Pakistan vs New Zealand 2nd T20 Live Streaming 2009
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McCullum's decision to field was prompted to a degree by Australia's capitulation for 108 at the same venue in May, but it proved a costly one as Pakistan raced to 160 thanks largely to the opener Imran Nazir's 38-ball 58. "We looked at the stats and looked at the pitch and thought it might offer some assistance to the bowlers," McCullum said. "I thought it did that - we just didn't execute as well as what we should've with our fourth and fifth bowler. I think 140 was probably a par score."
In their chase, New Zealand were forced to bring on a half-fit James Franklin as a substitute when Aaron Redmond (who didn't come out to bat) picked up a groin strain while bowling. Despite that setback, McCullum said he believed New Zealand could succeed. "You always think it's a chaseable target. If they had got 300 I'd still believe we were capable of winning. 160 was more than what we wanted to give up, it was more than what the par was but I still believed we were going to be a good enough team to chase it down."
New Zealand squad
DL Vettori*, SE Bond, NT Broom, IG Butler, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, BB McCullum†, NL McCullum, KD Mills, JDP Oram, AJ Redmond, TG Southee, SB Styris, LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling
Pakistan squad
Shahid Afridi*, Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal†, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Aamer, Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul
New Zealand squad
DL Vettori*, SE Bond, NT Broom, IG Butler, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, BB McCullum†, NL McCullum, KD Mills, JDP Oram, AJ Redmond, TG Southee, SB Styris, LRPL Taylor, BJ Watling
Pakistan squad
Shahid Afridi*, Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Farhat, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal†, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Aamer, Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul
