Afridi, Akmal maul New Zealand in first one-dayerShahid Afridi Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی , Kamran Akmal Kamran Akmal (born 13 January, 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played 22 Test matches and 44 ODIs for Pakistan. He is a quick-scoring batsman and tidy wicket-keeper, who nevertheless has only achieved four centuries and two fifties in 31 Test innings. and Khalid Latif hit half-centuries to help Pakistan reach 287-9 in the first day-night international against New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. at Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. Stadium here on Tuesday.
Dashing all-rounder Afridi hit a quickfire 50-ball 70 and opener Latif a snail-paced 64 to help Pakistan recover from a precarious 75-4 after Younus Khan won the toss and opted to bat on a flat pitch. Akmal gave the innings final touches with a belligerent 43-ball 67 laced with four sixes and five boundaries as Pakistan ran rampage, collecting 107 in the last ten overs. Afridi, vice captain of the side, was instrumental in initially stepping up the run-rate with his bold hitting as he smashed three sixes and four boundaries during his 30th half-century. He added 101 runs for the fifth wicket with Latif after New Zealand paceman Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond (born 7 June, 1975 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand cricketer. dismissed opener Salman Butt Salman Butt (born October 7, 1984 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who regularly opens the batting for his national side in both Test and ODI matches. He made his Test debut on September 3, 2003 in the 3rd test against Bangladesh, and a year later made his ODI debut and Younus -- both without scoring -- in his incisive five-over spell. Latif, who scored 19 in his only previous one-day in January last year, was also involved in a 57-run stand for the third wicket with Mohammad Yousuf For the snooker player, see . Mohammad Yousuf (Urdu: محمد یوسف; formerly Yousuf Youhana, Urdu: یوسف یوحنا , who shaped well for his 30 before being run out. Afridi hit Vettori for a six before smashing two off successive deliveries off Nathan McCullum. He hit Bond for a straight drive to reach half-century off 36 deliveries, his first after 33 matches. Afridi's last ODI fifty came against Zimbabwe at Multan last year. Paceman Jacob Oram finally got Afridi off a miscued shot, caught at short fine-leg in the 39th over to break a repair-damaging partnership. Latif followed, bowled by Vettori's viscious arm ball two overs later. Latif hit only two boundaries during his 112-ball knock. Kamran's innings was special as he made full use of the power-play, and added 86 off just 37 balls for the seventh wicket with Abdul Razzaq, who made 20-ball 26. The three-match one-day series was relocated to Abu Dhabi after New Zealand refused to tour Pakistan over security fears. 
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