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Result
New ZealandNew ZealandNZ 237/6
PakistanPakistanPAK 241/4 (49.1/50 ov)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Babar Azam
Pakistan
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PAK Innings Full commentary
7:45pm And that is all! Thanks for joining us through the day. Good night.
Sarfraz: The crowd is always behind the Pakistan team. Thank you very much. Fielding is a very important part.
Unfortunately we didn't do well in the previous matches. We practiced hard. The way we played today, it was a
great team effort. All the bowlers did really well and in the end Babar and Haris - one of the finest batting I've
ever seen. We knew 240 was not an easy target on this pitch. We just wanted to bat 50 overs. Credit to Babar and
Haris, the way they played on this pitch. [On 1992] when the World Cup starts, people think that way. But we're
not thinking like that. Our focus is the next match. We are very confident and hopefully we'll do well.
Williamson: We've seen it in our last three games, where the surfaces have offered to the bowlers and made life
difficult. We were outplayed by a strong Pakistan side. I think there was a little bit more bounce than we
experienced on the same surface we played the other day. The fight that was shown in the middle and back end
was good, to get us in a position where we were competitive. But that partnership with Babar and Haris, they
took it from us. [Shadab] yeah it was nice wasn't it? We tried to soak it up. Thought if we get 230-250, there was
a chance. And there was, but they soaked up the pressure and played really nicely. When the threat is spin,
especially when the wicket became a lot slower, we were trying to get anybody in there who would rotate the ball.
There's so many games in the round robin that you're not expecting to win them all. There's things we need to
iron out. We'll have to adapt a little better than we did today.
Babar: This is my best innings. the wicket was difficult and turned a lot in the second half. The plan was to go
through to the end and give my 100%. When we started, the plan was to see out Ferguson. But when Santner
came on, the plan became not to give wickets to him and cover up later when the fast bowlers come on. The fans
support us here in Birmingham, it's great.
Babar Azam is the Man of the Match.
7:30pm Edgbaston explodes and the Pakistan players rush onto the field. They've copped an absolute truckload
of criticism and been written off, but a comprehensive win over South Africa and a clinical one over NZ today
have seen them storm back into contention!
Don't write them off just yet. They are one point behind England and level with Bangladesh. A mature chase,
shepherded by a young man with a head far wiser than his 24 years would suggest. NZ suffer their first defeat of
the 2019 World Cup, and their first group stage defeat in 8 years.
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Mickey Arthur runs down the changing room with an arm around Shaheen Afridi, a wide grin on his face. His
team is not going down without a fight, and that is all he;s asked of them.
49.1 4 Ferguson to Sarfaraz Ahmed, FOUR runs, full toss, and Sarfaraz smashes it through point.
Massive win for Pakistan!
Ferguson to bowl the final over
END OF OVER: 49 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | PAK: 237/4 (1 run required from 6 balls, RR: 4.83, RRR: 1.00)
Babar Azam 101 (127b) Matt Henry 7-0-25-0
Sarfaraz Ahmed 1 (2b) Lockie Ferguson 8-0-46-1
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48.6 0 Henry to Babar Azam, no run, straight to mid-on. Babar will not hit the winning runs, it seems.
We're going to the final six balls
Fahim: "In 1992 SF Pakistan won by 4 wickets not 7" In the group stages it was 7 wkts
Match Coverage All Match News
You'd better believe, It is on
Pakistan
The stars are aligning, the wins are
coming, it's no joke any more.
Pakistan are getting on one of those
rolls
'Pakistan keep the dream alive!'
Former and current players react to
Pakistan's win over New Zealand,
which kept their hopes of making the
semi-finals alive
Neesham's defiance a significant
moment in his comeback story
Defeat dulled the enjoyment the
allrounder could take from his innings,
but it was important on a personal
level
Welcome to the age of Babar Azam
At this of all moments, in this
increasingly heady campaign, let's not
be shy - let's call this innings for what
it is, a coming of age for sure, and
perhaps an all-timer
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Babar, Haris and Shaheen's genius
keep Pakistan alive
New Zealand were kept to 238 by a
brilliant new-ball burst and they were
then taken out of the game by a
glorious partnership from two next-
gen players
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Videos
02:11
Misbah: Shaheen's accuracy and length
were perfect
02:11
Hussey: 'Complete player' Babar taking his
game to next level
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PAKISTAN INNINGS R B
Imam-ul-Haq caught 19 29
Fakhar Zaman caught 9 10
Babar Azam not out 101 127
Mohammad Hafeez caught 32 50
Haris Sohail run out 68 76
Sarfaraz Ahmed not out 5 3
Imad Wasim
Wahab Riaz
Shadab Khan
Mohammad Amir
Shaheen Shah Afridi
EXTRAS (w 7)
TOTAL 241 (4 wkts; 49.1 ovs)
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World Cup
TEAM M W L PT NRR
AUS 7 6 1 12 0.906
INDIA 6 5 0 11 1.16
NZ 7 5 1 11 1.028
ENG 7 4 3 8 1.051
BDESH 7 3 3 7 -0.133
PAK 7 3 3 7 -0.976
SL 6 2 2 6 -1.119
WI 7 1 5 3 -0.32
SA 7 1 5 3 -0.324
AFG 7 0 7 0 -1.634
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