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The young fast bowler was clearly not overawed by playing in a World Cup semi-final, finishing with figures of three for 55.

But Pakistan will be cursing the fact that the New Zealand total was made up of over 40 extras.

Significant contributions from Roger Twose, Stephen Fleming and an unbeaten 44 from Chris Cairns have given the underdogs a great chance of reaching the semi-finals.

Both sides began the match in nervous fashion, with Pakistan conceding plenty of extras during the first three overs, while the Kiwi opening pair of Nathan Astle and Matthew Horne appeared intimidated by the sight of Shoaib bowling at top speed.

Edgy

Astle in particular seemed edgy, and it came as no surprise when he was emphatically bowled by Shoaib with the score at just 20.

Stephen Fleming: A captain's innings

Craig McMillan's unconvincing innings was brought to an end when the right hander edged Wasim Akram to give Moin Khan a simple catch.

Horne's defiant knock of 35 was ended when he was yorked by Abdul Rassaq.

Much now depended on Twose and captain Fleming, who needed to rescue their side from the perilous position of 58 for 3.

They achieved this, courtesy of some glorious strokeplay from the in-form Twose and some occasionally wild bowling from Pakistan.

Precious

The partnership was worth 94 precious runs for the Kiwis and was only broken by an unplayable yorker from Shoaib which sent Fleming back to the pavilion for 41.

Twose seemed certain to guide his side to a score in excess of 250 before he was brilliantly caught by Ijaz Ahmed in the covers off Rassaq.

Diving to his right and catching the ball with just one hand, the Pakistan veteran pulled off one of the catches of the tournament.

Attack

The partnership of Cairns and Chris Harris again threatened to give the Kiwis a big total, but the recall of Shoaib to the attack changed things.

A series of yorkers softened up Harris, who was clean bowled by a slower delivery.

Shortly after, Adam Parore played on to Wasim to leave New Zealand with just three wickets remaining.

But Cairns and new batsman Dion Nash did enough to break up Pakistan's concentration, particularly that of captain Wasim, who bowled an unusually high amount of wides and no balls.