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Williamson, Southee tame Pakistan in rain-affected first ODI
Wellington, Jan 6 (IANS) New Zealand rode on skipper Kane Williamson’s 10th ODI century and a fiery spell rom pace spearhead Tim Southee (3/22) to thrash Pakistan by 61 runs by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method in the opener of the five-match One-day International series at Basin Reserve here on Saturday.
Put in to bat, the hosts were off to a flier with Martin Guptill (48 off 72 balls; 4×4, 6×2) and Colin Munro (58 off 35; 4×6, 6×2) getting a 83-run opening stand before Williamson (115 off 117; 4×8, 6×1) joined the party.
More than the loss, Pakistan will rue the dropped chance of Williamson, who got a reprieve on 26 by his counterpart, Sarfraz Ahmed as the hosts went on to post 315/7.
In reply, Southee then had two of the Pakistan batsmen back in the dressing room in five balls, in an excellent spell of swing bowling.
Pakistan were reduced to 13/3, and then 37/4; from that point, it was always unlikely that they would threaten.
Young opener Fakhar Zaman fought, and was unbeaten on an 86-ball 82, having taken his side to 166/6 in 30.1 overs when the umpires finally called off play due to rain.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 315/7 (Kane Williamson 115, Colin Munro 58, Henry Nicholls 50; Hassan Ali 3/61) beat Pakistan 166/6 (Fakhar Zaman 82, Shadab Khan 28; Tim Southee 3/22, Trent Boult 2/35) by 61 runs by DLS.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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