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| G.D. Elliott who made an unbeaten 75 for New Zealand hits out.. (Reuters) |
JOHANNESBURG, Saturday – New Zealand qualified to meet Australia in the Champions Trophy Final on Monday at Centurion on Monday when they beat Pakistan by five wickets at the Wanderers yesterday.
G.D. Elliott led the run hunt with an unbeaten 75 and he was ably supported by his skipper Daniel Vettori who contributed 41.
With about 14 overs left in the game the writing was on the wall and the Pakistani supporters at the ground began to leave the ground
Warlier Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first.
New Zealand handed a one-day international debut to batsman Aaron Redmond while Pakistan recalled batsman Imran Nazir and left-arm swing bowler Mohammad Aamer.
Australia beat England by nine wickets to reach the Champions Trophy final on Friday.
Scoreboard
Pakistan
Imran Nazir c Taylor b Bond 28
Kamran Akmal c Redmond b Butler 24
Shoaib Malik c Taylor b Butler 2
Younis Khan c Taylor b Vettori 15
MohammedYousuf b Mills 45
Umar Akmal lbw b Vettori 55
Shahid Afridi c McCullum b Butler 4
Naveed-ul-Hasan c Guptil b Vettori 8
Umar Gul c Broom b Butler 6
Mohammed Amer n.o. 19
Saeed Ajmal n.o. 14
Extras: 13
Total: (9 wkts 50 overs) 233
Fall of Wickets: 1-46, 2-61, 3-69, 4-86, 5-166, 6-181, 7-183,8-192, 9-198
Bowling: KD Mills 10-0-46-1, SE Bond 10-1-54-1, IG Butler 10-0-44-4, JEC Franklyn 8-0-33-0, DL Vettori 10-2-43-3, GD Elliott 2-0-7-0
New Zealand
B.B. McCullum Shahid Afridi b M. Amer 17
A.J. Redmond c and b Saeed Ajmal 31
M.J. Guptill c Naveed-ul-Hasan b Umar Gul 11
LRPL Taylor b Shahid Afridi 38
G.D. Elliot not out 75
D.Vittori st Kamran b Saeed Ajmal 41
Extras: 18
Total (for 5 wkts; 47.5 overs) 234
Fall of Wickets: 1-22, 2-43, 3-17, 4-126
Bowling: Mohammed Aamer 10-2-32-1, Naveed-ul-Hassan 8-0-57-0, Umar Gul 8.5-0-48-1, Saeed Ajmal 8-0-39-2, Shahid Afridi 10-0-41-1 Shoaib Malik 3-0-9-0 |
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