It was a mixed day for both the teams in Dunedin today. Pakistan captain, Mohd. Yusuf won the toss and elected to field first. Pakistan got an excellent start with the wicket of McIntosh on the very 1st ball of the match but didn’t manage to capitalize on the start.

Most of the NZ batsmen had a hard time to stay on the pitch. Guptill played 142 balls for his score of 60 before falling to Mohd. Aamer. Fulton too was on crease for 73 balls and made 29 runs. It was Ross Taylor who helped the New Zealand’s cause and made 94 runs in 174 balls. Saeed Ajmal got the wicket of Ross Taylor. Daniel Vettori and Brendon McCullum were at the crease at the end of day’s play.

Mohd. Asif got 3 wickets for Pakistan. Asif got wickets of Flynn, Fulton and Elliot. Saeed Ajmal bowled well today. he made it hard for the NZ batsmen to score of him. Ajmal got the only wicket of Ross Taylor. Mohd. Aamer got the wickets of the two NZ openers. He dismissed McIntosh and Martin Guptill.

match is evenly Poised after the end of 1st days play. If Pakistan can get early wickets tomorrow morning, then they will be in the drivers seat. New Zealand will be hoping for Vettori and McCullum to score big and get NZ into a strong position.

New Zealand 276/6 (90.0 ov), Ross Taylor 94(237), Martin Guptill 60(142), Daniel Vettori 40(44) | Mohammad Asif 24-4-76-3, Mohammad Aamer 19-3-62-2

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