Date-stamped : 13 Jan96 - 14:38 ODI # 1019 New Zealand v Pakistan, 1st One-day International Carisbrook, Dunedin. 15 December 1995. Bowlers demolish N.Z in Pakistan`s 1-day win - Qamar Ahmed Despite a low score to defend, Pakistan pacemen Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram bowled admirably to inflict a severe blow to New Zea- land in the first of the three one-day internationals at Caris- brook. The two picked up six wickets between them to bowl New Zealand for 169 after they were set a challenging 190 to win in 50 overs. Pakistan`s 20-run victory was achieved with two balls still remaining of the 48th over. New Zealand had lost their five wick- ets for only 50 runs scored and the next three wickets with 64 more runs added. With only two wickets remaining and only 114 runs on the board, the game was as good as over. But ninth wicket partnership of 50 runs between Roger Twose and Cavin Larsen changed all that. The score started to mount and in the last four overs 26 more runs were required for New Zealand to win. Larsen and Twose, who made 59, were well on course to stage an upset but Wasim Akram dismissed them both to clinch a win from the jaws of a possible defeat. Waqar Younis in an inspired spell dented the middle order by tak- ing three wickets in quick succession and saw Wasim Akram Mushtaq Ahmed and Aqib Javed take it up from where he had left. it was a thoroughly professional performance by the Pakistan bowlers who were regrettably let down by their batsmen. After having won the toss and batted on a slow wicket and of low bounce Pakistan were restricted to 189 runs with Ramiz Raja, the top scorer with 35. Nothing to be proud of but the bowlers stuck to their task superbly and were well aided by some good catching and ground work. In only the second over, Craig Spearman was caught at point by Ijaz Ahmed off Aqib Javed, the only change in the side from the one-off Test. With only 16 runs scored Wasim Akram took a catch off his own bowling to get rid of Nathan Astle. both the batsmen made only 5 runs each. With Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed brought into the attack in the ninth and tenth over, there were further heart-aches to fol- low. Stephen Fleming playing across to Waqar was leg before hav- ing made 15. Bryan young played onto his wicket when he attempted a drive off the same bowler and Adam Parore had his stumps shat- tered with a swinging Yorker. From 2 for 43, New Zealand slumped to 5 for 50. Had a difficult catch at the wicket off Waqar not dropped when Roger Twose had not even scored, things could have been rather gloomier for New Zealand. Twose, alongwith Chris Cairns, took the score to 92 adding 42 runs for the sixth wicket. A crafty delivery from Mushtaq found Cairns edge into the keeper`s gloves when he had made 18. When Lee Germon stepped out to drive Mushtaq, the ball found its way into the slips where Wasim Akram took a comfortable catch and Dipak Patel pulled Salim Malik to be caught at deep mid-wicket by Basit Ali. It was now left to Twose and Larsen to do or die. They did well to delay the demise and add 50 runs for the ninth wicket. Wasim Akram, back in the attack, hurried their end. New Zealand perished but not without credit. They did make a fight of it and Twose for his 59, his third successive half century against the tourists, did bring some respectability to the hosts in defeat. Pakistan`s batting earlier on was as much embarrassing. For the first wicket Ramiz Raja and Aamir Sohail put on 31 runs and for the third wicket 30 runs were added between Ramiz Raja and Inzamam-ul-Haq. In between there was not much to be proud of ex- cept that Rashid Latif chipped in with an unbeaten 26. Ramiz 35, Inzamam 32 were the other two batsmen who did show some resis- tance. Basit Ali and Wasim Akram were run out of direct throws from Adam Parore while taking quick singles. For Pakistan it was an uneventful innings. If not for the effort of its bowlers, the 1-0 lead in the four- match series would not have been possible. Source :: Dawn Wire Service Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)