Pakistan can qualify for the quarter-finals if they beat New Zealand in Tuesday's Group A match and enjoy a good start when Shoaib Akhtar dismisses the big-hitting Brendon McCullum for six
Shoaib should have a second wicket but wicketkeeper Kamran lets a chance fly between him and first slip before dropping the easiest of catches two balls later - much to Shoaib's anger and batsman Ross Taylor's relief
Umar Gul produces a superb spell of pace bowling to restrict New Zealand's scoring and traps Jamie How lbw, the batsman having made a feeble four from 29 balls
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi bowls Martin Guptill for 57 with a beautiful delivery to claim his 15th wicket of the tournament - the most of any bowler in the competition
More joy for Pakistan after Mohammad Hafeez snares James Franklin lbw for one after a review and New Zealand would be in bigger trouble but Kamran drops new batsman Scott Styris off Afridi in the next over
But Taylor, on his 27th birthday, takes the game to Pakistan with an astonishing attack, smashing 26 runs off one Shoaib over to bring up a well-deserved century
Taylor, helped by Jacob Oram's 25 from nine balls, continues to smash some huge sixes and finishes unbeaten on 131 from 124 balls to help his side to a superb total of 302-7 - 92 runs coming off the last four overs
Stunned by that late onslaught the Pakistan reply begins disastrously and when key man Younus Khan is bowled for a duck in the seventh over the score is 23-3
Afridi hits a typically eventful 17 from nine balls with two fours and a six but when he is bowled it is 66-6
New Zealand's delight with their superiority is marred by a serious looking injury to captain Daniel Vettori, who has to be helped off the field with a knee problem
Abdul Razzaq delays defeat with some dazzling strokeplay in a defiant half century
Razzaq is caught on the boundary for 62 off Scott Styris, who adds the final wicket of Shoaib as Pakistan are all out for 192 and New Zealand win by 110 runs
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