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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Rain wipes out second one-dayer New Zealand v Pakistan, 2nd ODI, Queenstown


 Updated at: 0807 PST,  Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Pakistan 31 for 0 v New Zealand Abandoned
Queenstown is the place for adrenaline-junkies but there was little excitement on Wednesday as persistent rain allowed only 4.2 overs of play in the second one-dayer between Pakistan and New Zealand.
There were showers early in the morning, but it cleared up before start of play, raising hopes of the fans who had gathered. The rains returned, however, soon after Daniel Vettori chose to field, as every international captain has done after winning the toss in Queenstown.
New Zealand stuck with their plan of giving James Franklin the new ball, ahead of the much quicker Hamish Bennett, and it didn't work as 19-year-old Ahmed Shehzad took 16 off his two overs, including a smash over square leg for six off the third ball. Shehzad, playing his first one-dayer in 20 months, also slapped Tim Southee for a couple of fours before the rains returned, and stayed through the day to cause the match to be abandoned.
The third one-dayer of the series is in Christchurch on Saturday, and the bad news is that rain is predicted during that game as well.