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| December 4, 2003 | Thursday | Shawwal 9, 1424 |
Pakistan clinch series against New Zealand: Maiden century by Marshall
FAISALABAD, Dec 3: Pakistan beat New Zealand by 51 runs in the third One-day International here on Wednesday and won the five-match series 3-0 despite Hamish Marshall’s maiden unbeaten hundred.
The 24-year-old Marshall, from Auckland, finished with 101 not out and hit his career’s first century in the 50th over with the match already in the home team’s pocket.
Pakistan gained an unassailable 3-0 lead with two matches to go. This is their third home one-day series win in four attempts in the past 18 months.
Pakistan, electing to bat, made a mammoth 314-7 in their allotted 50 overs with opener Imran Farhat missing his maiden one-day century by nine runs.
The tourists, chasing a run rate of more than six an over from the start, were never in the hunt as they lost opener Craig Cumming in Shoaib Akhtar’s second over for 10.
Marshall batted without any support for 109 balls, hitting seven boundaries and two sixes.
Mathew Sinclair and Richard Jones repaired the early loss through a second wicket stand of 46 before Sinclair was run out for 32 and Jones fell to Abdul Razzaq for 23.
Marshall partnered with Chris Harris in a solid but slow stand of 107 but the asking rate was creeping with the visitors needing a highly unlikely 141 in the last 10 overs.
Mohammad Sami, who took 5-10 in the second match, came for his second spell to remove Harris for 46 and in his next two overs had the dangerous Chris Cairns caught for nine and trapped Brendon McCullum for one to finish with 3-22.
Imran’s 91 off 110 balls included five boundaries and a six. Yousuf Youhana with an attractive 64 and Abdul Razzaq (34) also cashed in.
Pakistan’s score soared in the last 10 overs as Razzaq and Youhana added 53 off just 18 balls with Razzaq hitting two fours and two sixes.
Youhana hit five boundaries and a six off just 53 balls before he fell to Matthew Walker who finished with 4-49.
Razzaq hit Michael Mason for 23 runs in the 47th over to finish with 34 off just 16 deliveries with two boundaries and two sixes to help Pakistan add 113 in the last 10 overs.
Inzamam, who made 25, became the seventh player in all and second Pakistani to appear in his 300th one-day.
“It’s a great honour to play 300 one-day games and the win is icing on the cake for me,” Inzamam said.
Inzamam, who missed the second match due to throat infection was one of two changes in the home side with Shoaib also returning after serving a two-match ban imposed during Pakistan’s home series against South Africa last month.
New Zealand made four changes from the side which lost to Pakistan by 124 runs in the second match in Lahore.
The fourth and fifth match will be played in Rawalpindi on Friday and Sunday.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Yasir Hameed c Cumming b Walmsley 63
Imran Farhat c Marshall b Vettori 91
Yousuf Youhana c Marshall b Walker 64
Inzamam-ul-Haq b Cairns 25
Abdul Razzaq c Marshall b Walker 34
Shoaib Malik c and b Walker 15
Moin Khan c Cumming b Walker 1
Mohammad Sami not out 1
Saleem Elahi not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-12, NB-3) 16
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 314
FALL OF WKTS: 1-142, 2-183, 3-236, 4-289, 5-308, 6-309, 7-309.
DID NOT BAT: Shoaib Akhtar, Shabbir Ahmed.
BOWLING: Mason 10-0-74-0 (1nb, 1w); Walmsley 10-0-53-1 (1nb, 2w); Cairns 8-0-48-1 (1w); Walker 7-0-49-4 (6w); Harris 5-0-21-0 (1w); Vettori 10-0-68-1 (1nb, 1w).
NEW ZEALAND:
C. Cumming c Moin b Shoaib Akhtar 10
R.A. Jones c Yasir b Razzaq 23
M.S. Sinclair run out 32
H.J.H. Marshall not out 101
C.Z. Harris b Sami 46
C.L. Cairns c Shabbir b Sami 9
B.B. McCullum lbw b Sami 1
M.D.J. Walker st Moin b Imran 10
D.L. Vettori not out 9
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-9, W-5, NB-7) 22
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 263
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-58, 3-81, 4-188, 5-206, 6-213, 7-226.
DID NOT BAT: K.P. Walmsley, M.J. Mason.
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 7-2-30-1; Mohammad Sami 8-1-22-3 (2w); Abdul Razzaq 10-0-50-1 (4nb, 1w); Shabbir Ahmed 10-1-42-0; Shoaib Malik 10-0-64-0 (2w); Imran Farhat 3-0-22-1; Saleem Elahi 1-0-10-0; Yasir Hameed 1-0-13-0 (3nb).
RESULT: Pakistan won by 51 runs.
UMPIRES: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and D.L. Orchard (South Africa).
TV UMPIRE: Nadeem Ghauri (Pakistan).
MATCH REFEREE: D.T. Lindsay (South Africa).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Imran Farhat.
FIRST MATCH: Lahore, Pakistan won by three wickets.
SECOND MATCH: Lahore, Pakistan won by 124 runs.
FOURTH MATCH: Rawalpindi (D/N), Friday.
FIFTH MATCH: Rawalpindi (D/N), Sunday.—AFP/Reuters
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