New Zealand cricket team against Pakistan in the UAE in 2009–10

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
Results	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 International series
Results	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 One Day International 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)
Shahid Afridi 70 (50) Daniel Vettori 2/34 (10 overs)		Aaron Redmond 52 (91) Saeed Ajmal 2/18 (7.2 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

2nd ODI[]

6 November Scorecard

New Zealand  303/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 239 (47.2 overs)
Brendon McCullum 131(129) Shahid Afridi 2/49		Salman Butt 59(81) Scott Styris 3/23

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

3rd ODI[]

9 November Scorecard

New Zealand  211 (46.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 204 (49.1 overs)
Brendon McCullum 76 (78) Saeed Ajmal 4/33 (10 overs)		Mohammad Amir 73* (81) Jacob Oram 3/20 (9.1 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 Amir

• Mohammad Amir'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)
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)

Pakistan won by 49 runs Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri & Zaheer Haider (both PAK) Player of the match: Imran Nazir

• BJ Watling (NZ) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I[]

13 November (scorecard)

Pakistan  153/5 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 146/5 (20 overs)
Umar Akmal 56 (49) Ian Butler 3/28 (4 overs)		Brendan McCullum 47 (41) Umar Gul 2/29 (4 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

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