New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates:New Zealand Vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Live scores at Dubai, 12 Dec, 2014
Teams: New Zealand Vs Pakistan
Venue: Played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (11:00 GMT)
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat
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Pakistan W L L L L L
New Zealand L L L W W
Preview
The batting innings of both teams followed similar trajectories in the last game. While Misbah brushed off Pakistan's top-order stutter as "an off day", New Zealand's top order was missing Martin Guptill. In the field, New Zealand were done in by the level-headed stand between Shahid Afridi and Haris Sohail, and Nathan McCullum later said the side had missed "a key moment" when they failed to keep Pakistan's chase in check.
Match Stats
1.New Zealand's highest opening stand in 11 ODIs in 2014 is 56 - between Martin Guptill and Jesse Ryder against West Indies in January 2014. New Zealand's opening batsmen have had only two half-century stands in 2014 compared to Pakistan, who have had five, including a century partnership
2.The most successful chase at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium was the 285 for 4 by West Indies against Pakistan, way back in November 1993
3.Pakistan and New Zealand have played ten ODIs in Sharjah, with Pakistan winning all ten. Pakistan have not won more than five ODIs against New Zealand at any other venue.
Teams
Pakistan team:Mohammad Hafeez,Ahmed Shehzad,Asad Shafiq,Younis Khan,Misbah-ul-Haq,Sarfraz Ahmed,Shahid Afridi,Haris Sohail,Wahab Riaz,Umar Gul,Mohammad Irfan
New Zealand team:Anton Devcich,Dean Brownlie,KS Williamson,LRPL Taylor,Tom Latham,Jimmy Neesham,L Ronchi,DL Vettori,NL McCullum,KD Mills,AF Milne,Corey Anderson,Matt Henry
