Pakistan and New Zealand live telecast tv 2nd ODI match 2009

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The Pakistani selection in the first game came as a surprise to many an expert.

Khalid Latif (5/1 at Ladbrokes to top the batting for his side) was preferred as the opener and he went on to bat through 40 overs for his half century.

He looked like having got the top score for the innings, till Shahid Afridi (8/1 at Betfred to be Pakistan’s best batsman) and Kamran Akmal (7/1 at 888Sport to be Pakistan’s batsman) upset the Kiwi bowlers’ calculations.

The pair played two of the best innings in the ODI format under the circumstances, and the strike-rates of almost 150 each meant that the Pakistanis managed to get to their extraordinary total.

Pakistan and New Zealand both have some inside team issues and now they need to keep them aside and play some wonderful cricket. New Zealand team will not be having any coach with them and Pakistan coach, Intikhab Alam, is more a manager than a modern-day coach. So this will be very first time that both the team are playing a coach-less tournament. It will be interesting to see whetherPakistan will be able to pull off the kiwis and take their revenge.