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History sheet of 1992 continue Pakistan thrashed unbeaten NZ

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Haris made the situation with his strong and aggressive shorts and Babar Azam garbed the ton for himself  and match for Pakistan. Pakistan is now on 6th place with 7 points equal with BD and need to beat tigers for alive his hope to play SF in upcoming clash.

The Edgbaston match between Pakistan and New Zealand was the 34th ODI of ICC WC2019. New Zealand captain did the same decision as his senior and predecessor Martin Crow in 1992 after winning the toss to bat first.Pakistani pacer Amir who is at the top of bowlers chart CWC19 on his first ball clean bowled Martin Guptill to sent back to the pevillion.From there the journey of Shaheen Shah Afridi started to show his best in the World Cup 2019,In NZ innings 7th over excellent catch by Haris Sohail of Collin munro was his first and pakistan’s 2nd wicket. The next wicket for shaheen afridi was experienced Ros Taylor caught behind the wicket by Sarfraz Ahmad.

In13th over Shaheen shah Afridi struggling Latham in the hands of skipper behind the wicket on the total of 46.The best and important one wicket of the match took Shadab Khan when NZ captain kane williamson cauhgt behind Srfraz Ahmad in 27th over inning score was 83.But after this Pakistan skipper Sarfraz ahmad release the pressure from counter parts as they managed the mighty partnership of 132 runs and score reached to 215 runs between Grandhomme (64) and Jimmy  Neeshamm  (97*). Stonner was the last partner of Neshamm when Nz innigs ended in 50 overs at 237.Pakistan target was 238 which was the lowest for Green team in ICC WC2019 until now in which shaheen shah afridi contributed with 3 wickets, Muhammad Amir and Shadab khan  with one wicket each.  Pakistan start was not good opener Fakhar Zaman back to the pevillion on 19 in 3rd over by Fergusan in the hands of Guptil.

His partner Imam was not stayed much on crease and in 11th over meet him in the box of players with his individual of 19 while team total was 44/2.Hafeez played with maturity to cool the bowlers of NZ till the 25th over and in almost 15 over partnership with babar azam, he played some glorious shorts as well as guide baber azam in buiding his inning as babar was struggling. When Hafeez was on his 32 and team total was 110/3 NZ captain williamson trapped him and caught ib the hands of fergusan near the boundry.

Haris Sohail the star player against SA again showed his class with cross boundaries to williamson and santner which helped not only Pakistan team but also gave confidence to Babar Azam to meet his first ICC WC century. Haris sohail run out on his miss calculations to score a single by Guptil on 68 but he was succeeded to finish the game for Green team 236/4. Sarfraz came at no 6 and played match winning short.Pakistan now has to face BD and Afg and need to win both matches to get place in final fours while also will wait for the results of other teams like SL and Eng to lose their matches and  points table for Pakistan.

Adrees Malik
Adrees Malikhttps://currentline.co.uk
Adrees Malik is a worldwide accredited sports journalist who has been working in International Media from the last two decades. As a broadcast journalist he has covered FIFA/Hockey/Cricket World Cups and the Olympics. The organizations on his credit include CNBC / Toronto Observer / JAAG / GNN / 92NewsHD / CH5 / KhabrainTV / NewsFocuss / SAMAA.

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