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Match 33: Pakistan vs New Zealand - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Post Match Summary

Yeah! It’s Pakistan who still keep their hopes for semifinals!

The match 33 of the ICC Men’s World Cup was happened between New Zealand and Pakistan on June 26th 2019, at Edgbaston Cricket Grounds, Birmingham, England by 12:00 pm the local time as the toss was delayed for 1 hour. It’s the New Zealand captain Kane Williamson who won the toss and elected to bat first.

First Innings :

It’s the New Zealand openers Martin Guptill and Colin Munro who opened the innings but, failed to contribute with the bat to make a perfect start. As Guptill made only 5 runs off 4 balls with only boundary and Colin Munro made only 12 off 17 balls with 2 fours included. Then came the inform skipper Kane Williamson who contributed 41 off 69 balls with 4 fours included but, he was not supported by the senior player Ross Taylor as he went for just 3 off 8 balls and the wicket-keeper batsman Tom Lathm also scored just 1 off 14 balls. Then came the most unexpected contribution from James Neesham who came at no.6 and built a strong partnership of 132 runs in 132 balls with Colin de Grandhomme who brought his 3rd half-century and 1st in World Cups. James Neesham who was exceptional in the 1st innings brought his 6th ODI fifty and 1st in World Cups as he scored 97 runs which is his career best. Thus he missed in just 3 runs to secure his maiden ODI well as WC century. His unbeaten knock of 97 includes 5 fours and 3 sixes.
It is the Pakistan bowler Shaheen Afridi who bowed extraordinarily well as he picked 3 wickets for 28 at an best economy rate of 2.8 in his full 10 over spell. He was followed Shadab Khan and Mohammad Amir who took 1 wicket each. New Zealand at one stage 83 for 5 in 26.3 overs but they finally bounce back to 237 runs for the loss 6 wickets in the complete 50 overs.

Second Innings :

Pakistan began their chase with full confidence with Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman in the middle but, both openers fail to make a perfect start. As Imam departed for 19 off 29 balls with 3 four included and Fakhar Zaman for just 9 off 10 balls with 2 four included. Then came Pakistan’s most expected batsman Babar Azam who came at no.3 when Pakistan were 19 runs in 2.6 overs. Babar Azam who batted so maturely made a 66 runs partnership with the experienced Mohammad Hafeez who made 32 off 50 runs with 5 fours included. Babar Azam was then supported by the south-paw batsman and Pakistan’ s new hope middle order as they built a match winning knock of 126 runs off 140 balls by which Haris Sohail brought his 12th ODI fifty as he made 68 runs off 76 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes included. It’s Babar Azam who brought his 1st WC Ton and 10th ODI century by scoring 101 runs off 127 balls with 11 boundaries included. It was Trent Boult who maximum tried to do his job took only 1 wicket and Lockie Ferguson did not have a perfect day who also picked 1. The most unexpected thing happened in the match was Kane Williamson the captain himself bowled an eight (8) over spell for 39 runs and he picked one wicket. His 8 over spell were all on the spot as he was restricted at an economy of 4.9 per over. Thus Pakistan chased their target by knocking a boundary as they made 241 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 49.1 overs.



Man of the Match(MOM): It is undoubtedly Babar Azam who grabbed the Man of the Match award for his 1st WC Ton.

Records: Babar Azam is 2nd batsman in the World to reach the fastest 3000 runs.

He marked his 1st ever WC century and 10th in ODI.