Ross Taylor led Black Caps pulled up an unexpected win over group leader Pakistan and replaced them on the top.
Match Facts
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Match 24
Captains: Vettori (NZ), Afridi (Pak)
Toss: NZ
Result: NZ won by 110 runs
MOM: Taylor
3wkts or more: 3/32 Umar Gul, 3/25 Southee
100s: 131* Taylor
50s: 2 (1 each by both teams)
6s: 15 (NZ 13, Pak 2)
50 plus partnerships:
57 3rd wkt Taylor and Guptill (NZ)
62 5th wkt Taylor and Styris (NZ)
85 7th wkt Taylor and Oram (NZ)
66 9th wkt Razzaq and Gul (Pak)
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Records
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New Zealand scored 100 runs in last 5 overs.
Razzaq gave 30 runs in his last and Pakistan’s 49th over.
Taylor hit the maximum (7) sixes by any batsmen in 2011 WC in an inning.
Taylor scored his highest ODI score on his birthday.
Taylor scored his 4th ODI and 1st WC century.
New Zealand created a record by scoring 100 runs in last 5 overs. This is the best against a test pplaying nation in World Cup.
Taylor hit the maximum (7) sixes by any New Zealander in World Cup.
13 Sixes by New Zealand is their maximum in a WC match.
Pakistan faced their 2nd worst World Cup defeat.
Pakistan’s Abdul Razzaq conceded 30 runs and Shoaib Akhtar conceded 28 runs, highest two in current WC by any bowler.
New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)
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Guptill b Shahid Afridi 57 runs 6 4s
B McCullum b Shoaib Akhtar 6 runs 1 six
How lbw b Umar Gul 4
Taylor not out 131 runs 8 4s 7 6s
Franklin lbw b Mohammad Hafeez 1
Styris lbw b Umar Gul 28 runs 1 four
N McCullum b Umar Gul 19 runs 1 four 2 6s
Oram c Umar Gul b Abdur Rehman 25 runs 1 four 3 6s
Mills not out 7 runs 1 four
Extras (lb 10, w 11, nb 3) 24
Total (50 overs) 302/7
Fall of wickets
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1-8 (BB McCullum, 0.4 ov), 2-55 (How, 12.3 ov), 3-112 (Guptill, 28.5 ov), 4-113 (Franklin, 29.1 ov), 5-175 (Styris, 41.6 ov), 6-210 (NL McCullum, 45.5 ov), 7-295 (Oram, 49.3 ov)
Bowling
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Shoaib Akhtar 9 ov 70/1
Rehman 10 ov 60/1
Umar Gul 10 ov 1 maiden 32/3
Razzaq 4 ov 49/0
Afridi 10 ov 55/1
Hafeez 7 ov 26/1
Pakistan innings (target: 303 runs from 50 overs)
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Hafeez lbw b Southee 5 runs 1 four
Shehzad lbw b Mills 10 runs 1 four
Kamran Akhmal c Taylor b Southee 8 runs 1 four
Younis Khan b Mills 0
Misbah-ul-Haq c Styris b Southee 7
Umar Akmal c Oram b NL McCullum 38 runs 3 4s
Shahid Afridi b Oram 17 runs 2 4s 1 six
Razzaq c Oram b Styris 62 runs 9 4s
Rehman lbw b NL McCullum 1
Umar Gul not out 34 runs 3 4s 1 six
Shoaib Akhtar c NL McCullum b Styris 0
Extras (lb 6, w 4) 10
Total (41.4 overs) 192
Fall of wickets
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1-5 (Mohammad Hafeez, 1.2 ov), 2-23 (Ahmed Shehzad, 6.1 ov), 3-23 (Younis Khan, 6.4 ov), 4-23 (Kamran Akmal, 7.1 ov), 5-45 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 14.4 ov), 6-66 (Shahid Afridi, 17.1 ov), 7-102 (Umar Akmal, 28.3 ov), 8-125 (Abdur Rehman, 32.4 ov), 9-191 (Abdul Razzaq, 41.1 ov), 10-192 (Shoaib Akhtar, 41.4 ov)
Bowling
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Mills 8 ov 1 maiden 43/2
Southee 8 ov 1 maiden 25/3
Oram 10 ov 1 maiden 47/1
Franklin 5 ov 26/0
N McCullum 6 ov 28/2
Styris 4.4 ov 17/2
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