Cricket Highlights, 3 May: Pakistan vs New Zealand (3rd ODI)

Pakistan vs New Zealand (3rd ODI) – Highlights

Yesterday, Pakistan and New Zealand faced each other in the 3rd match of the five-match ODI series at the Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi. Batting first in that match, Pakistan set a challenging target to win the series. Later, New Zealand went down to chase that target before the allotted 50 overs were completed. As a result, Pakistan won the series with 2 matches in hand. At the same time, Imam-ul-Haq won the Man of the Match title by batting brilliantly for Pakistan.

Pakistan chased New Zealand’s two high scores to win the first two games. In the third game, they are unable to chase runs. Instead, they were forced to save their target. At Karachi National Stadium, Pakistan scored 287 runs while batting first after losing the toss and losing six wickets.

In the previous game, Fakhar Zaman scored an unbroken 180 runs, but he struggled to bat well in this one. But Imam-ul Haque, the opener, had a scorching bat. Another solid batter was Babar Azam. With the assistance of these two, Pakistan scored a respectable total.

It cost 19 runs to get Fakhar Zaman out. Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam then combined for a significant partnership of 108 runs. Through the use of three fours and one six, Babar Azam was out for 54 runs in 62 balls. Imam-ul-Haq played 107 balls before being bowled out for 90 runs. His innings of 90 runs had 7 fours and 1 six. Then for 19 runs, Abdullah Shafique was out.

In the middle order, Mohammad Rizwan scored 32 runs. But in 34 balls, he only hit 1 six. Agha Salman used three fours to score 31 runs in 29 balls. In addition, Shadab Khan remains unbeaten after playing a stormy innings of 21 runs off 10 balls. He also hit 1 four and 2 sixes. While Mohammad Nawaz was also unbeaten with 11 runs. They ultimately established a target of 288 runs, with an additional 10 runs.

For New Zealand, Matt Henry took 3 wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs. Adam Milne claimed two wickets. Besides, Cole McConchie claimed one wicket.

Will Young and Tom Blundell, who were moved into the batting order with a target of 288 runs to win, performed admirably. They scored a pair of 83 runs. Will Young used three fours to score 33 runs off 41 balls. Tom Blundell scored 65 runs off 78 balls, using 7 boundaries in the process. However, despite playing well, both of New Zealand’s openers were run out.

Daryl Mitchell then played a 21-run, 24-ball inning. Tom Latham used 60 balls to score 45 runs. Cole McConchie, who batted in the late middle order, scored an unbeaten 64 off 45 balls with the aid of 6 fours and 2 sixes. However, despite these turbulent innings, the team was unable to avoid losing. The wickets that followed fell fast. They must therefore leave the field with a loss and two matches in hand.

Among the Pakistani bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Mohammad Wasim took two wickets each. Agha Salman took one wicket. Besides, all three batters were run out.

Pakistan vs New Zealand Scoreboard

Pakistan – 287/6 (50.0)

New Zealand – 261/10 (49.1)

Result – Pakistan won by 26 runs

Player of the match – Imam-ul-Haq

Pakistan vs New Zealand Playing XIs