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New Zealand lose Martin Guptill off the bowling of Mohammad Irfan

New Zealand lost their first wicket in the third over wicket just 20 runs on board.

 

Martin Guptill was dismissed on a score of eight from nine balls © AFP (File Photo)
Martin Guptill was dismissed on a score of eight from nine balls © AFP (File Photo)

Dec 19, 2014

New Zealand were handed an early blow when they lost their first wicket with just 20 runs on board in the third over of the innings. Martin Guptill was the batsman dismissed when he edged a rising delivery by Mohammad Irfan, which flew to the Asad Shafiq in the slips to return to the pavilion on a score of eight from nine balls.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. While New Zealand decided to bring in Anton Devcich and Nathan McCullum in place of Corey Anderson, who has been woefully out of form in the series so far, as well as Daniel Vettori, who had to fly home to attend a wedding. Pakistan decided to replace Mohammad Hafeez and Sohail Tanvir with Asad Shafiq and Zulfiqar Babar.

The five-match series is currently level 2-2 after New Zealand won a thriller of of a game in the fourth ODI at the same venue on Wednesday. A series victory will be a great morale booster for the winners, with both teams set to play a tournament or two more after the end of the series before the onset of the World Cup. The two sides had earlier played a three-Test series and a two-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series, both of which were drawn 1-1.

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