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WELLINGTON, Jan 1: Pakistan's pacemen conspired to destroy Wellington in a one-day warm-up match on Thursday, causing a selection dilemma ahead of the first one-day match against New Zealand in two days.
Wellington lost six wickets for nine runs as Pakistan cruised to a 34-run victory. Just days after Shoaib Akhtar ripped through New Zealand's middle order in a Test series-winning spell here, seasoned all-rounders Azhar Mahmood and Abdul Razzaq repeated the lethal dose of reverse swing in their only run-out before Saturday's One-day International in Auckland.
Having set Wellington 259 to win, Azhar and Razzaq reduced Wellington from 192 for two in the 34th over to 224 all out off 44.1 overs. Azhar, in his first match of the tour, took four for 41 off 10 overs, while Razzaq took four for 33 off 10.
The result had Pakistan's coach, Javed Miandad, in high spirits and he predicted a tough job to select a team for Saturday's match. "It was very good preparation for the One-day International. There are several players in consideration, like Younis Khan and Saleem Elahi who both got runs," he said.
"It's very good if you have a party of 17 and they all are in form. It's good for the team and you don't have to worry about anybody. You can take a chance with anybody."
Younis led the way with the bat, scoring 63 off 78 balls to revive the innings from 128 for five, while the free-scoring Saleem Elahi scored 40 off 54 balls.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Yasir Hameed c Nevin b Turner 27
Imran Farhat b Woodcock 35
Saleem Elahi c and b Woodcock 40
Younis Khan c Nevin b Walker 63
Asim Kamal b Woodcock 3
Shoaib Malik c Jones b Woodcock 1
Moin Khan c Bell b Turner 32
Abdul Razzaq c Walker b Turner 17
Azhar Mahmood c Donaldson b Walker 22
Shabbir Ahmed not out 1
Umar Gul not out 1
EXTRAS (B-1, W-14, NB-1) 16
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 258
FALL OF WKTS: 1-52, 2-94, 3-118, 4-124, 5-128, 6-200, 7-213, 8-246, 9-256.
BOWLING: Turner 10-1-58-3 (2w); Franklin 9-0-42-0 (4w); Gillespie 5-0-41-0 (1nb, 2w); Walker 10-1-60-2 (5w); Woodcock 10-0-38-4; Pasupati 6-0-18-0 (1w).
WELLINGTON:
G. Donaldson b Azhar 47
C.J. Nevin c Younis b Azhar 80
R.A. Jones run out 19
M.D. Bell c Moin b Azhar 17
M. Parlane c Moin b Razzaq 3
M. Walker c Moin b Azhar 0
J. Franklin b Razzaq 3
M. Pasupati b Razzaq 0
L. Woodcock c Saleem b Razzaq 10
M. Gillespie not out 14
A. Turner lbw b Umar 0
EXTRAS (LB-9, W-8, NB-14) 31
TOTAL (all out, 44.1 overs) 224
FALL OF WKTS: 1-91, 2-127, 3-192, 4-196, 5-196, 6-199, 7-200, 8-201, 9-214.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 7.1-0-44-1 (5nb); Shabbir Ahmed 10-0-66-0 (6nb, 2w); Azhar Mahmood 10-0-41-4 (1nb, 1w); Abdul Razzaq 10-1-33-4 (1nb); Shoaib Malik 7-0-31-0 (1nb, 5w).
RESULT: Pakistan won by 34 runs.-AFP/Reuters
