New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2009

New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in UAE in 2009-10
		New Zealand		Pakistan
Dates		3 November 2009 – 13 November 2009
Captains		DL Vettori (ODIs) BB McCullum (T20s)		Younis Khan (ODIs) Shahid Afridi (T20s)
One Day International series
Result		New Zealand won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs		BB McCullum 228		Khalid Latif 128
Most wickets		DL Vettori 5		Saeed Ajmal 6
Player of the series		BB McCullum
Twenty20 series
Result		Pakistan won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs		BB McCullum 66		Imran Nazir 77
Most wickets		IG Butler 3 TG Southee 3		Saeed Ajmal 3 Shahid Afridi 3
Player of the series		Shahid Afridi

The New Zealand cricket team and the Pakistan cricket team played a three-match ODI series and two Twenty20 Internationals from 3 November 2009 to 13 November 2009 in the UAE. The one-day matches were played in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi while the Twenty20s were played in Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium.^[1] The series was originally scheduled to be held in Pakistan but due to security concerns, it was shifted to UAE although Pakistan still remained the home team.

ODI series

1st ODI

3 November Scorecard	Pakistan  287 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 149 (39.2 overs)	Pakistan won by 138 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi
	Shahid Afridi 70 (50) Daniel Vettori 2/34 (10 overs)		Aaron Redmond 52 (91) Saeed Ajmal 2/18 (7.2 overs)

2nd ODI

6 November Scorecard	New Zealand  303/8	v	Pakistan 239/10	New Zealand won by 64 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS) and Zameer Haider (PAK) Player of the match: Brendon McCullum
	Brendon McCullum 131(129) Shahid Afridi 2/49		Salman Butt 59(81) Scott Styris 3/23

3rd ODI

9 November Scorecard	New Zealand  211 (46.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 204 (49.1 overs)	New Zealand won by 7 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS) Player of the match: Mohammad Aamer
	Brendon McCullum 76 (78) Saeed Ajmal 4/33 (10 overs)		Mohammad Aamer 73* (81) Jacob Oram 3/20 (9.1 overs)
Mohammad Aamer's 73* is the highest score for a number 10 batsman in ODIs

T20I Series

1st T20I

12 November Scorecard	Pakistan  161/8 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 112 (18.3 overs)	Pakistan won by 49 runs Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri & Zaheer Haider (both PAK) Player of the match: Imran Nazir
	Imran Nazir 58 (38) Tim Southee 3/28 (4 overs)		Bradley-John Watling 22 (36) Nathan McCullum 22 (21) Saeed Ajmal 2/18 (3 overs)

2nd T20I

13 November (scorecard)	Pakistan  153/5 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 146/5 (20 overs)	Pakistan won by 7 runs Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri and Zaheer Haider (both PAK) Player of the match: Umar Akmal
	Umar Akmal 56 (49) Ian Butler 3/28 (4 overs)		Brendan McCullum 47 (41) Umar Gul 2/29 (4 overs)

Media coverage

Television Ten Sports (live) – Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and Pakistan Supersport (live) – South Africa Asian Television Network (live) – Canada References ^ "Pakistan and New Zealand to play in UAE". Cricinfo. 26 September 2009. http://www.cricinfo.com/pakvnz2009/content/story/426730.html. Retrieved 24 December 2009.  External links Pakistan v New Zealand 2009/10 (cricinfo)