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Pakistan won by 22 runs
48.1 Shoaib Akhtar to Mills, OUT: short ball and a pull actually a skier
off the splice to Taufeeq at mid wicket and Shaoib has his 3rd
wicket for 36 for Pakistan to meet New Zealand again in the final
New Zealand 181/10, Partnership of 2
KD Mills c Taufeeq Umar b Shoaib Akhtar 10 (12b 1x4 0x6)
DR Tuffey 2* (1b) Shoaib Akhtar 9.1-0-36-3 (3w)
Pakistan pacers picked up six wickets today and even on this better
pitch were able to defend 203, but Kaneria and Hafeez did well too
for some vital early wickets after NZ were off to a good start
even though they lost Fleming early
The final will be New Zealand v Pakistan with 13 and 12 points
respectively
Rashid Latif should be happy with this show though it was quite a
battle out there
We shall soon have presentations
A reminder folks, final is on the 23rd starting at 04:00GMT
Just to keep everyone upto date, there was a buzz around the ground
and amongst tv crews as the spotted some possible 'thumbnailing'
of the ball attributed to Shoaib Akhtar, we are not aware if its
been taken up officially
Presentations on and luckily there were some fours struck today,
all pocketed by Shoaib Malik, best batsman, most boundaries so he
picks up a mo'bike and a cheque as well as the Man of the Match
Thats all folks as we end up with Shoaib saying there was a plan
and I was to stay there till the end and todays wicket was not
turning so much, good night all
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