New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2009–10

New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in UAE in 2009-10
	New Zealand	Pakistan
Dates	3 November 2009 – 13 November 2009
Captains	DL Vettori (ODIs) BB McCullum (T20s)	Younis Khan (ODIs) Shahid Afridi (T20s)
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	BB McCullum 228	Khalid Latif 128
Most wickets	DL Vettori 5	Saeed Ajmal 6
Player of the series	BB McCullum
Twenty20 International series
Results	Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	BB McCullum 66	Imran Nazir 77
Most wickets	IG Butler 3 TG Southee 3	Saeed Ajmal 3 Shahid Afridi 3
Player of the series	Shahid Afridi

The New Zealand cricket team and the Pakistan cricket team played a three-match One Day International series and two Twenty20 Internationals from 3 November 2009 to 13 November 2009 in the UAE. The one-day matches were played in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi while the Twenty20s were played in Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium. The series was originally scheduled to be held in Pakistan but due to security concerns, it was shifted to UAE although Pakistan still remained the home team.

ODI series

1st ODI

3 November Scorecard

Pakistan 287 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 149 (39.2 overs)
Shahid Afridi 70 (50) Daniel Vettori 2/34 (10 overs)		Aaron Redmond 52 (91) Saeed Ajmal 2/18 (7.2 overs)

Pakistan won by 138 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi

2nd ODI

6 November Scorecard

New Zealand 303/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 239 (47.2 overs)
Brendon McCullum 131(129) Shahid Afridi 2/49		Salman Butt 59(81) Scott Styris 3/23

New Zealand won by 64 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS) and Zameer Haider (PAK) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum

3rd ODI

9 November Scorecard

New Zealand 211 (46.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 204 (49.1 overs)
Brendon McCullum 76 (78) Saeed Ajmal 4/33 (10 overs)		Mohammad Amir 73* (81) Jacob Oram 3/20 (9.1 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS) Player of the match: Mohammad Amir

• Mohammad Amir's 73* is the highest score for a number 10 batsman in ODIs

T20I Series

1st T20I

12 November Scorecard

Pakistan 161/8 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 112 (18.3 overs)
Imran Nazir 58 (38) Tim Southee 3/28 (4 overs)		Bradley-John Watling 22 (36) Nathan McCullum 22 (21) Saeed Ajmal 2/18 (3 overs)

Pakistan won by 49 runs Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri & Zaheer Haider (both PAK) Player of the match: Imran Nazir

• BJ Watling (NZ) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

13 November (scorecard)

Pakistan 153/5 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 146/5 (20 overs)
Umar Akmal 56 (49) Ian Butler 3/28 (4 overs)		Brendon McCullum 47 (41) Umar Gul 2/29 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 runs Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri and Zaheer Haider (both PAK) Player of the match: Umar Akmal

Media coverage

Television

• Ten Sports (live) – South Asia, Middle East and Pakistan
• Supersport (live) – South Africa
• Asian Television Network (live) – Canada

References

External links

• Pakistan v New Zealand 2009/10 (cricinfo)