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SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Friday (Reuters) - Pakistan, boosted by half-centuries from Shahid Afridi, Inzamam-ul Haq and Younis Khan, beat a weakened New Zealand side by 51 runs to record their first victory in two matches in the Sharjah Cup on Thursday.

Afridi and Younis Khan made 56 each while Inzamam weighed in with 68 as Pakistan, batting first after winning the toss, scored a challenging 288-6.

New Zealand were restricted to 237-8. Waqar Younis did most of the damage, taking three wickets while Saqlain Mushtaq and Shoaib Akhtar shared four.

Pakistan could have scored a bonus point had they bowled out New Zealand inside 230, but New Zealand passed the mark in the 49th over after being 187-7 at one stage.

New Zealand made a terrible start, losing the first two wickets for 34 runs by the sixth over.

Nathan Astle (12) fell to Wasim Akram while Matthew Sinclair was bowled by Waqar Younis for a duck.

PAKISTAN
Imran Nazir	c Nevin b Styris		 47
Shahid Afridi 	b Styris 			 56
Abdur Razzaq 	c Nevin b Styris		  0
Inzamam-ul Haq 	c Horne b McMillan		 68
Yousuf Youhana 	c Nevin b Styris		 15
Younis Khan	b Tuffy 			 56
Wasim Akram 	not out				 28
Rashid Latif 	not out				  7
Extras 		(LB-3 W-3 NB-5)			 11
TOTAL 		(for six wickets, 50 overs)	288

DID NOT BAT: Saqlain Mushtaq, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-98, 2-98, 3-115, 4-146, 5-251, 6-253.
BOWLING: Tuffy 9-0-53-1 (W-1, NB-3), 
         Franklin 4-0-28-0 (W-2),
         Butler 4-0-30-0 (NB-2), 
         Oram 6-0-36-0, 
         Styris 10-0-30-4, 
         Harris 7-0-35-0, 
         Astle 4-0-27-0, 
         McMillan 6-0-46-1.

NEW ZEALAND

C. Nevin 	c Waqar Younis b Shoaib Akhtar	 40
N. Astle 	c Latif b Wasim Akram  		 12
M. Sinclair 	b Waqar Younis			  0
C. McMillan	b Saqlain Mushtaq		 51
C. Harris 	c Afridi b Saqlain Mushtaq	 54
J. Oram 	b Waqar Younis   		  6
M. Horne 	lbw b Waqar Younis   		  1
S. Styris 	not out 			 27
J. Franklin 	b Shoaib Akhtar			 13
D. Tuffy 	not out   			  5
Extras 		(B-4 LB-12 W-12)		 28
TOTAL 		(for eight wkts, 50 overs)   	237
DID NOT BAT: I.Butler.

FALL OF WICKETS: 1-32, 2-34, 3-65, 4-177, 5-182, 
                 6-186, 7-187, 8-222.
BOWLING: Wasim Akram 10-2-42-1 (W-4),
         Waqar Younis 10-0-43-3 (W-1),
         Abdur Razzaq 8-1-39-0 (W-2), 
         Shoaib Akhtar 10-1-33-2 (W-2),
         Saqlain Mushtaq 9-0-41-2 (W-2), 
         Shahid Afridi 3-0-23-0 (W-1).

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