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Cricket World Cup - UAE v Pakistan highlights

NAPIER (Reuters) - Latest from the cricket World Cup Pool B match between Pakistan and United Arab Emirates at McLean Park in Napier on Wednesday: Pakistan made 339 for six - - UAE innings 6th over - After a torrid opening spell from Mohammad Irfan and Sohail Khan, Amjad Ali hits Khan for two boundaries, the first of the innings. UAE: 15-0 7th over - Rahat Ali replaces Irfan and has immediate success when he bowls Amjad for 14. UAE: 19-1 8th over - Andri Berenger gets a thick outside edge to a Khan delivery and is caught by wicketkeeper Umar Akmal. UAE: 20-2 10th over - Krishna Chandran has a slash at a full wide Khan delivery and is well caught by a diving Akmal for a duck. UAE: 25-3 - - Pakistan innings 2nd over - Ahmed Shehzad picks up a short of length ball from left arm seamer Manjula Guruge and hits it aerially to the mid-wicket fence for the first boundary. PAK: 7-0 4th over - Nasir Jamshed plays a poorly timed pull shot to Guruge and hits it to Khurram Khan at mid-on to be dismissed for four. Haris Sohail sees out the rest of the over. PAK: 10-1 8th over - Shehzad advances to Guruge and hits him down the ground though Khan jumps and gets his left hand to the ball but puts the catch down. PAK: 23-1 9th over - Shehzad is dropped on 11 by Andrei Berenger at point off Mohammad Naveed. PAK: 31-1 10th over - Guruge struggles with his line, drifting down leg to Shehzad with a deflected boundary and two wides in the over. PAK: 41-1 12th over - Sohail leans on an over-pitched delivery from Amjad Javed to push it to the mid-off boundary to bring up the 50. PAK: 58-1 13th over - Sohail pushes UAE captain Mohammad Tauqir to deep extra cover for a single to bring up the 50-run partnership. PAK: 62-1 23rd over - Sohail guides the ball into the off side for a single to bring up the team 100. PAK: 102-1 24th over - Shehzad brings up his 11th ODI half-century with a single to long on from Khan. PAK: 108-1 25th over - Sohail pulls a ball into the leg side for two runs to bring up his third ODI half century and the 100-run partnership. PAK: 113-1 30th over - Shehzad almost falls into a leg-side trap when he steps across in front of his stumps to Krishna Chandran and flicks it just wide of the fielder behind square inside the circle for a boundary. PAK: 148-1 33rd over - Sohail miscues a slog across the line and is caught at mid-on by Shaiman Anwar for 70 ending a 160-run partnership. PAK: 170-2 35th over - Shehzad is run out for 93 attempting a second run off Naveed when his bat bounces in the air as he dives for the crease. Pakistan end their batting power-play having scored just 29 runs and lost two wickets. PAK: 177-3 39th over - Sohaib Maqsood brings up the 200 with the first of three fours off Javed. PAK: 209-3 42nd over - Krishna Chandran gets belted for two sixes down the ground, one each from Maqsood and Misbah as Pakistan look to up the run rate. PAK: 238-3 43rd over - Guruge gets hit for two sixes, one by each batsmen to bring up the 250 for Pakistan but then has Maqsood caught for 45 by Rohan Mustafa, who juggles the ball twice, at point. PAK: 251-4 46th over - Misbah reverse sweeps Mustafa for a single to bring up his 41st ODI half century. PAK: 284-4 47th over - Naveed has his figures ruined in his final over with 19 runs coming from it as Misbah and Akmal pass their 50-run partnership and push the team past 300. PAK: 303-4 49th over - Akmal, who was dropped on 17 by Anwar on the boundary in the previous over, is caught by Amjad Ali off Guruge for 19 before Misbah falls on the next delivery for 65. Shahid Afridi survives the hat-trick ball. PAK: 319-6 50th over - Afridi belts two sixes in the final over as Pakistan score 20 runs to set a challenging target. PAK: 339-6 (Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Ian Ransom/John O'Brien)