Under-strength New Zealand loved a comfort 47-run win within the fifth and last one-day cricket worldwide to disclaim Pakistan a clear sweep of the collection.
Pakistan slipped to No.3 within the ODI rankings behind Australia and India after it was bowled out for 252 in 46.1 overs – its lowest complete within the collection – as run-machine Babar Azam went for only one run in his a centesimal ODI within the last recreation.
Pakistan rose to the highest of the ODI rankings after it gained the fourth recreation of the collection on Friday, however wanted a 5-0 sweep to retain its No.1 spot.
Half centuries by Will Young (87) and captain Tom Latham (59) fashioned the spine of New Zealand’s complete of 299 in 49.3 overs after Latham gained his third successive toss within the Karachi-leg of the collection, however determined to bat first for the primary time.
Middle-order batter Iftikhar Ahmed missed out on his first ODI century and made a combating unbeaten 94 off 72 balls after Pakistan’s top-order stuttered for the primary time within the collection.
Fakhar Zaman (33) and Shan Masood (7) each struggled towards Matt Henry and Adam Milne’s impeccable lengths with the brand new ball earlier than Masood performed Henry again onto his stumps after struggling for 20 balls.
Babar had a dream collection which noticed him turn into the quickest participant to finish 5,000 runs in ODI cricket – reaching the landmark in 97 innings – however on Sunday the Pakistan skipper was caught at backward level off Henry Shipley (3-34), one of many 4 adjustments New Zealand made for the ultimate recreation.
Iftikhar and Salman Ali Agha put Pakistan’s chase again on observe with a 97-run fifth-wicket stand earlier than Shipley returned and broke the partnership by having Agha caught at mid-off within the thirty fifth over.
Iftikhar ran out of companions within the dying overs with left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra ending with 3-65 as No.11 Haris Rauf was run out on the non-striker’s finish whereas trying a second run.
Earlier, Young missed out on the second alternative within the collection to attain 100 as Pakistan’s ploy to go along with two specialist leg-spinners labored nicely within the center overs.
Leg-spinners Usama Mir (2-53) and Shadab Khan (2-67) shared 4 of the 5 top-order wickets. Shadab obtained two key wickets when he discovered a skinny exterior fringe of Young’s bat. Mark Chapman (43) regarded to speed up with Latham however Shadab had him caught nicely by Mohammad Rizwan down the leg facet.
Mir accounted for the wickets of Henry Nicholls, who changed Daryl Mitchell at No.3, and Latham holed out within the deep whereas going for an enormous shot earlier than Pakistan’s pacers took cost within the dying overs.
Rachin Ravindra (28) and Cole McConchie (26) performed little cameos however Pakistan got here again sturdy within the final 5 overs and claimed 5 wickets for 32 runs with Shaheen Shah Afridi (3-46) and Haris Rauf (1-45) drying up the runs.
New Zealand’s white-ball tour to Pakistan was with out eight of its common gamers due to their commitments within the Indian Premier League. New Zealand drew the T20 collection 2-2 after trailing 2-0 within the collection.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
