Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

"Misbah-ul-Haq needs 72 to reach 5,000 ODI runs. He will be the first to reach 5,000 without a century."

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Captain Misbah-ul-Haq comes in with five balls remaining of the batting powerplay, he's immediately off the mark - but just when it was plain sailing in Hawke's Bay for Pakistan, there are two new batsmen in to take arms against a sea of troubles. The powerplay earned them 29 runs at the cost of two wickets.

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Derek Stirling
Ex-New Zealand seamer on BBC Test Match Special

"It was almost a little surprising to see a really good piece of out-cricket from the UAE lads to gain a wicket."

Charles Dagnall
BBC Test Match Special

"It's one of those laws of the game I'm not a huge fan of. I think if you've got the bat over the line like that, you should be allowed to stay as it's bounced off the ground unintentionally."

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Agony for Ahmed Shehzad - his bat was over the line but not grounded (with the face of the bat pointing upwards), so when the keeper takes the bails off, he's technically out of his ground. He departs for 93.

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Derek Stirling
Ex-New Zealand seamer on BBC Test Match Special

"Even though the bat is about six inches over, it's in the air. Not even the dive could save him."

Pakistan go for a run and go for a quick second as the fielder picks up on the backward point boundary, Shehzad puts in the dive but is his bat in the air?

Karate is having to do the "hard yards" for the Emirati here - while New Zealand has a fine tradition of dibbly-dobbly medium pacers (I'm thinking here of the holy trinity of Gavin Larsen, Rod Latham and the exceedingly medium-slow Chris Harris from the 1992 World Cup), they never had to bowl in batting powerplays, which weren't invented until more than a decade later. Five from the over - Karate will be pleased not to go for a boundary.

Tall right-hander Maqsood can't get the last ball of Naveed's over away. The paceman has an impressive 1-22 from seven overs - bad news for the UAE is he can only bowl three of the last 17.

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Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Napier

"You know the short square boundary? Well the straight boundaries aren't massive either. Our box sits at long-off, only 10m or so beyond the boundary. I'm in the game for a catch."

"Run To You" booms out over the PA system - the Bryan Adams version, rather than the Whitney Houston hit of the same name - as Sohaib Maqsood strides to the crease. An impromptu drinks break is taken.

Stuart Duff
Ex-Central Districts all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

"It was one of those shots that hit near the top of the bat and it just lobbed to mid-on. It did look like it would clear the field with ease to begin with, but some good bowling there from Naveed, he's got the reward he's deserved."

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UAE go back to their opening bowler Mohammad Naveed, and he finally breaks the partnership as Haris goes for another big hit down the ground and holes out at mid-off. He was taking aim at the end of McLean Park nearest to the ocean... swim due east in a straight line from Napier and you're unlikely to hit land before you're washed up on the shores of South America.

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Stuart Duff
Ex-Central Districts all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

"They need their quick men on the fence now UAE and looking around the field, I don't think they have."

Karate to continue bowling in the powerplay - the left-handed Haris Sohail forces the pace with a firm on-driven four which pushes this partnership past 150. Shehzad joins in the fun with a lofted inside-out off-drive down to long-off, but doesn't get hold of it fully and they can only run two. 10 off the over, Haris wants a change of bat at the end of the over.

Stuart Duff
Ex-Central Districts all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

"Tauqir had to get through an over with six men inside the circle which makes life difficult. Taking the powerplay early will probably force Naveed to come back early and he's by far UAE's most dangerous bowler."

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Pakistan 157-1 (31 overs) - lost toss

Batsmen: Shehzad 83*, Haris 64*

Fall of wicket: 10-1 (Jamshed 4)

Bowling figures: Naveed 6-0-19-0, Guruge 5-0-27-1, Javed 5-0-27-0, Tauqir 10-0-52-0, Khurrum 3-0-21-0, Karate 2-0-11-0.

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Where possible, confuse your opponents by doing the unexpected - and Pakistan take the batting powerplay a full five overs before they're obliged to do so. With only three men outside the 30-yard circle, Shehzad paddles another four to the unguarded fine leg boundary, Pakistan plunder some more singles and captain Mohammad Tauqir is through his bowling spell with figures of 0-52 from 10.

Mark Kelly: Pakistan batsmen looking far too comfortable here, could do huge damage in last 20 overs if UAE don't take a wicket soon.

Shehzad steps across his stumps and, despite falling over, heaves Karate for four through fine leg from a ball which ordinarily would have just passed outside off stump. While the UAE, particularly their elder statesmen, are a little ponderous in the field, Shehzad has to hustle back hard for a well-run three. Good running, possibly leaving him a little thirsty as he calls for a drink at the end of the over.

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