Pakistan failed to avail the chances, says Shadab Khan

Pakistan leg-spinner Shadab Khan expressed his disappointment over Pakistan’s second consecutive loss against New Zealand at Nelson on Tuesday.

In a rain-affected fixture, Martin Guptill saw host New Zealand sealed the second game of the five-match series convincingly by eight wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis method (DLS) at Saxton Oval.

Shadab Khan (52) and Hasan Ali (51) helped Pakistan cross 200-run mark after Mohammad Hafeez scored a brilliant sixty. Pakistan posted 246 for 9 in their quota of 50 overs.

For the Black Caps, Lockie Ferguson bagged three wickets in his quota of ten overs giving away 39 runs. Fast bowler Tim Southee and leg-spinner Todd Astle pocketed two wickets each, as Trent Boult and left-arm orthodox spinner Mitchell Santer settled with wicket apiece.

New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and Ross Taylor saw their team home after the target was revised to 151 runs in 25 overs.  Guptill struck five sixes, and five boundaries on his way to scoring 86 runs off just 71-ball knock at the strike-rate of 121.13.

However, young Shadab Khan admitted that they availed to cash in on chances which caused them the match.

“We got a chance but we failed to avail it, as New Zealand played well. We also committed a few mistakes in the middle as well,” Shadab stated.

Talking about his batting Shadab admitted that he wanted to bat till the end and add some more runs to the total.

“I bat regularly in the nets, maybe that’s the reason I performed well today,” Shadab stated.

The hosts New Zealand will now take on Pakistan in the third game scheduled on Saturday (January 13) at University Oval in Dunedin.

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