Watch cricket highlights: Pakistan vs New Zealand – from the Super 8s of the 2010 T20 World Cup played on May 8
Scoreline: NZ 133/7 Vettori 38 (34), Brendon M 33 (29) | Sami, Afridi, Rehman 2 each
Pakistan lose by 1 run off the last ball Salman Butt 67 no (54), Razzaq 29 (29) | Ian Butler 4-1-19-3, Nathan M 4-19-1
Ian Butler’s one of those players you always like to include in your team while playing one of those stupid fantasy cricket games which you know you’ll never win and forget to update most of the time – he doesn’t cost much and he also gives you the joyous feeling of placing a risky bet because he either gets injured or wins a man of the match (crucial to fantasy cricket). It’s been a tough year for him – the lowest point was probably during the Champions League when former NZ pace-great Simon Doull accused him on air of running away from the heat of the moment when his knee gave way midway through an over. So fine way to return to the team.
To echo Afridi’s post matchwords – a great game even though you almost felt sorry for the distraught Salman Butt right at the end.