicker and skiddier this time. Superb length once more, and Jones, playing for the trajectory and playing back, was looking to work it against the turn. Beaten comprehensively on the inside edge, struck on the back leg, and umpire Bucknor's finger goes up with no hesitation. A great ball, and a batsman made to look quite clueless, but did that pitch in line with leg stump? I'm not entirely sure 87/346.2 a full-faced drive, into the covers, and there's a catastrophic mix-up! Crowe calls, seeing it as an easy two, but Greatbatch, running on the far side of the square, hesitates fatally, perhaps not seeing the gap in the field quite so clearly. Smith meanwhile has ploughed on with his own running, and Moin is very alert as he gathers the shy in front of the stumps. He wouldn't necessarily have seen Greatbatch struggling behind him, but he quickly turned to send the skipper on his way for an outstanding 91 221/642.4 back of a length, and there's the breakthrough! Rutherford leans back on the pull but Wasim's found some extra nip off the deck to take a spiralling leading edge! Moin jogs round with the gloves to seal the deal, and there ends a very fine partnership for New Zealand 194/446 stumped by a country mile! Skiander fires one across the left-hander's bows, forever going wider of the flailing bat as Harris gives him the charge. Moin gathers and whips off the bails and that's a useful breakthrough at an important time for Pakistan 214/548.3 there he goes! Wasim unfurls the yorker from round the wicket, Patel walks in front of his timbers, attempting another whip to leg, and is pinned on the full in front of off. Umpire Shepherd has no hesitation, and Pakistan make a timely dent in New Zealand's momentum 244/7Extras23 (b 4, lb 7, nb 4, w 8)TOTAL262/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.24)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Mark Greatbatch, 9.1 ov), 2-39 (John Wright, 12.4 ov), 3-87 (Andrew Jones, 23.6 ov), 4-194 (Ken Rutherford, 42.4 ov), 5-214 (Chris Harris, 45.6 ov), 6-221 (Martin Crowe, 46.2 ov), 7-244 (Dipak Patel, 48.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Wasim Akram 10 0 40 2 4 2 4 Aaqib Javed 10 2 45 1 4.5 2 0 Mushtaq Ahmed 10 0 40 2 4 0 0 Imran Khan 10 0 59 0 5.9 3 0 Iqbal Sikander 9 0 56 1 6.22 1 0 Aamer Sohail 1 0 11 0 11 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7 round the wicket, swept out of the rough and straight to backward square leg! Patel springs the trap, it seemed to be there to be hit, but a slight top-edge lobbed into the hands of Jones, and New Zealand are up and running 30/121.3 down the track now, and once again he can't get any power into his big hit, but this time he finds a fielder. Makes a bit of room to free his arms against this off-stump ball, and looks to clear mid-on, but he gets too far underneath the ball, and gets more elevation than distance. Morrison, shuffling backwards and to his right from mid-on, judges it excellently, and falls onto his back upon clutching the ball to his chest 84/233.3 swept, and finally he's gone! Is that a blessing or a curse for Pakistan? Imran drops to one knee, seeking the short boundary but instead getting a steepling top-edge to Larsen on the backward square boundary. New Zealand are cock-a-hoop as a laboured innings comes to an end. 134/334.1 driven, in the air, straight to point! New Zealand are turning it on now! Two wickets in as many overs, and they sense a place in the World Cup final is beckoning! Malik had an imperative to get cracking from the get-go, but he's picked the wrong shot, a clout into Latham's bread-basket, and he's gone for a golden duck! 140/444.4 back of a length outside off, pushed into the covers and they set off immediately once more. It's a highly risky run, with Harris swooping down on the ball from short extra-cover, and they pay the price as his underarm flick hits direct at the striker's end with Inzamam well short of his crease. His innings has put Pakistan right on top; does his dismissal bring New Zealand back into this game? No hesitation from either batsman here, it was simply a case of the single not being on with the ball being so close to the fielder, especially one as good as Harris 227/546.2 down the track, and Watson has snuck through, crashed into leg stump, and opened that window of hope once more for New Zealand. Akram has more or less yorked himself here, and he ends up playing across it and all around it 238/6Extras15 (b 4, lb 10, w 1)TOTAL264/6 (49 Overs, RR: 5.38)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Aamer Sohail, 6.6 ov), 2-84 (Ramiz Raja, 21.3 ov), 3-134 (Imran Khan, 33.3 ov), 4-140 (Saleem Malik, 34.1 ov), 5-227 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 44.4 ov), 6-238 (Wasim Akram, 46.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB DN Patel 10 1 50 1 5 0 0 DK Morrison 9 0 55 0 6.11 1 0 W Watson 10 2 39 2 3.9 0 1 GR Larsen 10 1 34 1 3.4 0 0 CZ Harris 10 0 72 1 7.2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Pakistan advanced
Match number
Season
Match days
21 March 1992 (50-over match)
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Match Referee
Match Notes
- Greatbatch was used as a runner for Crowe from the fall of the 4th wicket (and was run out at the striker's end attempting a second run for Crowe)
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