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Approved-By:  "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@CENTRAL.SUN.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket.scores
Date:         Sat, 2 Jan 1993 10:32:59 MST
Reply-To:     "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
From:         "Vasanthan S. Dasan" <Vasanthan.Dasan@Central.Sun.COM>
Subject:      Pakistan vs New Zealand (1T1D - Hamilton, New Zealand, Jan 2)

   New Zealand were in a good position at the end of the first day's
play in the Test against Pakistan on Saturday after dismissing the
tourists for 216 and replying with 23 for no wicket.  The poor
Pakistani total would have been much worse were it not for Javed
Miandad's 92 in a captain's innings after the top order had again
failed.

   New Zealand appeared to get off to a bad start, with captain and
star batsman Martin Crowe withdrawing minutes before the match with a
septic finger that had developed from a hand injury sustained in the
last one-day match against Pakistan.  Ken Ruthford took over the
leadership, winning the toss and putting Pakistan in on a Trust Bank
Park wicket that was carrying grass and some overnight moisture.
Strike bowlers Murphy Su'a, Danny Morrison and Michael Owens found it
bouncy and seaming, making Pakistan openers Ramiz Raja and Aamir
Sohail pay for careless strokes by dismissing them within three overs.
They both offered simple catches from mistimed shots. Asif Mujtaba,
who followed them, did not fare much better, lasting 23 balls before
being caught at fine leg without scoring when he tried to hook Su'a.

   Javed and Salim Malik battled to steady the innings, taking it from
3-12 to 4-45 when Malik was caught behind off Morrison for 14.
Pakistan had a lunch score of 69-4. After the break Javed and
Inzamam-ul-Haq, fighting to find form after scores of 2, 0 and 2 in
the one-day series, continued the struggle for a reasonable total.
Inzamam looked confident but he too mistimed a drive and was caught
off Morrison for 23.

    Wasim Akram joined his captain for the best partnership of the
innings, broken when Javed was bowled by Su'a just before tea. His
runs were invaluable, bringing the tea score to 182-7.  Wicketkeeper
Rashid Latif played with a lot more competence than the upper order,
keeping the strike, scoring off loose balls and trying to protect the
tail-end.  He and Waqar Younis looked like putting up a worthwhile
partnership but Waqar was run out in an unnecessary mix-up.  Setting
off for what seemed a safe single, he was sent back by Latif when he
was halfway down the wicket and had no chance of regaining his ground.
Mushtaq Ahmed was trapped leg before by Su'a for two and Aaqib Javed
was caught in the slips for one. Mushtaq's wicket gave Su'a figures of
24-2-73-5, his first five-wicket bag in a test innings.

   Although the total was not impressive, New Zealand now had to face
Akram and Waqar on a pitch that was still helping the bowlers although
it had dried out during the day.  Openers Mark Greatbatch and Blair
Hartland had some dangerous moments, with Hartland being struck hard
on the helmet by a Waqar bouncer.  They were taking no chances and at
stumps Greatbatch's score of eight not out was equalled by the extras.
Hartland had made seven.  The openers had survived just over an hour,
giving New Zealand an opportunity to build a winning total Sunday if
the batsmen can continue to handle the Pakistan pace attack.


Pakistan first innings

   Aamir Sohail c Owens b Morrison...............  0
   Ramiz Raja c Rutherford b Su'a................  4
   Asif Mujtaba c Owens b Su'a...................  0
   Javed Miandad b Su'a.......................... 92
   Salim Malik c Parore b Morrison............... 14
   Inzamam-ul-Haq c Morrison b Su'a.............. 23
   Wasim Akram c Greatbatch b Patel.............. 27
   Rashid Latif not out.......................... 32
   Waqar Younis run out.......................... 13
   Mushtaq Ahmed lbw b Su'a......................  2
   Aaqib Javed c Greatbatch b Morrison...........  1
   Extras (4nb, 4w)..............................  8
   Total............................  ............216

   Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-4, 3-12, 4-45, 5-87, 6-158, 7-176,
                    8-202, 9-208, 10-216

   Bowling

   Morrison 19.3-4-42-3 (1nb), Su'a 24-2-73-5 (1nb, 4w),
   Owens 12-3-48-0 (2nb), Patel 14-2-53-1.


New Zealand first innings

   M.J Greatbatch not out........................  8
   B.C. Hartland not out.........................  7
   Extras (3lb, 5nb).............................  8
   Total (for no wkt)............................ 23

   Bowling

   Akram 7-2-17-0 (5nb), Waqar 7-6-1-0, Mushtaq 1-0-2-0.

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