PACE Bowler will o’rourke class four wickets while daryl mitchell and tom latham Hit hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hal hat hal hal hal hal hal hat hal hal hat hai O’Arurke’s 4-43 Helped The Tourists Dismiss Pakistan for 242 in 49.3 overs Before Mitchell’s 58-Ball 57 anchored the Chase as the Black Caps Finished on 243-5 in 45.5 in 45.2 overs. The Victory Gives The New Zealanders A Timely Boost Ahead of the Champions Trophy Opener against the same opponents at this venue on wedding.
New Zealand Lost Opener will young in paceem shah’s first over for five before devon conway (48) and kane williemson (34) Steadied the chase with a second wicket stand of 71.
Williamson Lost His Wickt While Charging Down the Wicket Against Spinner Salman Agha While Naseem Returned for his second spell to disciss conway.
At 108-3 the tourists’ Chase Wobbled but Mitchell Found an ally in Latham (56) as the two added 87 for the fourth wicket.
When Mitchell Fell Caught and Bowled Off Spinner Abrar ahmed the tourists needed just 48 runs which latham and glenn phillips (20 not out) reduced to ten.
Mitchell Hit Six Boundaries in His Knock while Latham’s 64-Ball Innings Featured Five Fours.
Naseem was the pick of an otherwise Ineffective Pakistan Bowling Attack with 2-43 off eight overs.
“It is nice to win tonight,” said new zealand skipper mitchell santner.
“Different guys stepping up at different times is good but it means noting till we play that first game at the champions trophy.”
Losing captain mohammad rizwan gave credit to new zealand’s bowlers.
‘Lost our way’
“We We WEDE SHAR BOWELERS PUT A Squeeze on Us,” said rizwan.
“We Ended Up 15 Runs Short as My Wicket WAS Crucial and We Lost Our Way.”
Earlier, Spinners Santner (2-20) and Michael Bracewell (2-38) Backed up o’rourke to ensure Pakistan did not post a big total.
Rizwan Top-Scored with A 76-Ball 46, While Salman Agha Hit 45 off 65 off 65 Balls as Solow and Variable Bounce on the National Stadium Patch Proved TOUGH For Batting.
Pakistan Lost Opener fakhar zaman to o’rourke in the fourth over for 10 and then saud shakeel for eight.
Babar Azam Loked Good for His 29 Runs, Hitting Four Boundaries and A Six, and Reached 6,000 Runs Scored in One-Day Internationals when he was on 10.
He was playing his 123rd innings, the joint fastest to reach the 6,000-R Milestone with South African Hashim Amla.
Azam Fell to a Miscified Shot Off Nathan Smith, Leaving Pakistan Struggling at 54-3.
Rizwan and Agha, Who Shared a Match-Winning 260-Run Partnership Against South Africa on Wednsday, then revised the innings with an 88-R stand.
Rizwan Hit Four Boundaries and a Six But He and Agha Fell Within 19 Runs of Each Other to End Any Hope of a Challenging Total.
Tayyab Tahir Hit A 33-Ball 38, also with four boundaries and a Six, While Faheem Ashraf (22) and Naseem (19) Added 39 Invaluable Runs to Get Pakistan Past 240.
Brief scores:
Pakistan 242 all out in 49.3 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 46, Salman Agha 45; W. O’Rourke 4-43) v new zealand 243-5 in 45.2 overs (D. MITHALLL 57, T. Latham 56; )
Result: New Zealand Won by five wickets
Toss: Pakistan
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