Champions Trophy: New Zealand beat Pakistan in semis

New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Wanderers here Saturday

Champions Trophy: New Zealand beat Pakistan in semis

New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Wanderers here Saturday. New Zealand will face Australia in Monday's final.

New Zealand achieved the target of 234 runs by losing five wickets in 47.5 overs after Grant Elliot made an unbeaten 75 and skipper Daniel Vettori made 41.

Scoreboard
The following is the scoreboard of the semi-final between Pakistan and New Zealand in the Champions Trophy at the New Wanderers Stadium here Saturday.

Pakistan:
Imran Nazir c Taylor b Bond 28
Kamran Akmal c Redmond b Butler 24
Shoaib Malik c Taylor b Butler 2
Younis Khan c Taylor b Vettori 15
Mohammad Yousuf b Mills 45
Umar Akmal lbw Vettori 55
Shahid Afridi c McCullum b Butler 4
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan c Guptill b Vettori 8
Umar Gul c Broom b Butler 6
Mohammad Aamer not out 19
Saeed Ajmal not out 14

Extras (lb 6, w 5, nb 2) 13
Total (for nine wickets in 50 overs) 233
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Imran, 9.4), 2-61 (Shoaib Malik, 12.5), 3-69 (Kamran, 14.2), 4-86 (Younis, 20.5), 5-166 (Yousuf, 38.6), 6-181 (Umar, 40.5), 7-183 (Afridi, 41.2), 8-192 (Gul, 43.3), 9-198 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 44.2 ov)

Bowling:
Kyle Mills 10-0-46-1
Shane Bond 10-1-54-1
Ian Butler 10-0-44-4
James Franklin 8-0-33-0
Daniel Vettori 10-2-43-3
Grant Elliott 2-0-7-0

New Zealand:
Brendan McCullum c Afridi b Aamer 17
Aaron Redmond c & b Ajmal 31
Martin Guptill c Naved-ul-Hasan b Gul 11
Ross Taylor b Afridi 38
Grant Elliott not out 75
Daniel Vettori st Kamran b Ajmal 41
Neil Broom not out 3
Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 6, nb 4) 18
Total (for five wickets in 47.5 overs) 234
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (McCullum, 4.3 overs), 2-43 (Guptill, 9.1), 3-71
(Redmond, 16.4), 4-126 (Taylor, 29.5), 5-230 (Vettori, 46.6)

Bowling:
Mohammad Aamer 10-2-32-1
Naved-ul-Hasan 8-0-57-0
Umar Gul 8.5-0-48-1
Saeed Ajmal 8-0-39-2
Shahid Afridi 10-0-41-1
Shoaib Malik 3-0-9-0 (1w)

Result: New Zealand won by five wickets

Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat

Umpires: Ian Gould (England) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Daryl Harper (Australia)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath (India)

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