da dobrowin： Pakistan scored a comfortable six wicket victory over New Zealand atthe Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Tuesday
da bet sport： Erroll Seneviratne18-Jan-2000Pakistan scored a comfortable six wicket victory over New Zealand atthe Premadasa stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.Put in to bat, New Zealand were bowled out for 90 in 43.2 overs.Pakistan coasted to victory in 31.4 overs.Pakistan sent New Zealand in to bat on a wicket which favoured theseam bowlers. None of the batsmen were able to cope with the pace ofZahid Saeed who had figures of 5 for 30. The top order Kiwi batsmencrashed, at one stage five wickets going down for just eight runs. Astand of 58 runs between J. Frankilin and G Irwin brought about a minirecovery to an otherwise hopeless situaton.Saeed looks a certain future Test player. The tall lad knocked thebackbone of the New Zealand batsmen in devastating fashion. Bowlingfrom the Press Box End of the Premadasa Stadium he extracted pace andlift off the wicket to obtain the fine figures of five for 18. Saeedis the only bowler upto now in the tournament to have taken fivewickets in an innings. Up in Radella he had 3 for 14 in a first roundgame of the game against Kenya.Pakistan were home without much difficulty. Opener Imran Nazeer scored23 and Taufeeq Omer contributed an unbeaten 31. He and Humayun Farhat(19 not out) hastened the end with an unbroken fifth wicket stand of33 runs off 8.1 overs.Saeed holds the key to Pakistan’s success in future games. If hemaintains his form, Pakistan looks certain of going through to thefinal.
